Yes it is! At least it's not in the sidewall. I remember I lived in some apartments and walked out one morning to go work and I noticed the cars in the parking lots had one, two or three flat tires. I was going boy that would suck...walking up on my Bronco it was leaning in the corner. They got me too. I just installled some BFG 33's on it just a couple of days. To add insult to injury they stabbed the sidewall making the tire basically useless.