While going past someone on a single track road I went over something which immediately deflated the tyre, swapped the spare tyre on and the breakdown guy checked the wheel - he thought the tyre was fine but wheel was damaged as air is leaking out between the alloy and the tyre.  I haven't taken it to a tyre place yet as I want to find what my options are first, does it sound more likely the alloy is damaged and if so is it something that could be repaired?  Or would I be better just organising a replacement?  If the latter, where is the best place to get another one - the car is on the standard 17in VRS alloys (56 plate), it looks like single alloys are available on ebay for around £110.

 

Thanks,

John

Is there any physical signs of damage? If laid on the floor, is the alloy sides still straight?

Depends, if theres bad impact damage and may be cracked/warped you'll have to replace it.

Its quite rare to damage a wheel to this point and normally its more cost effective to refurb/smart repair than replace a wheel but sounds like the wheel may be borked.

Thanks for the prompt responses.

 

Looking at it there isn't any obvious physical signs of damage with the tyre still on, it looks straight to me when laid flat but I suspect it must be bent.  Would the best option be to take to take it an alloy refurbishment company and see what they think and work from there?

 

John

I took it to a tyre place and they reckon it's the tyre that's gone as they found a rip along it, they've replaced it so fingers crossed that's it sorted.  Very annoying as I've only done a few hundred miles on the tyre but damage is done and probably more straight forward than sorting out the alloy.

 

John