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mwg
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13th Sep 09 at 17:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Is this too close to the edge to repair do you think?
Mike
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13th Sep 09 at 17:22   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yes
mwg
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What a bastard, thats what I thought. That is not going to be cheap
DaveyLC
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Its to close to be repaired to BSAU standard.. But it can be repaired, just a case of finding someone who'll do it.
Ben G
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that's a pain what size/make tyres are they?
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13th Sep 09 at 17:39   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yes it is, no reputable garage would repair that.
mark_gsi
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michelin pilot exoltos aswell arent they
mwg
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225/40/18 Michelin Pilot Exalto.

Dont think I'll be able to get them though cos when I changed the fronts I had to get Pilot Sports as they reckon they dont do Exaltos anymore. I will be buying 2 aswell cos I'm not running round with odd tyres
Ben G
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http://www.tyre-shopper.co.uk/ts/search/ManufacturerSearch.aspx

£155 quid
mwg
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Its going down very slowly, pumped it back up to pressure and its only gone down 2 PSI in just over half an hour. So I'm gonna pump it again in the morning and drive it carefully the 15 miles to the garage.

Read too many people on the audi forums having mishaps with the supplied car jack and bending the sills
mwg
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
http://www.tyre-shopper.co.uk/ts/search/ManufacturerSearch.aspx

£155 quid


I got them for about £140ish last time but the guy had made a mistake so I got a good deal. I am expecting £160+
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so you are going to bin a perfectly good tyre cause if you only buy one you will have an odd one?
mwg
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and the mark on the tyre in pic I took is presumably from me driving along on it the other night before I noticed
mwg
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quote:
Originally posted by mattk
so you are going to bin a perfectly good tyre cause if you only buy one you will have an odd one?


Correct. If it was some old shit heap I wouldn't care but its not so I do
Ben G
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how the hell did it get that flat before you noticed looks like you'd have had about 20mm of sidewall
mwg
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I really dont know, its quite scary cos the last time I used it was Friday night and I was driving pretty quick on the last few miles towards my house. With the tyre like that I guess aswell, could of had a blow out
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pull it out n put a bigger screw in it, no its not repairable and you wont even be able to get a plug on it as its on the corner part
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theres these if you could wait http://www.camskill.co.uk/products.php?plid=m4b0s134p11466
mwg
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Dont know how much places would charge to fit, can imagine them being arsey if you dont buy from them but expect them to fit them.

Need them sorted tomorrow too
Twiggy
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Cant you fill it with that tyre foam shit?
mwg
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I dont need to. Its only 25 mins to where I need to be and its only losing 2 PSI in that sort of time.

That foam stuff just makes a shitty mess anyway from what I've heard
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quote:
Originally posted by mwg
Dont know how much places would charge to fit, can imagine them being arsey if you dont buy from them but expect them to fit them.

Need them sorted tomorrow too


i doubt it, just go to a random garage. dont see why theyd be arsey its still work and money at the end of the day
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Get it vulcanised. Perfectly safe and legal

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quote:
Originally posted by mwg
I dont need to. Its only 25 mins to where I need to be and its only losing 2 PSI in that sort of time.
Yeah but that's when it's not moving. When the tyre is flexing all around when you're going along I'd have thought it would lose pressure quicker.

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mwg
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It'll be right, I'll be going very slow

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