rubber peeling off sidewall of recently changed tyre - what to do??

BeenThroughItAll

Kerbed/pothole.

neilmcl

Deffo looks like it's caught something.

maninthestreet

I wouldn't do much driving in that car with a tyre that badly damaged.

BeenThroughItAll

In the second photo down, it might be my imagination but it does also appear as if the rim which is just visible may be slightly misshapen. That would also indicate pothole to me. There also appear to be marks on the tyre wall itself which suggest it's impacted against 'a thing' to cause the damage.


Very much doubt it's worth the effort getting Halfords to look at it, I'd be 99.9% certain they'd say the same thing.

Double_V

Definitely looks like pothole damage.

user1168934

I am not driving with this tyre on. I have replaced it with the spare for now. I am not saying it's impossible for me to hit a kerb but I think it is quite unlikely. I have not driven so much since I had them changed. I have my own parking space at home with no kerbs around it and same at work. I am just finding it hard to believe that a brand new and a good quality tyre will get so badly damaged.
I am very interested to know what everyone thinks caused this. May be its just bad luck. If it is my mistake then I will own up and pay for it myself without hassling the folks at Halfords.

m0bov

Does anyone else drive the car? Its taken a hell of a wack, had no idea it was that bad!

user1168934

I suppose pothole is a possibility

m0bov

P.S Did they test drive the car afterwards?

user1168934

m0bov wrote: »

Does anyone else drive the car? Its taken a hell of a wack, had no idea it was that bad!

No its just me and I don't even drive that much. I inspected the damage when I took the tyre off and it was quite deep.