- Russell
- Member Since: 26 Jun 2016
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Foam filled tyres to reduce noise
Friend has a D5 and picked up a puncture. He took it in to be repaired and was told it could not be repaired as the tyres are filled with foam to reduce noise. Apparently it was a factory option
Has anyone heard of this, are tyre place taking the pee??
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- simonh
- Member Since: 02 Apr 2017
- Location: Shropshire
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Are the Pirelli Scorpion Verde all season ?
If so they have a foam layer to help reduce road noise so they could mean this. They also have a self sealing layer for minor punctures too and are run flats (never knew this).
Look at the Technology section of the webpage:
https://www.pirelli.com/tyres/en-gb/car/fi...all-season
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- L90Andy
- Member Since: 22 Oct 2018
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Might well be Continental's 'Contisilent'. More likely to be fitted on the larger wheels so guess its on 22's.
But yep, totally normal and factory fitted.
- Russell
- Member Since: 26 Jun 2016
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Not sure what make tyre, they are 22" same as mine
Mine are Pirelli
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- Labbix
- Member Since: 05 Mar 2018
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I do think they have the road noise foam, but not the seal inside against punctures as it is nowhere mentioned on the tyres where it does on my summer tyres (other car).
- winger
- Member Since: 19 Mar 2017
- Location: Somerset
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Different sizes and profiles have different features
however the puncture was a 25mm cut, so as far as a repair goes with theses I don’t know, hopefully they can be repaired