Stupid question

[Bob's Orange]

I am just about to put my car in for its MOT. It should fly through however I have a nail in one of my rear tyres. I assume that this is an MOT fail?

Can they fix this easily or will I need a new tyre? Because I have 17" wheels, I am going to cry if I need a new one as they are over £100 a corner!

[fatbury]

That will fail ... you need a new tyre anyway if it has a nail in it as that will be a slow puncture and is bloody dangerous!

[Sippo]

Personally I'd get it checked out first before putting it through its MOT becaise the garage will charge you more for the tyre.

[genf_stfc]

I am just about to put my car in for its MOT. It should fly through however I have a nail in one of my rear tyres. I assume that this is an MOT fail?

Can they fix this easily or will I need a new tyre? Because I have 17" wheels, I am going to cry if I need a new one as they are over £100 a corner!

If you take it to euromaster or one of those cheap tyre places they might be able to put a plug in it for you - won't cost more than a few quid.  Better to do that before the MOT, otherwise the MOT garage might say its unsafe to drive and insist you get new tyres off of them, and if your tyres are fairly old, they may also insist you change left and right at the smae time...

Taking mine to the Swiss equivalent soon, but the suspension is fucked - problem is here you have to get it through an MOT before you can sell it on, and its going to be expensive... I either fix it or scrap it, and I can't bring myself to scrap it !

[Bob's Orange]

I get free MOT's for life from the dealership I bought the car from (Honda), trouble is as you say, a new tyre may cost me a fortune from there.

[magicroundabout]

depending on the size of the nail and where it is positioned on the tyre you can get it plugged as genf_stfc, has said.

will only cost about a fiver as i had it done on one of mine once.
had a fuck off nail in it and had it plugged which worked a treat and never had a problem with it

[Northern Red]

Thanks for joggin my memory - I've just realised my MOT is up in three weeks  

I'm going for an early test in case of problems....

[Ralphy]

I'd personally get a new tyre.

[Bob's Orange]

I'd personally get a new tyre.

Ralphy, what size wheels you got on the Type 'R'? Is it 18's?

[Ralphy]

No 17's mate

[Bob's Orange]

No 17's mate

So same as mine then. How much you spend on tyres?

[Ralphy]

My tyre size may be different to your's though

The Type R has 205/45/R17 tyres


I pay £109 a tyre from mytyres.co.uk

Thats for Yokahama Parada Spec 2 though

The standard Bridgestone Potenza's are about £70-80

[Bob's Orange]

Mines are 215/45/R17. No idea what that means, but any idea how much I am looking to spend if the worst comes to the worst?

[Ralphy]

Depends on budget really mate.

I never cut corners when it comes to tyres, allways buy a decent one.

By the way, 215 is the width of your tyre in mm

45 is the side wall figure (45% of 215 = 96.75 mm)

So your sidewall is 45% of the width 96.75 mm

I'd go for Michelin Pilot Sport, Yokahama Parada Spec 2 or Toyo Proxes T1-R's

[Bob's Orange]

Depends on budget really mate.

I never cut corners when it comes to tyres, allways buy a decent one.

By the way, 215 is the width of your tyre in mm

45 is the side wall figure (45% of 215 = 96.75 mm)

So your sidewall is 45% of the width 96.75 mm

I'd go for Michelin Pilot Sport, Yokahama Parada Spec 2 or Toyo Proxes T1-R's

Thanks mate, not sure what tyres I have on the car at the moment to be honest, plenty of tread on them though.