To Patch or To Replace?
 

Mods, I apologize if this belongs in Tires / Wheels / Suspension but it's not really performance related.

I just discovered what looks to be a screw in my rear driver's side tire. These are practically new (1350 miles) and the question is, should I just get this patched or is it too close to the sidewall? I'm thinking a patch / plug combo will be fine. Also, it is in a deeper section of rubber and may not have punctured a big hole, but if it's a long screw I'm a bit more wary.

My TPMS warning was on for a few days now, and I think the other rear tire may have a slow leak (see my recent post here....https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...sor-issue.html) so these are two separate issues, but either one could be triggering that warning. I do need to further inspect that other tire to see if maybe that caught some junk off the back of a contractor's truck as well...

Any suggestions are appreciated, as are any recommendations for reputable tire shops local to Philadelphia / Bala Cynwyd, PA area. Due to low mileage, I think replacing a single tire in this instance may be acceptable (if even necessary).

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same thing happened to me before, i got it plugged

patch it.
MIKE

How can you sleep at night?

patch it, plug it, take it to your nearest america's tires/discount tire store and they'll do it all for you for free.... whichever you're choice =P

Make sure you get it patched from the inside of your tire.

It's not too close to the sidewall so plugging will suffice.

patch.

took my tire to VIR after getting it patched about 3 months ago....forgot it was even patched till i saw this thread.

Plug it...had the same thing happen to me with only 750 miles on the car. The geniuses at Firestone were also nice enough to chip one of my wheels.

That's fine for a plug, particularly if these are just used on the street. I used to know this guy who plugged his worn out bias ply drag radial and then ran them at Maxton for the standing mile events. His car ran high 9s in the 1/4 and was going over 170mph in the mile on that plugged drag radial!

Plug it and patch it...it happened to me before and no probem...save you some money...

had the same thing happen to me last year. had it patched from the inside and all was good.

make sure they unscrew it out since that's a screw, not a nail. pulling it out will cause the threads of the screw to potentially rip the rubber more, depending on the softness of tire

have you ever
 

REPAIRED A FRICKIN TIRE??? :lol: :confused:

uh just plug it, dont even have to patch it from the inside.