Motorway blow out!

franko247g · Post by **franko247g** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 10:34 pm

Yes believe it or not its happened to me! Doing "the speed limit" *cough cough* on the m61 heading back from Trafford centre I here a clunk followed by a bang next news I'm wobbling like mad so pulled it over and my wheel is hanging off the rim :/

Vw assist sent out RAC the guy was sound and sorted it in 2 mins

So got my new spaz wheel on which looks awesome :/

At what point do I call it a day and order a new car haha!

jimbo_tdi · Post by **jimbo_tdi** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 10:47 pm

That's nasty, has the alloys got any damage to it? My 'spaz wheel' is exactly the same size as the standard alloys so I'd assume you'd go as fast as you like on it!

franko247g · Post by **franko247g** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 11:10 pm

Yeah rac guy said "should do 50 but its a full size so make your own mind up"

Haven't looked at the wheel as its dark will look tomorrow but by the sounds it made it sounded nasty :/ may have to get new wheels sooner than I thought

franko247g · Post by **franko247g** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 9:25 am

Wheel is intact!

hole in the tyre is quite big tho can't see a nail though :/ I'd imagine that's what the cause was. I think they should be able to repair it? Ill send the tyre down today and see what they can do with it.

trigg123 · Post by **trigg123** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 11:40 am

thats an easy repair,but when they get the tyre off,they will advise you from looking inside the walls.....if it was driven for any distance the tyre will prob be shot/unsafe....so it will only be a new one to sort
cheers trigg

franko247g · Post by **franko247g** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 1:58 pm

Took it to the cowboys at national tyres and they've said it's a new tyre job £56 quid please, I said wanted hankook to match all four sorry no stock so said no worries order me one like last time... No sorry no hankook available at all.

ha!
No thanks time for new wheels I'm gonna speak to the mrs tonight and place an order anybody any suggestions or advice? so far I'm happy with these but I'm open to any advice of what will look good

Match · Post by **Match** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 6:13 pm

franko247g wrote:Took it to the cowboys at national tyres and they've said it's a new tyre job £56 quid please, I said wanted hankook to match all four sorry no stock so said no worries order me one like last time... No sorry no hankook available at all.

ha!
No thanks time for new wheels I'm gonna speak to the mrs tonight and place an order anybody any suggestions or advice? so far I'm happy with these but I'm open to any advice of what will look good

They'll look good

what size? Price? I'm a fan of anything teamdynamics

franko247g · Post by **franko247g** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 7:49 pm

Wheel rim damage

benmkiv · Post by **benmkiv** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 9:01 pm

Or you could just go and get a hankook from somewhere else? A lot
Cheaper than new wheels...

franko247g · Post by **franko247g** » Mon Mar 25, 2013 9:23 am

benmkiv wrote:Or you could just go and get a hankook from somewhere else? A lot
Cheaper than new wheels...

New wheels are more fun! I was planning on changing anyway so no point buying new tyre and then buying wheels as well. Just makes me spend my money a bit quicker this way haha. Hopefully should get some by Wednesday

benmkiv · Post by **benmkiv** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 1:29 am

Just a suggestion buddy. I know the feeling got one flat tyre ended up with some ridiculously wide banded steels!

KieranLeighton · Post by **KieranLeighton** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 6:57 pm

You have no luck with polos lol.

CANDYMAN · Post by **CANDYMAN** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 11:28 pm

Im thinking of getting some of this! It,s what they use in emergency services use in their tyres!
http://tyreprotect.co.uk/puncture_preve ... ducts.html

Best thing is it can be just washed off when you do change tyres!

KieranLeighton · Post by **KieranLeighton** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 8:02 pm

CANDYMAN wrote:Im thinking of getting some of this! It,s what they use in emergency services use in their tyres!
http://tyreprotect.co.uk/puncture_preve ... ducts.html

Best thing is it can be just washed off when you do change tyres!

Been thinking of this. . Just gotta decided what we wanna do with the polo first haha

Golemsmate · Post by **Golemsmate** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 8:47 pm

It would appear there are a few screws lying around around Manchester! Luckily the poor thing made it home before having a spare on. Luckily it has now been repaired, didn't fancy buying a new tyre! After paying for my tax and insurance in the same month I'm feeling the pinch!

I'm glad I bought a vw, the fords came with a repair kit instead. Much easier just to change the tyre!

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