Now, normally I would say ANY sidewall damage to the tyre then it should be binned as it's not safe, however I just had an argument with a kerb and have taken a *small* chunk out of my passenger front. As you can see it's about the size/depth of a biro point and you can't see any cords underneath, is this tyre still safe to drive on if say I stuck the flap back down? Or shall I just bin it and replace? Annoying as it still has a decent amount of tread left.
Tyre sidewall damage advice pls...
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It's too hard to say with your picture - if it's literally a mm or so deep I really wouldn't worry about it, but if it's enough that you can see a proper chunk from the tyre then it's not really worth risking imo. I had a similar situation recently which seen me have to bin a perfectly good sport contact 3 for a new one at £120ish, not what I had in mind for January but these things happen!
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I've been told this by a tyre garage I trust, the fact they didn't try and sell me a new tyre would lead me to believe they weren't having me on
Is that view based on any evidence?
Because using that rule I should be fine driving on this on the motorway:
What this man says, i damaged a sidewall in a similar fashion and took it to the local tyre place. They had a quick look and all was fine, however it will fail an mot.
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Surely if it will fail an MOT all is quite obviously not fine?
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You'd think so, however the tyre man had a look and said as the cords aren't exposed then it's nothing to worry about. I continued to drive on it until the next mot and no bulges appeared, so it seemed ok to me.
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If there was nothing to worry about why would it fail the MOT?
I wouldn't trust the advice of a tyre man any more than I'd trust the person on the checkout at Tesco to tell me which wine was best with whatever I'd just bought.
A tyre man sells tyres he doesn't manufacturer them or test them or anything else that might give his opinion on safety any more weight than anyone else in the street.
Is that view based on any evidence?
Because using that rule I should be fine driving on this on the motorway:
It may be ok, though it is significantly larger and it does look quite deep.
Just had it replaced by http://www.toptread.com/NewToptread/ tyres in High Wycombe. When the tyre came off clearly one could see a cord and so it would have been an MOT failure.
Also I would seriously recommend people staying away from Toptread tyres as they ripped me off. Charged me £15 for changing the tyre and then asked for £25 to 'sand down' the alloy edge which was 'cutting into' the inside of the tyre. When I came to pay I assumed that it was £25 all in (cash) but they apparently actually meant £40. So I ended up paying £35 for one tyre change/balance/ and 10 seconds of sanding. Never going back there again!
if you can see chord then scrap. but I think a cut sidewall is still an mot failNow, normally I would say ANY sidewall damage to the tyre then it should be binned as it's not safe, however I just had an argument with a kerb and have taken a *small* chunk out of my passenger front. As you can see it's about the size/depth of a biro point and you can't see any cords underneath, is this tyre still safe to drive on if say I stuck the flap back down? Or shall I just bin it and replace? Annoying as it still has a decent amount of tread left.
