Think my tyre is screwed...

[RobertCL]

...what do you guys (and gals) think?

Out for a bit of a Sunday morning blast, pulled into a car park and heard that "tap-tap-tap" noise you get when you have a stone in your tyre. Thought I'd hop out and take a look and found this little beauty stuck in my tyre

I was in two minds about whether to put the spare on, or just drive home like that - decided it was probably best to put the spare on. So after jumping up and down on the tyre lever (quite literally - I had all my weight on it and was bouncing up and down) to get the wheel nuts undone I got the spare on and drove home. (Never had to change a tyre in anger before)

Figured I might as well give the alloy a quick wash inside and out while it was off the car and as I did the bubbles appeared! Glad I changed it now.

Here's a pointless short video of it :rasp:

I was planning on chaning the fronts soon anyway as they were getting a bit low on tread. Guess my plans have just been moved forward - I've probably saved a bit of money actually, as I'll just leave the spare on (it's new - although a few years old) get a new tyre on that one and put the nearly worn down tyre from the other side in the boot as the spare.

Ah well...

 

[Fletcher]

I had a small nail in one of my tyres, i had it repaired for £12.

 

[MRBILLYUK]

It'll cost about £8 to get repaired .

 

[Batman]

or you could just get yourself a new tyre and know its perfect or just go cheap and get it repaired

 

[RobertCL]

Hmm. I dunno about getting it repaired. It never really crossed my mind tbh. If it had been new I'd be pretty tempted. How do they actually repair it?

 

[MRBILLYUK]

They patch in on the inside .The only time when a tyre can't usually be repaired is when its in the sidewall as this would be dangerous .Any reputable tyre place will repair it or tell you it can't be repaired . But most of the time if its on the tread part of the tyre its a straight forward repair .I've had loads of tyres repaired over the years without any problems . The tyre will be as good as new . Cheaper than a new tyre

 

[Frasers Cup]

Unless there is too much wear on the tyre like I had or the nail is 2 inches or less from the edge of the tread. Then its new tyre time! Expensive!