rossd

its not a nail in the tyre, ive looked and so have a garage. i agree the tyre is probably my fault. But no way is the wheel damaged from me driving on it, i was going about 10-20 miles an hour. You may now say thats enough to damage it but i know i didnt go over any bumps/potholes or anything as i was going so slow, i could easily move around them. Thanks for the helpful comments

I'm going to get pictures when I get home, I'm working away through the week unfortunately. The wheels are 18" team dynamics. The garage checked the tyre and its absolutely fine other than the damage caused by it being flat. It happened to me earlier last year, got a tyre fitted and a couple of days later, pop! Thanks to a pothole, was going to claim but they'd filled it in before I had chance to get any photos. Thanks for all your advice guys, given me a little clarity in where to go/ start the ball rolling etc Much appreciated!

Hi all, woke up this morning and the tyre was as good as flat, took it to the petrol station and wouldn't pump up. Back home, took the wheels off and took it to motosave, the guy there noticed a line all the way around the tyre. This apparently is caused when you drive when the tyre is flat and it causes all the metal strands in the sidewall to bend and effectively ruins the tyre. Whilst looking at this I noticed a dint in the alloy, so now it's not just the tyre that's knackered, it's the wheel too. The mechanic said to get a pic of a pothole and claim through the council. I'm wondering, have many people done this before? I want to complain, the roads are an absolute disgrace, can't drive down a road without serval thuds! For anyone nearby me, it must have been around the Morley/ Beeston/ gildersome area of Leeds as the the wheel was fine Saturday night when I was at the 6 acres pub, Any help would be appreciated!

Yeah very true true hou! I didn't see any real issues with it? And it is a mess, the 'ramp's are huge aswell! Cones all over the place.... We shall see!

That's the one mate, got some pics on my iPhone, can I upload straight from my iPhone to Ccuk or do I have to use my computer? It's been filled in now, how may that effect things? Ross

Thanks for the replies guys, great help. Already taken some pics but never thought of using something to scale it, there are two road signs up, 'caution raised roadworks' and 'caution no road markings'. I'm sure someone else must have complained as its a busy ish road, happened to my brother too on the same hole so I think his girlfriend is going to complain, 2 people from the same family may look suspicious, (they share the care so they're not exactly hiding anything. Noticed it has flattened the wheel a bit too! Will try take to a garage tomorrow! Then get in touch with highways agency Thanks again guys

Hey all, driving home on Friday afternoon, about a mile from home, there was some road works on route. Unfortunately for me I hot a pot hole, it was huge, I'd say it's the biggest I've ever had the pleasure of meeting with! Anyway, yesterday, came out of a restaurant with the mrs, walking to the car and noticed and egg/ bulge on the tyre wall. Never thought it was caused by the pothole but it layer dawned on me. Where might I stand with this? I've heard of people claiming from the council for damages, just never know how you go about this? Can anyone give any info on this? For the record, I wasn't speeding/ going faster than I should, didnt fancy swerving As there was a curb one side and a mini island the other Cheers guys Ross

Is it just a dent, i.e. no scratches? Could it not be like pushed out? If that panel needs panels id say £100 isnt bad at all, paint isnt cheap + labour... However if it could be pushed out, which dentdevils or dent doctor or someone similar may do, id hope to pay less than £100. I used to work at Halfords, just before i left they started doing something with removing dents, a company come out to the store and check out your dent etc, probably reasonably pricey but worth checking out, might actually be cheap in comparison. Id be more inclined to go somewhere with a good rep than somewhere with no rep thats cheap, if its a crap job you'll just want it doing again... Hope that helps Essay over lol Ross.