ahhhh, feck (fixed!)
ahhhh, feck (fixed!)
Not what you want to see when cleaning the car (blacking the tyres to be precise)...
Looks like I'll be shelling out for a pair of new tyres on Monday morning!
Looks like I'll be shelling out for a pair of new tyres on Monday morning!
Last edited by Si_GTi on Mon Sep 18, 2006 6:34 pm, edited 2 times in total.
I'm a bit gutted 'cos those are the rear tyres and they've got ~5mm tread left on them, would have lasted until next year were it not for this! Probably not that safe to drive about with that nail in there though I suppose
When I checked the pressures after finding the nail, that tyre was doen by 0.7bar
Makes me wonder though, how do you know about this sort of thing if you own a lowered car? I spotted this 'cos I've got arch gaps
When I checked the pressures after finding the nail, that tyre was doen by 0.7bar
Makes me wonder though, how do you know about this sort of thing if you own a lowered car? I spotted this 'cos I've got arch gaps
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I was under the impression that (a) a nail in the tyre is pretty terminal for the rubber and that (b) when replacing tyres on an axle, both should be replaced at the same time (highway code or some such nonsense). I've been trying to locate the thread that mentioned this (on another forum), 56 pages of scanning the post titles and no luck
Going to go and see Autotyres (the place that supply my tyres) Monday morning and see if they can sort something out, be it a repair or a new set of rubber...
Thanks guys
Going to go and see Autotyres (the place that supply my tyres) Monday morning and see if they can sort something out, be it a repair or a new set of rubber...
Thanks guys
Got one of my Eagle F1's repaired when a nail simular to the one in your pic went in it....had my credit card in hand ready to shell out for a pair of new ones when the Tyre man came in and said he'd repaired it...I nearly fell over...not too many times you get pleasently suprised in a garrage..he he
There are limits to the area you can repair on different size tyres, i know this because E-tyres gave me these cardboard repair chart thingys.
And with the price of a brand new 195/45/15 Toyo Proxy T1-S being around £40 from rochford tyres, it may not even be worth the repair cost.
you dont have to replace both tyres at the same time, but it is best to.
And with the price of a brand new 195/45/15 Toyo Proxy T1-S being around £40 from rochford tyres, it may not even be worth the repair cost.
you dont have to replace both tyres at the same time, but it is best to.