Do I need a new tire asap?

[rsmagee]

http://imgur.com/B1qEa5U
Just has this happen. Is the tire finished?

Cheers for the input!

[chrispy.]

Ive had that sort of thing on my rear tyre for 3 years.. Hasnt been a problem to me..


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[RUM4MO]

That is just the wheel rim protector part that has been torn, I'd use a very sharp blade and tidy that up and try to get some paint to protect the damaged section of that wheel.

[rsmagee]

Great. Thanks guys! Feel like such an idiot! What paint should I use?

[RUM4MO]

What paint should I use?

Something that lots of us would like to know, I tend to guess which car body looks closest, and buy a paint pencil in Halfords.

[perarduapropatria]

Ive had that sort of thing on my rear tyre for 3 years.. Hasnt been a problem to me..


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Same. It's an advisory, maybe.

[rsmagee]

Thanks guys. Feel way better now. Just been quoted £30 to get the alloy fixed properly too so feeling better about the whole thing!

[perarduapropatria]

Thanks guys. Feel way better now. Just been quoted £30 to get the alloy fixed properly too so feeling better about the whole thing!

Spend the £30 on a Dremel and just polish it smooth? It'll only happen again at some point...

[rsmagee]

Thanks guys. Feel way better now. Just been quoted £30 to get the alloy fixed properly too so feeling better about the whole thing!

Spend the £30 on a Dremel and just polish it smooth? It'll only happen again at some point...

Haha, good point. Sadly I always cock up that kind of thing up!

[perarduapropatria]

Thanks guys. Feel way better now. Just been quoted £30 to get the alloy fixed properly too so feeling better about the whole thing!

Spend the £30 on a Dremel and just polish it smooth? It'll only happen again at some point...

Haha, good point. Sadly I always cock up that kind of thing up!

Can't look any worse! Just take the rough edges off and then polish it with Autosol.

[chrispy.]

Same. It's an advisory, maybe.

It has never come up on an MOT for me but I know what you mean - obviously tyres shouldn't be like this


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[perarduapropatria]

Same. It's an advisory, maybe.

It has never come up on an MOT for me but I know what you mean - obviously tyres shouldn't be like this


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It probably depends on the size. If you've got a big pig's ear flapping from your wheel it might be different.

At the end of the day if it doesn't feel right - it isn't right. Gut instinct is rarely wrong; If you think it needs changing then it does.

[RUM4MO]

Of course, if you have not cut it off yet, and if you are handy with some rubber glue, you could stick it back down to create an "invisible mend"!