Jlangmd

I have a flat on the right rear. Just at the shoulder of the wheel. Tried patching it but still leaks, so I ordered new tires. The bridgestone RE 050a are not in stock, so they need to be ordered from somewhere in the states. With the current exchange rate, duty etc.... I ordered them through the shop, not from TireRack (sorry Damon) to save a couple hundred dollars.

In the meantime, I have a flat tire, and am not sure how to let the car sit. Should I prop it up on a jack to spare the wheel rim? should I just let it sit? Should I go out every 4 hours to pump it up to 40 psi? Should I throw on a winter wheel placeholder?

Needs to sit about 48 hours until new tire available.

Thanks for any advice.

rijowysock

just let it sit.. wont hurt the rim.. will hurt the tire but ur replacing that anyways.

Deanski

I use Tire Cradles to keep flat spots on tires and can help the rim as well.

Any good thick pad to keep the darn thing from damaging the rim.

You can also inflate the tire to 60lbs. They ship the car with tires inflated to 60lbs. Just don't drive with 60lbs in a tire.

Do not put a jack under the frame unless it's exactly where Porsche locates the jack placement and just enough to releve pressure from the rim.

Stay away from flat-fix goo, those will make a rim a real pain when it's time to replace the tire in cleaning the rim from the goo.

I too went with RE50's and they are a great tire.

Deanski

Edgy01

Sorry to hear that. Tried a patch? What about a plug? What about putting an inner tube inside? I did that one time many years ago (in the days of a Pirelli CN36 Cinturato) when a large steel wire went in the tread and out the sidewall. It worked perfectly until the tread was worn out.

GraSox

What is the best plug KIT to get?
Thanks!

Edgy01

If you want to be proactive,--try my kit:

https://rennlist.com/forums/997-foru...-tire-kit.html

stevepow

My shop guy recommended Black Jack (Google "black jack tire repair") - that kit comes with some pretty rugged steel tools. Maybe not eveything you need, but looks like a good start.

Edgy01

The heavier the stuff (tools) the better. Keep in mind that these modern day high performance tires are tough, with significant steel cords in them.

ADias

Dan: do you like the Griot's kit?

brad@tirerack.com

The only proper patch is to remove it from the rim and repair it from the inside using a patch plug. They look like this:

stevepow

Maybe, but this is more of a "get me back on the road" workaround without having to wait forever for RSA - removng the tire is probably out of scope.

Jlangmd

The tire shop tried an external patch then an internal plug with the tire off the wheel the second two times. Tried "re-vulcanizing" (???) it and it failed 3 times. Each worked for a few days. I have used this shop for 3 other tire repairs over the past few years and they have all worked well. Maybe this is just too close to the shoulder.

The tires are 305/30ZR19. Asking for an inner tube?..... I don't know.

Apparently Porsche recommends replacing rather than repairing as I understand it. The tires have 15,000 km on them, probably halfway (optimistically) on the treadwear.