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Only six days of putting a new set of 19s on the car http://www.r32oc.com...tted-on-my-mk5/
I was on my way up the country, when 50 miles into my journey it suddenly went all shakey, to which I quickly pulled over. The left rear was as flat as a pancake! Once the wheel was off and we had a look, it was completely coming apart! The recovery chap said the type of damage would have been caused by over-inflation, or it being a really old tyre!
Its hard to describe the damage without a picture, but its like someone has cut the rolling face of the tyre off of the sidewall, and got about half-way round!
Imagine this damage on a 19" wheel: http://image.shutter...ad-42893689.jpg although the cut goes about half-way round on mine.
Luckily the car and the wheels are free from damage (I think!)
Anybody wiser on what could have caused this type of damage?
I was on my way up the country, when 50 miles into my journey it suddenly went all shakey, to which I quickly pulled over. The left rear was as flat as a pancake! Once the wheel was off and we had a look, it was completely coming apart! The recovery chap said the type of damage would have been caused by over-inflation, or it being a really old tyre!
Its hard to describe the damage without a picture, but its like someone has cut the rolling face of the tyre off of the sidewall, and got about half-way round!
Imagine this damage on a 19" wheel: http://image.shutter...ad-42893689.jpg although the cut goes about half-way round on mine.
Luckily the car and the wheels are free from damage (I think!)
Anybody wiser on what could have caused this type of damage?