Hit a pot hole on parra road! & Need Help !

[Veee1.8t]

driving along parra road and hit a pretty big pothole, i didnt think much of it but i looked at the front left tyre and theres a buldge on face of the tire, just on the side of the rim, anyone know whats wrong with it?

cheers
vee

[MACCAA]

Basically,it's stuffed.The impact has damaged the sidewall ,and it ain't repairable.Don't keep driving on it,as you're risking a blow out at any time.

[KI11Z]

what he said

[Veee1.8t]

thats no good! , that really pisses me off...

thanx for that mate..chhers

[gtimk5]

I had the pleasure of doing 3 sidewalls on the Contis on my GTI within 15,000 kms. Same deal, potholes ect. One sidewall split open, 2 bulged. I am not sure if the sidewalls on the Contis are weaker? The 17in ones were $410 each with some shopping around.
I later fitted Yokohamas to the 17in wheels and they rode nicer.
I swapped those for a set of 18in BBS CHs and they came with Contis so its back to taking extra special care again!

[DubSteve]

driving along parra road and hit a pretty big pothole, i didnt think much of it but i looked at the front left tyre and theres a buldge on face of the tire, just on the side of the rim, anyone know whats wrong with it?

cheers
vee

Should have used the M4

[GTI PERTH]

Veee, get a quote for the tyre and labour charge and take it to your local council along with a photo of the pot hole, road and tyre and they should pay the bill as a mate of mine has done it and they soughted it out, goodluck

[Glide_GTI]

Veee, get a quote for the tyre and labour charge and take it to your local council along with a photo of the pot hole, road and tyre and they should pay the bill as a mate of mine has done it and they soughted it out, goodluck

lol, ur mate is lucky.

my mum hit a pot hole like 1m deep, broke the rim, bent the strut brace.. think she could get anything out of the council? nope.


on another note, i went a bit too fast in an unseen dip in the road today, used up all the travel on the left front wheel, better go and check the tyre

[Veee1.8t]

so do i replace the buggered tyre with the one from the rear or do i put the new full size spare on the front?

[Veee1.8t]

changed my tyre.....now when i brake really hard .....theres this terrible grinding sound ...grrrrrrrrrr...and a bit of vibration ...is this just the abs ...never was like this before?