tyre damage - advice wanted

[vareynick]

Hi all, new user - hoping to get some advice from some of the wise heads in this forum!

Long story short, had to aggressively swerve out of the way of an oncoming vehicle involved in a police chase yesterday, and in the process over steered into the kerb - hitting the kerb was the better option, but still not happy as I've managed to damage my front tyre.

I was wondering if anyone could take a look at this photo and tell me if they think this is serious enough to require replacing?

Also, yes the alloys are in an horrendous state I know - bought the car on Saturday, so not my doing (tyres are brand new, which is annoying)! (May have them repaired if its a reasonable cost, but have not really looked into it yet).

Car is a 57 plate A3 S-line.

Thanks in advance for any advice!

[Terzo123]

Hard to tell from that picture, but damage appears to be on the rim protector portion of the tyre, so should be okay .

[alex.mcintosh]

Replace

[kiethton]

Can you see any chord behind the flap?

Yes = replace
No = fine but keep an eye on it