Hi Guys,
After a bit of advice. I'm at 1800 miles now, while at the exhaust shop last week I spotted the worst.. metal in the rear tyre I took it to the tyre shop who put a drop of water on and there was no air leak, so the metal was removed. It has penetrated the tyre in two places and probably went in a good 3/4mm but is not leaking air.
I have topped up the pressures as I normally do every week and made sure the TPMS is reset, I've had no problems in the last 5 days.
Question is, it's a performance motor and should I be preloading the tyre out of precaution? I'd rather not because I'm sure as most of it would be, I'd rather keep my £150 in the back. Plus then I have the thing of the tyre wear will be slightly out on the one side.
My question is, if it was your car would you leave it and hope it doesn't possibly get worse and lead to a sudden deflation? (God forbid) or replace the tyre? It's a really tough call to make. I'd have to get Audi to replace the tyre, I can't risk any damage to the stunning wing arm alloy with the diamond cut edge.
Thanks,
Matthew
After a bit of advice. I'm at 1800 miles now, while at the exhaust shop last week I spotted the worst.. metal in the rear tyre I took it to the tyre shop who put a drop of water on and there was no air leak, so the metal was removed. It has penetrated the tyre in two places and probably went in a good 3/4mm but is not leaking air.
I have topped up the pressures as I normally do every week and made sure the TPMS is reset, I've had no problems in the last 5 days.
Question is, it's a performance motor and should I be preloading the tyre out of precaution? I'd rather not because I'm sure as most of it would be, I'd rather keep my £150 in the back. Plus then I have the thing of the tyre wear will be slightly out on the one side.
My question is, if it was your car would you leave it and hope it doesn't possibly get worse and lead to a sudden deflation? (God forbid) or replace the tyre? It's a really tough call to make. I'd have to get Audi to replace the tyre, I can't risk any damage to the stunning wing arm alloy with the diamond cut edge.
Thanks,
Matthew