18 May 2014 at 19:26 #1 Hamish Hamish Soldato Joined 14 Apr 2003 Posts 4,950 Location Deepest Yorkshire I spotted this lump in my front tyre earlier, just wondering if it is serious and if it can be repaired or the tyre needs replacing? Thanks
I spotted this lump in my front tyre earlier, just wondering if it is serious and if it can be repaired or the tyre needs replacing? Thanks
18 May 2014 at 19:27 #2 atpbx atpbx Soldato Joined 21 Oct 2002 Posts 21,454 You shouldn't even need to ask about this. Get it replaced.
18 May 2014 at 19:29 #4 rodenal rodenal Soldato Joined 7 Dec 2011 Posts 10,443 Tyre needs to go in the bin I'm afraid
18 May 2014 at 19:32 #5 Skeeter Skeeter Caporegime Joined 8 Mar 2007 Posts 37,146 Location Surrey No medical threads! Oh wait... yeah get that replaced.
18 May 2014 at 19:33 #6 Third Opinion Third Opinion Soldato Joined 3 Jun 2005 Posts 5,365 Location West Sussex I would get that rim checked too.
18 May 2014 at 19:35 #7 fornowagain fornowagain Soldato Joined 3 Nov 2004 Posts 9,871 Location UK Is it serious? You're kidding right?
18 May 2014 at 19:35 #8 Kenai Kenai Man of Honour Joined 5 Apr 2009 Posts 26,604 Scrap the whole car tbh
18 May 2014 at 19:39 #9 JRS JRS Soldato Joined 6 Jun 2004 Posts 19,896 Location Burton-on-Trent Yep, that's done for. Going on the state of that wheel, I'm going to go ahead and guess that you've bumped and scraped the odd kerb!
Yep, that's done for. Going on the state of that wheel, I'm going to go ahead and guess that you've bumped and scraped the odd kerb!
18 May 2014 at 19:40 #10 MagicBoy MagicBoy Soldato Joined 18 Oct 2002 Posts 19,377 Location South Manchester That's going in the bin. Big ding in the rim as well - what did you hit?
18 May 2014 at 19:40 #11 ianh ianh Soldato Joined 12 Jul 2007 Posts 8,217 Location Stoke/Norfolk I had an egg on the inside of my front tyre on my R34 and I'd no idea how long it'd been there until the MOT
I had an egg on the inside of my front tyre on my R34 and I'd no idea how long it'd been there until the MOT
18 May 2014 at 19:45 #13 Minstadave Minstadave Caporegime Joined 8 Jan 2004 Posts 32,925 Location Rutland Trade it in and buy a new one.
18 May 2014 at 19:47 #14 teenwolf teenwolf Permabanned Joined 25 Jul 2010 Posts 6,164 Location under bit of duck tape be reet
18 May 2014 at 19:48 #15 q6600 q6600 Associate Joined 11 Apr 2010 Posts 392 Hamish said: I spotted this lump in my front tyre earlier, just wondering if it is serious and if it can be repaired or the tyre needs replacing? Thanks Click to expand... Yes you can fix that in Photoshop, easy fix
Hamish said: I spotted this lump in my front tyre earlier, just wondering if it is serious and if it can be repaired or the tyre needs replacing? Thanks Click to expand... Yes you can fix that in Photoshop, easy fix
18 May 2014 at 19:52 #16 bazzabear bazzabear Soldato Joined 2 Nov 2013 Posts 4,407 Lumps can not be repaired. It's destined for the great tyre fire in the sky.
18 May 2014 at 19:58 #17 Participant Participant Caporegime Joined 13 May 2003 Posts 34,593 Location Warwickshire Yet another symptom of rear wheel drive and too much opposite lock. Amputation I'm afraid.
18 May 2014 at 20:05 #18 Hyburnate Hyburnate Soldato Joined 29 Jul 2011 Posts 15,682 Location Near Northants / MK MagicBoy said: That's going in the bin. Big ding in the rim as well - what did you hit? Click to expand... A kerb, by the looks of things.
MagicBoy said: That's going in the bin. Big ding in the rim as well - what did you hit? Click to expand... A kerb, by the looks of things.
18 May 2014 at 20:57 #19 abbotsmike abbotsmike Associate Joined 26 Nov 2011 Posts 1,121 Location West London Tyre is scrap, wheel doesn't look dented to me, but have it checked when you get the tyre changed.
18 May 2014 at 21:43 #20 Meridian Meridian Man of Honour Joined 18 Oct 2002 Posts 12,390 Location Vvardenfell atpbx said: You shouldn't even need to ask about this. Click to expand... I was a bit worried about that as well. I've replaced a tyre with a much smaller bulge than that. Damaged sidewall not good.
atpbx said: You shouldn't even need to ask about this. Click to expand... I was a bit worried about that as well. I've replaced a tyre with a much smaller bulge than that. Damaged sidewall not good.