A broken tyre means several different things, and which one you have decides whether it can be saved. A nail through the middle of the tread is not really broken at all.
Chessington produces plenty of the second kind. The industrial estate is hard on rubber, with loading bay kerbs and the sort of swarf and offcuts that find a sidewall as you swing in. Add the season, when the queue for the theme park creeps along the A243 for an hour at a time and the nearside grinds against the kerb line, and the flanks take punishment the tread never sees.
We look at the whole tyre before offering an opinion: the outside, the inside once it is off the rim, and the rim edge as well, since impact damage nearly always marks both.
Parallel parking damages more tyres than potholes do. Anywhere with tight kerbside bays, Hook Road included, produces a steady supply of scuffed sidewalls. If it has gone too far, we bring the right size and fit it where the car is parked, in Chessington South or anywhere else in Chessington, balanced and pressure-set, with no tow and no garage booking. Same tools in Southborough as in Hook, same on every call. Valve in Malden Rushett, balance in Tolworth, pressures before we go.
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Kerbs are what break tyres in Chessington. The bays on the industrial estate, the tight turns off Hook Road and the long crawl down the A243 in season all push the nearside against a hard edge for far longer than anyone notices. That damage sits on the flank, out of sight, and it is worth having somebody look at properly rather than guessing from the driver's seat.
A car in Chessington South had an egg-shaped swelling on the inner shoulder that the owner had never seen because it faced the wall. The casing cords had already parted underneath. It was replaced that afternoon rather than being left to let go on the way to work.
A works van picking up regularly from the industrial estate had three separate slices across one shoulder. Two were shallow enough to leave; the third had reached the cords. We showed the driver the difference on the tyre in front of him and changed only the one that needed it.
A second car near Southborough had done under four thousand miles in six years. The tread looked new and the sidewalls were crazed with fine cracks all the way round. Age had finished those tyres long before wear would have.
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The tread is the flat band that touches the road; the sidewall is the flexible wall between it and the rim. Damage in the tread band is often repairable. Anything in the sidewall or the curved shoulder is not, because that area bends on every revolution.
Yes. A bulge means the internal cords have already broken and only the rubber is holding the shape. It will not settle down or wear out gradually. Park the car and have the tyre changed before it is driven again, particularly before any fast road.
If they are shallow surface crazing on a young tyre, no. If the tyre is more than six or seven years old by its date code and the cracks run into the grooves or across the flank, the rubber has hardened and it should be replaced whatever the tread depth says.
Worth doing, especially if the damage came from a kerb or a pothole. Impacts often catch the front and rear on the same side. We check all four while we are there and tell you plainly if the other three are fine.
A photo helps us bring the right thing, but it is not a verdict. Plenty of damage only shows once the tyre is off the rim and the inside is visible. We would rather look properly at the car than promise you an answer down the phone.
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