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Repair or replace?

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Richard Eff

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Nice sunny day today, so time to take the car out for a run. Well, rude not to. Opened up the garage, and as I drove out, thought that the car felt a bit crabby. Jumped out for a look. Lo and behold, nearside rear was very soft. Grovelled underneath and found a ferking great screw right through the centre of the tread.

Given that this was a new tyre at the end of March and only has about 1000 miles on it, I assume this is repairable, or given that is on the back of a Porsche, would this not be wise?






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repairs I think are ok so long as its through the 'flat part'. I had mine on my 964 cab done for similar reasons and it was fine until I changed all 4 some 2 years later

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I was once told you can repair it if it's not near the side walls, can't remmember what near means (?a couple of inches?)

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Regardless of age of tyre, I wouldn't like to have a repair done on a tyre that is holding a high performance vehicle's driving wheels on the road.

I would rather spend the extra cash in fitting a new tyre and know I'm safe rather than repairing a tyre that could blow out causing £1000's of damage or even worse costing you your life!!

Sorry if I sound harsh, but I'm a stickler for tyres!!!


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Whats the cost of a tyre?

I had a repair - put the wheel in the boot as the spare, a long while later had a front puncture, put the spare on the front nearside.

It blew at 90 on the M3. Just like a cut from the repair to the rim. Instant deflation. Not funny.

I have never repaired and used a tyre since - not even the one on my 307 estate that had a screw in it at 320 miles.

Do you really want to drive around wondering when it will fail - in a 911?

Migration info. Legacy thread was 28468
 
In accordance with British Standards (BSAU 159)) Only certain areas of the tyre can be repaired.

This is demonstrated below by Area'T'

Repairable Area - Definition of Area'T'

repair.gif







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IMHO if you're going to use anything approaching your car's performance in terms of speed and handling, replace it.


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