I put brand new tires on my car 4 days ago. Already have a screw in one of them… can I patch it or should I replace the tire? Why do I always get fucked over?
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Screw in brand new tire… patch or replace?
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I can’t remember the last time I didn’t buy tires from Discount Tire (or similar), buy the hazard warranty, and never have to worry about this again. 20 years ago? Idk.
Not sure if that nail is far enough away from the sidewall to be able to patch it though.
A shop won’t patch that.
That said I’m not so risk adverse. If it was my tire, i’d patch it.
A shop won’t fix that. If it’s not leaking air just leave it.
United you’ve got a warranty on them then send it in
Did you get a warranty on the tire? If not here’s my thought process:
1. Is this my wife’s car? Then get a new tire.
2. Is this my car? Then I find a neighborhood tire place (not a chain – some place that sells used tires) and I pay them $20-40 to put a patch on.
3. Is this my car and I’m on a road trip? It gets a simple plug and I monitor the tire pressure.
If no road hazard warranty, then I would do a combination patch from the inside
Take it to a used tire joint and have them patch it from the inside using a square patch
Plug. It’s not on the sidewall so it should be ok
It’s not fixable, unless somebody wants to risk it.
Otherwise, get one of those rope repair kits from your local auto parts and accessories store. I’d assume they have them over there. Should hold for a bit. If it leaks, chuck a new one in (next to a tyre pump)
Plug and send.
Take to a small tire shop and ask to patch and plug if worried. Plug should be fine though. I ran over a strip of nail gun nails, 4 in a row. Patched and plugged, been fine for half a year now.