Plugging run-flat tires
#2
Only some independent shop may patch it up for about $60-$80. (none of the chain stores will do that due to liability issues.) I finally decided on 4 regular tires. Still got 2 very nice RFT. PM me if interested!
#3
Intermediate
If it is a nail hole have you ever thought of just buying a plug kit at the auto parts store and doing it yourself?
The repair shops are afraid you have been driving around with the tire flat and it now needs to be replaced not repaired. They don't care if you tell them it is just a slow leak and you haven't been driving on the tire without any air in it.
That or take it to the tire shop, have it dismounted and bring it home and but a patch on the inside and take it back to the tire store to be mounted and balanced.
I'd just plug it. I carry a kit in my trunk of all my cars for just in case times.
I can pull the nail, screw, whatever out and plug and refill the tire faster than I can pull the lugnuts and change the tire.
The repair shops are afraid you have been driving around with the tire flat and it now needs to be replaced not repaired. They don't care if you tell them it is just a slow leak and you haven't been driving on the tire without any air in it.
That or take it to the tire shop, have it dismounted and bring it home and but a patch on the inside and take it back to the tire store to be mounted and balanced.
I'd just plug it. I carry a kit in my trunk of all my cars for just in case times.
I can pull the nail, screw, whatever out and plug and refill the tire faster than I can pull the lugnuts and change the tire.
#5
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The consensus on tire patches is that they are not that dependable and that they will not last at high speeds. Yet I have patched many tires before and never had a problem. As long as they do the correct prep work and the hole is in a repairable section of the tire you should be good to go.
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#12
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The consensus on tire patches is that they are not that dependable and that they will not last at high speeds. Yet I have patched many tires before and never had a problem. As long as they do the correct prep work and the hole is in a repairable section of the tire you should be good to go.
#13
I am new to runflats. I thought that if punctured, they feel with that "fix a flat" type goo.. and make the tire more or less useless after the slightest puncture? Am I completely off?
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