When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.
I was planning to go for a drive this afternoon but my tire pressure was low in my front driver's side tire. Found a screw in it and it's so close to the sidewall. I'm about to schedule service for the car and figured I'll have them repair or replace the front tire. I only have about 4k miles on the tire but I'm willing to replace if necessary. Just hoping to hear other opinions on whether this might be patchable before I give the green light to replace it since I was hoping to get at least one more season out of it.
that'll get marked for replacement by any shop, they won't take the perceived liability plugging a tire with a hole that close to the shoulder..
personally, I'd plug it and call it more than good enough for street duty. it's on the outside shoulder so you'll very quickly notice sidewall bulges if it's actually a problem.
I have had good luck with patch plugs. I would be concerned about how close to the sidewall it is. It might be fine to plug. I just got a call from my dealer that I have a nail in one of my rear tires. Left here yesterday on a flat bed. Getting a new water pump. Wasn't leaking at that time. I'm at 20k miles and second set of rears. I will probably go with four new tire.
If its a daily, I would patch it and run it till its ready to be replaced. If you do any serious track time or lots of spirited driving I would just replace the tire.
I look at tires and brakes as the two most important parts of the car to keep top notch and well maintained. I personally would not feel safe driving with a plug or patch that close to the sidewall. Even if you were to drive only 55 or 65 mph on the highway, do you really want to risk personal, vehicle, and worse failure? A new tire is $350-370, even times 2 to even the pair, $800. Is it really worth saving the $800?
I've had the unfortunate luck of losing three tires to nails. The dealers won't touch them and Discount Tires refused to repair as well, even though I was a repeat customer. Discount's advise was to go to a "mom and pop shop" for the fix.
This par for the course nowadays, nobody wants to repair, just replace.
So I've bitten the bullet and replaced them at the dealer but also benefited from no damage to the rims in the process.
Yours looks too close to the edge to repair, too much flex in the area.
I'd rather err on the side of caution and go for new. Your tire looks like it had a lot of life left, which is a shame, but such is life.
Back it out or unscrew it. If it didn't go to far in, you may be to the good. If it seeps air (us soapy water and look for bubbles) patch it from the inside.
I would just replace the tire. Tires are the most important part of your car and that one is right on the shoulder. It might be fine but why be cheap when it comes to the only thing keeping you on the road?
I had nearly the exact same location with a nail in the tire. Much to my surprise, it did not actually go through the tread. I was ready to change the tire. I documented the whole thing in this video. But a patch would definitely not work that close to the sidewall.
I had nearly the exact same location with a nail in the tire. Much to my surprise, it did not actually go through the tread. I was ready to change the tire. I documented the whole thing in this video. But a patch would definitely not work that close to the sidewall.
Thanks for all the input everyone. I'm just going to replace the tire. It's definitely losing air since the sensor is detecting it and I sprayed some soapy water to confirm. I'll have to call around to the local tire shops since I'm worried about damage to the centerlocks. Worst-case scenario I'll just schedule the replacement with the dealer. This car is strictly used for spirited drives and autocross these days anyway.
04-15-2021, 05:00 PM
Patchable tire?
