Hi all,

I have a slow puncture in the sidewall of my offside front tyre. It was done by hitting a drain when I overtook a coach near Alton Towers. Also the tyre is popping slightly out of the alloy wheel. There is still plenty of tred on it but I do not feel completely comfortable keeping it. My MOT is not due until Feb/Mar.

I have (stock?) Pirelli P Zero Nero 205/40/17 Tyres all round. I'm looking to replace just the one tyre and was wondering what your advice would be regarding brand. Is it worth sticking with the same one? Does it matter if I get one part worn?

Any advice appreciated.

Cheers,

Smiiithy

I'm sure the advice will come back to always try and get the same brand but I'm running a different brand on the front two than on the rears without problems.

As for the part worn I wouldn't imagine major problems unless there is huge tread differences or you're taking the car on the track. Obviously having one part of the car 'grippier' than another on a track could be problematic but just for standard use I'd imagine it would be ok

In fact, tyres wear differently anyway depending on tracking, going up curbs and driveways etc - so you should be fine

I have pirellis.on the back.and avons on the front and my cars been fine

i dont think it matters that different tyres are on the front to the rear, whats more important is having the same tyres on both sides of 1 axle, i think

It doesn't matter what tyres you have on whatever axle or side of a car. Aslong as the tyre size is the same (205/40/17) you can do what you like. You could have an Avon, Toyo, Pirelli and Michelin if you so wanted lol.

As for part worn, this will be fine. Alot of people only change one tyre at a time, and although it is suggested you change the two, I wouldn't worry for now. Get a part worn, wait until the Pirelli needs changing and then get a pair.

And whatever you do, get the tyre changed NOW. If it's bulging under pressure, it could blow out any time. The tyre wall has been damaged inside and you only have small amount of rubber holding that part of the tyre toegether.

on the fiestas its a good idea to make sure you use similarly rated tyres (i.e. wet weather and dry weather how good they are) the reason i say this is because personnally i belive this helped contribute to me writing off my first fiesta, Previous owner fitted cheap tyres all round, so when the front ones had warn out i fitted toyos on the front and left cheap ones on the rear... one wet evening the rear end came out and i ended up T'ing into a wall....

i've always replaced the whole axle because of worn tread on one side like people have mentioned your get better grip one side and less the other when it's wet.

get both replaced if you can mate and get the other non-damaged one as a spare if you get a puncture again?

Maybe take the tyre to a fitter and see if it's repairable?

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so when the front ones had warn out i fitted toyos on the front and left cheap ones on the rear... one wet evening the rear end came out and i ended up T'ing into a wall....

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Always put the tyres with best grip on the back! Sounds strange but the rears are what gets you round the corner.

Cheers guys

Still need to get this done. Not sure what brands are worth getting part worn and not. Will it make a massive difference?

i bought a decently treaded part worn pirelli for £30 fitted the other week so it shouldn't be too expensive .

Depends on how worn the other tyre is.

If there's alot of tread left, get a decent make part worn. If it will last another 1000 miles, get a cheap one. Just don't forget it is a budget and won't stick to the road as well as premium branded tyres.

This isn't even legal in Belguim lol

Can't have 2 different tyres on the same axle, but you can have like Toyo's on the front and Pirelli's on the rear...

Really?

Over here it's only illegal if they tyre size is different, othwerwise its fine.