I am the owner of 2014 EVO X GSR
I have 320 miles currently on the clock
I was washing my car today and find out that I have a screw in one of the stock tires so sad that I don't have insurance on the tires

What shall I do
- intall a patch ?
- change tire (since others still like brand new)

if I do a patch will it be safe?

those yakohamas are freaking expensive 450 per tire

Do I really need to swap all 4 tires or I can just put different brand tire and call it a day ?

 

If its not in the sidewall of the tire, I would bring it to a good tire shop and have them patch it from the inside out. They stick a plug that goes from the inside and it has a sticky surface that bonds to the tire. Worked for me. http://www.fixtires.com/proddetail.php?prod=WW3&cat=16

 

i would take it to a local tire shop and see if it can be patched (depending on where the screw is) if it can be patched, i would do that. DO NOT BUY ONE DIFFERENT TIRE!! On AWD cars the tires have to be the same size, tread and everything otherwise it can and most likely will mess up the AWD system. so if it isnt patchable, then i would reccomend buying 4 new tires unless you wanna deal with bigger problems

 

have them patch/plug this one up right and you will be just fine. No need to replace a brand new tire if the screw is in a good location.

 

took it to discount tire and it was patched, I'm lucky it was not a sidewall

 

Dude, Tire repair shops can pretty much fix everything. My neighbor got a grinder wheel stuck in his tire and they were able to fix it with no issues.

 

I got sidewalled with 400 on the clock, new tire for me and a lighter wallet.