cavey Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Hi, I live in France and have a defender 110 300tdi which I brought here from Blighty. The tyres I have are 4 Bf Goodrich all-terrain radials, 120/116s, LT 265/75 R16. Load Range D. They are all in pretty good condition. The problem I have is a tiny puncture in the sidewall of one of them. I believe that I am right in thinking that I cannot repair this hole as auguring it will significantly reduce the strength of the sidewall. I have been led to believe that my only option is to replace this tyre. However, that could be tricky given the price involved and I HAVE to pass the French MOT (controle technique) soon as I am already late for it. My boss, luckily, is one of the very few people in France with some second hand 4x4 tyres. They are however unfortunately a different size.. They are BF goodrich all terrain radials as well but... 20 x 9.50 R15 LT Load Range C. Could anyone enlighten me if it is problematic to put 2 of these tyres on the front or the back? Thereby have different size tyres on different axles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 what size is your spare tyre ? as you haven't mentioned that. only fix for your damaged tyre is by replacing it. would be better if you could you borrow all 4 of your friends wheel/tyres instead of just 2. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco-Ron Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Your existing tyres are 16 inch, the ones your boss has are 15's, i would advise against fitting different size wheels on one end to the other on any vehicle, amd i doubt it would pass the terst with different size wheels anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazwell24 Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Hi, I live in France and have a defender 110 300tdi which I brought here from Blighty. The tyres I have are 4 Bf Goodrich all-terrain radials, 120/116s, LT 265/75 R16. Load Range D. They are all in pretty good condition. The problem I have is a tiny puncture in the sidewall of one of them. I believe that I am right in thinking that I cannot repair this hole as auguring it will significantly reduce the strength of the sidewall. I have been led to believe that my only option is to replace this tyre. However, that could be tricky given the price involved and I HAVE to pass the French MOT (controle technique) soon as I am already late for it. My boss, luckily, is one of the very few people in France with some second hand 4x4 tyres. They are however unfortunately a different size.. They are BF goodrich all terrain radials as well but... 20 x 9.50 R15 LT Load Range C. Could anyone enlighten me if it is problematic to put 2 of these tyres on the front or the back? Thereby have different size tyres on different axles? hi there mate you are able to have the tyre repaired its wats called in the trade MAJOR repair we do these all the time for commercial plant and car tyres you just need to find a local commercial and car tyre specialist here in uk, cost about 25pounds and is fully legal and insurance approved i know that the trucks we repair under truck force which is owned by goodyear-dunlop go through european tests ok id say look into it dont just scrap the tyre HTH dazwell24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavey Posted April 10, 2011 Author Share Posted April 10, 2011 Hi there, I agree about not scrapping the tyre, but I just don't know where to progress about fixing it. The garages around here won't touch it, I might try just over the border in Spain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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