084runnerltd

On the bright side, I had the torque wrench and all has gone smoothly so far. Now hopefully I can get a patch and call it a day. (Tires are new)

Kinetic1

Looks to be an easy plug, ironically the head on that tells that it's been in there for a bit of time.

084runnerltd

I am hoping for a patch, it may have been, but it just starting losing air.

abiazis

Not the best news.......Supposed to replace tire when on the corner edge rails.......been told that many times.......better safe than sorry.....

ss2z06

It's on the cusp but he's probably ok. The patch should have a enough room to fit on the inside. He appears to have more than an inch from the sidewall.

084runnerltd

Dropped it off at a new tire shop in town (Les Schwab) and they had no issues nor questioned repairing it. I was surprised as that seems to be a pretty standard tactic even when replacement isn’t needed.

Just picked it up and it the repair was “on the house.”

This turned out to be a pretty easy process and got me familiar with center locks. 👍🏼

CM991

Sucks but I’d probably replace the tire.

fantom557

I was at Porsche service a few weeks ago and I had a nail in my right rear tire. They told me I had to replace it which I did then they told me I should replace the left rear as well because the tire treads should be the same thickness. I only replaced the one tire.

Deven

I think if the tires are within 3/32 inch thickness tread depth difference, it should be OK. Apparently with AWD systems the drivetrain have a less than 5% tolerance between wheel diameters, otherwise undue stress is placed on the AWD system, because the tires are then rotating at different RPM's. It took me a while to understand (and accept) the difference between all wheel drive and 4 wheel drive systems. Never was an issue with my LX 470, but it was a constant issue with my Range Rover SS. Became extremely annoying (and expensive) to keep replacing pairs and sometimes all 4 because of uneven tread depths when 1 tire went bad. Some tire places will actually shave down the new tire to match the other ones tread depth, as that ends up being a cheaper option than buying all 2 (or 4).

shrimp money

Plug it from the inside and would have no hesitation driving with it.

I’ve driven 40k miles on a tire with 5 rope plugs that I did myself.

Larson E. Rapp

Lots of FUD, no actual data regarding crashes caused by blowouts subsequent to proper repairs. That one is a reasonable candidate for repair.

CM991

On a daily I would have no problem. But on a car that can easily do 150+ mph I’d just get a new tire.

NVRANUF

I plugged a new tire with 500kms from my first brand new Porsche C2S Cab and drove a further 18,000kms (in hind sight, maybe 3,000kms more than I should have) until they looked like this.
I discovered they were done at the track when the car behaved obnoxiously... No wonder!!

pitt911

nice from them
I recently had a nail in my F90 M5 , BMW charged me 89 dollars which really pissed me of

Larson E. Rapp

I always feel terrible taking them up on those free tire repair jobs, because I know very well I won't be back there for new tires.

Sucks, I wish they'd let me pay them.