Popped a Tyre From a Pot Hole.... need a replacement!!! ASAP

[Bassik]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the tyres currently on your car have a speed index of V - which is 240 km/h.

pretty sure mine are Z

Update no your right I had a look and there 87V...so maybe Tempe had 87Z...wait i'm confused...lol

[R1 Crasher]

I dont want to be a pessimist here but,check to make sure no damgae to the wheel,I recently hit a pot hole in my Golf Pirelli,and damaged the wheel(beyond repair although looked like it could be re rolled) as well as punctured the tyre through the side wall,Golf Pirelli alloys, $1162 each,Ouch, New Wheel and new Pzero later I find the rear wheel has also been damaged beyond repair,another new wheel required.(And yes I know I could have bought a whole set of other wheels for less than one wheel)It would'nt have been a Pirelli then,Any how Council claim submitted, the first $1220 of any claim they will not pay regardless,And claim turned down, so now in a Legal dispute with Council over this.

[Diesel_vert]

pretty sure mine are Z

In any case, ZR corresponds to 240 km/h+

And as shown below, no speed index corresponds to 275 km/h.

V = 240 km/h
W = 270 km/h
Y = 300 km/h
(Y) = 300 km/h+

[Bassik]

I dont want to be a pessimist here but,check to make sure no damgae to the wheel,I recently hit a pot hole in my Golf Pirelli,and damaged the wheel(beyond repair although looked like it could be re rolled) as well as punctured the tyre through the side wall,Golf Pirelli alloys, $1162 each,Ouch, New Wheel and new Pzero later I find the rear wheel has also been damaged beyond repair,another new wheel required.(And yes I know I could have bought a whole set of other wheels for less than one wheel)It would'nt have been a Pirelli then,Any how Council claim submitted, the first $1220 of any claim they will not pay regardless,And claim turned down, so now in a Legal dispute with Council over this.

Ok WOW.

I don't want to sound bad but I feel a lot better knowing that I'm in a much much better situation then you. Soz mate, that must be a bitch?

I went to the site today to take photos of pot hole and to my luck it was either 1 patched or wasn't a pot hole because for the life of me couldn't find any road damage.

Hope you win out man and you get some sort of compensation.

[Bassik]

In any case, ZR corresponds to 240 km/h+

And as shown below, no speed index corresponds to 275 km/h.

V = 240 km/h
W = 270 km/h
Y = 300 km/h
(Y) = 300 km/h+

Nah your right they are V he may have been wrong when I asked what Y was... but either way he has V in stock for $200 so I'll probably get that tomorrow.

My other question is now that I have noticed that my wheel alignment has been stuffed I went back to my mechanic to get the wheels rotated thinking that the space saver was the culprit for incorrect alignment. I have now got the spare on the back and the back left moved to the front. I am still getting a left pull maybe not as much but its definitively still there. Could this still be because of the rear left being on a spare?

Or am I going to need a wheel alignment or whatever you can do on these cars to correct the steering...lol

[gavs]

How hard was the hit? There is a fair possibility that the hit (if hard enough to swell a tyre) has knocked something out of alignment, namely the front subframe might have moved on its bolts...

[Bassik]

How hard was the hit? There is a fair possibility that the hit (if hard enough to swell a tyre) has knocked something out of alignment, namely the front subframe might have moved on its bolts...

Put it this way I've hit that wheel harder but having said that the left front has copped a beating since I picked the car up. It's probably the 3rd pot hole i've hit.

Probably not related but I'm also getting weird noises in downing gear changes. More noticable in manual mode.