Tyres / Wheels

kiddums

Recently I have had a spate of punctures.
I bent the rim a while back and they did there best to fix it but they said it wasn't sealing properly so they put a tube in it.
The tube tore a few weeks later and they replaced it again.
It has since been repaired twice.

I'm wondering if I need a new rim as well as the new tyres they say I should get?

I think I found suitable tyres online at a reasonable price. My next question is would I be grand with just getting 2 or should I replace all 4?

These are the tyres.

How much would a breaker be lookin for steelies?
If they're cheap enough I might get 3 and get some winter tyres later on.

biko

Hard to say how much a breaker would want, probably not much at all, but you can check out adverts.ie and get 4 alloys?

dougie-lampkin

kiddums wrote: »

The tube tore a few weeks later and they replaced it again.
It has since been repaired twice.

Probably because they're tubeless tyres? They're not meant to have a tube in contact with the inside of the tyre. It will keep tearing tubes if you keep fitting them.

If you're getting new tyres, always replace an axle at a time. It's ok to have different wear front and rear or even different profiles front and rear, but not laterally across the car. And you're as well to replace the dodgy rim too, it's very hard to fix a bent steelie. I got a steelie off a scrapyard for a Micra for €15 that had a new tyre last year to replace a bent rim, happy days A local tyre shop wanted €20 just to remove the tyre so I could have a go at the rim, and then put it back on with no guarantee it would seal. Ahhh, no :pac:

kiddums

biko wrote: »

Hard to say how much a breaker would want, probably not much at all, but you can check out adverts.ie and get 4 alloys?

I was thinking I might get some alloys, but I'm kinda low on funds.
I forgot about adverts tho. I'll check it out when I get home.

dougie-lampkin wrote: »

Probably because they're tubeless tyres? They're not meant to have a tube in contact with the inside of the tyre. It will keep tearing tubes if you keep fitting them.

If you're getting new tyres, always replace an axle at a time. It's ok to have different wear front and rear or even different profiles front and rear, but not laterally across the car. And you're as well to replace the dodgy rim too, it's very hard to fix a bent steelie. I got a steelie off a scrapyard for a Micra for €15 that had a new tyre last year to replace a bent rim, happy days A local tyre shop wanted €20 just to remove the tyre so I could have a go at the rim, and then put it back on with no guarantee it would seal. Ahhh, no :pac:

Ah so that could be it so. New tyres needed so.
Yea, I'd replace the front as its FWD and Put the best 2 on the back. The spare would get the thire best, so I'd only really be getting rid of the bad wheel.

I didn't think they would be that cheap. I'll get a run up next weekend so after pay day.
Tho I asked on the phone and they don't have my car in so I'd have to use trial and error to find one suitable.

Are those tyres in the first post suitable or are they pure ****e? I want the cheapest good ones I can get. I don't want to be forking out a small forture for them when the car mightn't last.

Paddy001

dougie-lampkin wrote: »

Probably because they're tubeless tyres? They're not meant to have a tube in contact with the inside of the tyre. It will keep tearing tubes if you keep fitting them.

If you're getting new tyres, always replace an axle at a time. It's ok to have different wear front and rear or even different profiles front and rear, but not laterally across the car. And you're as well to replace the dodgy rim too, it's very hard to fix a bent steelie. I got a steelie off a scrapyard for a Micra for €15 that had a new tyre last year to replace a bent rim, happy days A local tyre shop wanted €20 just to remove the tyre so I could have a go at the rim, and then put it back on with no guarantee it would seal. Ahhh, no :pac:

It is perfectly fine to have a tube in most tubeless tyres, it just depends on the inside of the tyre, if it is too rough it will burst the tube. There is probably damage to the rim or tyre which is puncturing the tube

dougie-lampkin

Paddy001 wrote: »

It is perfectly fine to have a tube in most tubeless tyres, it just depends on the inside of the tyre, if it is too rough it will burst the tube. There is probably damage to the rim or tyre which is puncturing the tube

That's what I meant, if the tyre isn't designed to hold a tube there could well be friction between them, causing the tube to fail. If it's gone through three tubes there's definitely something rubbing against the tube, whether it's wheel or tyre.

kiddums

So I just found a garage that will fit tyres for 10euro each for me.

I'm now deciding between these 2.
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Does anyone know which would be the best for me? I'm averaging 50 miles every day. I've done 5.5K in 109 days, so I'm wanting good tyres from a brand I recognise.

Nissan doctor

Most modern tubeless tyres are not smooth on the inside so sidewall flex can easily damage the tube. Tubes are also not designed for tyres with low aspect ratios i.e, most modern tyres.