[Closed] wife has just kerbed the car wheel.

I'd imagine a tyre fitters will tell you, I'd personally spend the cash rather than risk a motorway blow out.

Divorce her, the witch.

[edit] no, buy her some flowers, take her to dinner and then get jiggy on her ass.

Real advice - get it changed. It might be a couple of hundred but compared to a blowout because your side wall is damaged and the losses that could cause, that's cheap.

As a random stranger on the internet, I am delighted you have decided to come to me, rather than take it to a garage or tyre shop and get a 'proper' opinion.

To answer your question, yeah, why not...I'm sure it will be fine. What could possibly go wrong, with one of the four bits of rubber keeping your car on the road, having a defect.

Just get out there and nail it!

Can you see the fabric? How do you think she would handle a blow out on the motorway? Ask yourself where are you happiest making the saving, your pocket or her life?

And no more new shoes or hats for at least a month!

I wouldn't want to be scooting along at 60mph with a 5mm deep gouge in the sidewall. And, I wouldn't want someone else driving on the same road as me with a 5mm gouge in their tyre sidewall.

Like paulsaxo says, get it professionally inspected and be prepared to cough up (tell her it's only the price of a pair of Jimmy Choos after all...) 8)

I'd quite fancy a blow out on the motorway

Ok simples answer get it bloody changed 70 mph on motorway + blow out = possible death to you and if you don't really care about yourself other road users as well 😯

Double post

Wouldn't want to blow a seal though, mf 😯

Kerbed your alloy? I'd shoot the bitch

I'd quite fancy a blow out on the motorway

I doubt you would still feel that way, as you lose control and come off a junction.

😆

I doubt you would still feel that way, as you lose control and come off a junction.

EDIT - no I missed a joke - it's too early!

Ok, perhaps just maim her

Change the tyre - budget 18s - guessing it'll be a 225 40 18 can be had for 50 quid, Kenda or maxxis! Mate just had a pair of the Kenda fitted, seem pretty good tbh

EDIT - no I missed a joke - it's too early!

😀

Double post. 🙁

Jamie get bent.

I'm goimg to take it to the tyre place but am currently watching my lads do their swimming lesson which is where we were on our way to when it happened.

Just wanted to get the general consensus of here where other like minded folk hang out.

Cheers for the other replies

I was told that if the gouge doesn't expose the fabric/cords of the tyre then its legal, I just Googled for backup and after a good bit of hunting I found this from etyres.co.uk. If the tyre has been kerbed you need to try and ignore the gouge and check for any bulges or ripples in the same area as that would make the tyre essentially illegal until proved otherwise by internal inspection. I suspect the gouge would count as a cut so check its within the 25mm/10% limit.

However, legal means it meets a minimum standard...if you are happy driving on miss-matched tyres on the 1.6mm limit then leave it, but for peace of mind I would change it. I did the same to a previous car, hit some debris and damaged the rim and cut the tyre. I played it safe and got it changed.

P.S They can do near invisible alloy wheel repairs now, I'd split the outer lip of mine and bent them in, afterwards it took me a couple of goes to actually find the repair. If the tyre is coming off to fix the wheel the tyre place can check the tyre internally, although they will probably recommend replacement anyway.

[i]Tyre Cuts

A cut in excess of 25mm or 10% of the section width of the tyre , whichever is the greater, measured in any direction on the outside of the tyre and deep enough to reach the ply or cord would deem the tyre illegal.

Ply or Cord Exposure

If there is any cut in the tyre no matter how small which exposes cords, then the tyre is illegal.

Lumps, Tears and Bulges

Regulation 27 section (d) states - " the tyre has any lump, bulge or tear caused by separation or partial failure of its structure ".It is good practice wherever possible when assessing damage that the tyre is removed from the rim and systematically inspected both internally and externally.p[/i]

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2010/04/02/woman-killed-after-tyre-explodes-inside-sports-car-86908-22157435/ 😯

Jamie get bent.

Heh.

Change the tyre - budget 18s - guessing it'll be a 225 40 18 can be had for 50 quid, Kenda or maxxis! Mate just had a pair of the Kenda fitted, seem pretty good tbh

Don't mention "budget tyres" 😯

Someone will come along and tell you all about "four tiny contact patches" being the only thing keeping the Primary School down the road from exploding into a fireball of death and destruction.

(Edit- they already have. carry on. )

Some of the bigger Michelin tyres have extra rubber at the rim to protect the wheel from minor kerb damage. This is probably what is flapping around.
Use a local tyre place to get it checked as the national chains [b]can[/b] be a bit sales focussed (in the way sharks get a little excited around bloody meat). 🙂

On reading the thread title, my first thought was just get a new one.

(I'll set them up, who wants to do the punchline?)

My tyre exploded on the motorway because i didn't get it changed when i was recommended to.
I was diving about 75,ph with my 3 kids in the car and it zigzagged across all three lanes.
It was one of the most scary experiences i have ever had.

Nowadays: I would get the tyre replaced straight away rather than try and get a bit more use out of it first.

It's all very well having a blow out on the motorway MF, until you end up going headfirst into a spiky bush.

Get the tracking checked as well.

Usual suspects doing the round of tyred jokes. Get a grip on the situation rather than getting deflated. Think continental and rather than going in circles.. just get a Tyre shop to look it over. Consider levering the cost onto your wife or just jack her off the insurance.

Tyre is fine. Just been to local tyre place and they said it was ok.

Jamie my apologies for telling you to get bent, heat of the moment thing but I was out of order.

Cheers
Steve

I'd still swap it with your spare (if you have a proper one)

(onza - that can count as a follow up to your post if you like)

I'd quite fancy a blow out on the motorway

I read that differently to begin with! Thought it would be good compensating for kerbing the wheel... then I re-read it.

If you had a full size spare (prob not if it's alloys) you coulda swapped em anyway

Probably the rim protection part of the tyre thats damaged, I'd just repair it with some rubber solution or superglue. But if your going o be paranoid about it every time you or your wife are in the car get it changed. I wouldn't bother personally. 😉

divorce the wife from orbit, its the only way to be sure.

As per Neil above, it'll be the rim protection bit that's been sliced...that's what it is there for. Tyre will be fine as the garage have said.

No point replacing it, she'll just do it again next week 🙂

Does the tyre have a rim protection strip that has been damaged?

Some have an extra thick part of rubber close t the rim which is designed to protect the rim. Being thick it is prone to tearing slightly but wouldn't be structural like a tear in the thinner parts.

Edit - just read the newer posts which seem to suggest the same. If it is just the thicker rim protection part it could be okay to just rebond it with some inner tube patch vulcanising stuff - just do it quickly before it gets dirt in it. But it may be worth checking with a tyre place - I find the best guys to go to are truck tyre guys as they tend to know what fixes are okay as you don't throw truck tyres away as quickly as you do a car one.