As soon as you drive on low profile tyres you break the beading in the tyre wall,so the tyre becomes useless.

 

bollocks, thats 180 quid down the drain then

 

Thankfully when i got a puncture the tyres were a month or so off being replaced,still annoying that you dont get full wear out of them.

 

bollocks, thats 180 quid down the drain then

If it was a huge pothole try making a claim against the local council, get pics of the hole before they fill it though!

 

Agreed, get pics, put in a claim, you'll get something back in most cases.
Depends what you call a big dent also, anything on the inside is fairly easy to do, i'm assuming your are dented on the outside though?? so that really depends on the design of the spokes etc...

 

the barstewards filled in the hole already!

 

the barstewards filled in the hole already!

Go find a large suitable pothole that hasnt been filled in then

 

ooooooooh thats devious.... i love it!

 

lmao or just wait im sure there will be another soon pmsl

 

Low profile tyres do not like to be driven flat or even with low pressures in them,
Wheels can be repaired, I went to some respected places such as metal magic in Barnsley just to be turned away, but I found another place in york that repaired the cracked (big style) alloy to a as new finish.

Look around and dont take no as the absolute answer.

Regards Bren

 

ok cheers guys. i'll do some phoning around tomorrow for quotes and go on a mission over the weekend to find a suitable stand-in pot hole, lol.

 

Just on a note.. when mine was knackered i actually got the crack welded and dent taken out by just an ordinary engineering place.
If you phone one of the smaller accident repair centres(the big ones just buy new alloys) then they might be able to pass you on to a local firm that they use to straighten/repair them... then all you need to do is either refinish it yourself or take it to a wheel place, assuming it needs refinishing.

 

I am making a claim to the council for two wheels and tyres at the mo. Feb 27th hit hole. Now uhh May, and it has been passed from Council to BT to Fujitsu communications to guy with shovel and tarmac down the buttie shop as he was the one that dug the frikkin hole and then didnt fill it properly (even then it took him 4 attempts).

The council are no longer dealing the claims them selves they just pass the buck as they are spending too much money on claims and so cant repair the roads sufficantly. I suppose I am lucky that I kept the steelies. Although £500 down the drain for 2 Kahn RSR 17" with 700 mile old Uniroyal rainsport 1's. That doesn't include the fact that I just had to replace all 4 steelie tyres now and get the tracking done.

 

I am making a claim to the council for two wheels and tyres at the mo. Feb 27th hit hole. Now uhh May, and it has been passed from Council to BT to Fujitsu communications to guy with shovel and tarmac down the buttie shop as he was the one that dug the frikkin hole and then didnt fill it properly (even then it took him 4 attempts).

The council are no longer dealing the claims them selves they just pass the buck as they are spending too much money on claims and so cant repair the roads sufficantly. I suppose I am lucky that I kept the steelies. Although £500 down the drain for 2 Kahn RSR 17" with 700 mile old Uniroyal rainsport 1's. That doesn't include the fact that I just had to replace all 4 steelie tyres now and get the tracking done.

Is that the hard shoulder?

 

some low profile tyres have a very stiff carcass. like mine for instance which i didnt even realise it had 5 psi in it, by the naked eye. having said that if the tyres have burst, you cannot repair the sidewall.

 

Is that the hard shoulder?

No not with a broken white line with a sold white line – by the look of the road markings it’s either on the brow of a hill that you cant see over, or there is a corner coming up (broken white line – close together *Danger* and not far apart from each other *Safe* with a solid white line – *no overtaking*)


steve

 

Just over the brow of a hill on a busy B-road. 3 inches deep and razor sharp. Like driving over a small kerb really. Also directly in the wheel path. Its like having the steering ripped from your hands.