You know I'm not sure. I heard of people patching tires where of course they use a patch on the inside of the tire. I've also had a plug used on my other Lexus which is a little different, and not as intrusive. Not sure how this sticky thing works.

 

with lower profile tires, the sidewalls are stiffer and it's possible that at ~20psi, you still see the sidewall sort of straight. though i would think it would look different compared to others already

 

you're probably right, it might have been closer to 25PSI when I measured it

 

In any case, props to the TPMS..it's did it's job properly, else I'd still be driving around with a flat tire. GO LEXUS!

 

Lol go Lexus indeed! ^_^

 

I always use a plug and a patch, if for some reason I cannot use both, I would go with the patch. I have heard of horror stories about plugs poping out in the middle of highways. The problem with using a patch is that you need to take off the tire from the rim and afterward you need to re-balance the wheel.

 

I picked up a nail and lost all tire pressure with one of my runflats, with 300 miles on the car. TPMS alerted me and I could tell by looking that the tire was low on air pressure. I drove it to the dealer about 25 miles, and they repaired it. That was 11K miles ago.

 

Whoa, what sticky tube stuff ? I strongly recommend you properly patch the inside of your tire, and not use a plug or any stick stuff crap. That fix-a-flat crap in a tube or can will destroy your tpms, the system that tells you you have a low tire, and you'll spend $$$ replacing the tpms sensor that was rendered useless by that $5 tube or can. Since we're running 40 series hi perf summer tires, don't go the cheap route and fix the flat properly. . .