Tyre Damage

[MMike]

Hey all.

Was driving around a couple of days ago and hit the kerb coming around a round-a-bout, taking a minor chunk out of the side of my tyre.

It isn't too much, but whats the go in situations like this? Should I replace the tyre?

etc. etc.

Thanks!

[Drew]

Yes you should

[dsp26]

yes lol. same thing happened to me coz i had bulging sidewalls from 195/60/15 profiles...

it'll be the weakest point in the tyre... next bump/compression/pot hole will possibly cause burst in that area

[beeza]

I did the same ages ago,it's like a flap on the sidewall of the tyre,I just left it.That was 2 years ago,all good.

[MMike]

Shit >.<"

It's not TOO much damage, only reason I'm hesitating to get a new tyre and all that is they were new as of a week ago =[

[beeza]

Give it a test for a while and just monitor it.
Make sure your spare has air
I reckon it will be sweet.

[MMike]

Was testing it out last night, it didn't seem too bad.

I mean, there wasn't a noticeable difference in steering/feeling of it.

Paranoid much -_-?

[Limbo]

i've got that one one of my rear tyres, couldn't be bother changing it. Just have a spare ready

[dsp26]

^^^yep same... tad different story with fronts though as your fronts will suffer more of an impact than the rears.

[MMike]

Awesome.

Had a tyre-dude check it out, he said it'd be fine to drive on, as long as I don't do speeds >120km/h or what not.

[Riviera_TypeS]

Awesome.

Had a tyre-dude check it out, he said it'd be fine to drive on, as long as I don't do speeds >120km/h or what not.

no hard vtec-ing then >.<

[Drew]

This is really more of a case of better safe than sorry...