Today as I pulled into my drive way and got out of my car I noticed a very large nailed engraved into my rear driver side tire its dug in there pretty good...i tired to pull it out but only heard air trying 2 escape the tire. anybody know how much it would cost to repair this at a tire shop??

 

You can get it plugged for less than 20 bucks at most tire shops. That assumes that it isn't to close to the sidewall or in it. Not a big deal I had two nails in one tire not that long ago. Or you could even plug it yourself.

 

make sure you dont use plugs. use pathes instead. Cost about $30 but its the safest way to repair a flat because its from the inside not out.

 

plugs hold fine, and you can do it yourself. Patches are better, but only by a small fraction IMO. Regardless of how you get it fixed, rebalance the tire when you're done. If it's in the sidewall, you can't fix it safely, and you'll need a new tire.

Plug it yourself for about $10 for the kit plus balancing, have a shop put a patch on from the inside will run about $25-$30 plus balancing or so. Relatively cheap as long as it's not in the sidewall.

 

DO NT USE A PLUG, any good tire shop or dealer will refuse to PLUG a tire this is an unsafe
way to repait a tire. the plug can come out if it is not held by the belts of the tire.
dont be cheap with expensive tires pay the $30.00 and get it patched and know that it is
a repair that will last the life of the tire.

 

Sorry About The Spelling

 

If you got a Sams card theyll do it for free.

 

right, a plug kit is what $3-4 bucks at discount auto?

A patch is a more serious item. And not every place does them. (always referred to me as "hot patching", whereas a plug was a "patch" )

Plugging it is fine, just give it a while after you plug it to make sure all is good (providing its in the middle of the tread and not somewhere risky).

Just don't plan on tracking that tire, and you're good to go.

 

I've never had any experience with any tire companies that didn't patch my tires for free. This is both with America's Tires and Les Schwab.

 

mitsu?

Actually, mitsu wouldn't plug mine because it was on the outside tread block, in about the middle. Told me to drive 50 miles to get it patched, and i told them they were nuts. Went to the local tire place, they pulled out the screw.... no puncture even.

whew, go stock tires

 

I wasn't referring to stealerships that more than likely don't even have tire mounting and balancing equipment. The only non-repairable areas are the sidewalls. The outside treadblock is still the tread and is still backed by the steel belts. They probably told you it was non-repairable so they didn't look like idiots that don't have enough equipment to change a tire.

 

no, the closet place that can do a "hot patch", not just a plug, is 50 miles away. I said no thanks.

They wouldn't plug it, do to the proximity to the sidewall. ( on the outer half of the outside block ).


Ended up not being an issue, but I'd never have done any of the track events on that tire, had it been plugged. Plug = good for normal everyday stuff.