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| Me Time | When repairing a flat tire would you prefer a plug or patch? My mech. say a plug is best, I always thought of the two a patch was best and using both was even better still. But of the two choices whice would you rather have? |
| kees | Had a flat on my Porsche 997 a while back and the dealer refused to plug it. It was not warranted by Porsche due to high speed restrictions. Now that said, I have not spoken to any of the Prowler members yet that drove 200 MPH at highways  but still..
If you patch it make sure not to damage your sensors and loose some of the chrome on the way. Best regards, Kees ------------------
 This message has been edited by kees on 07-25-2012 at 05:00 PM |
| Me Time | Should have stated, this doesn't only go for Prowlers, could be any car any tire. Myself I'd rather plug it, cut off the lose on both ends then patch it or even put in a tube if you could still get one (sure you can't). But when having to choose just one option would you patch it or plug it? |
| NRVOUS | Plug, and replace. |
| lionberger | Last week I had a staple cause a pretty good leak near the outside edge of the tread on my original Goodyears. I went to Belletire and they told me that a patch wouldn't last in that area. Since I bought a brand new set of Goodyears in Nov. of 2010 I had them install them. After fifteen years and a lot less tread it was time. A plug would have worked quite well and I plug leaks on my other cars with no problem. I took the old tires home from Belletire and will plug the hole someday, just in case. Plugging is just as good as a patch and probably better. ------------------
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| catfish | not sure about where you live,here in az.if the puncture is about 3 inches either side of center they wont repair it period.so i plug my own.they use the liability excuse,which is exactly what it is. ------------------
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| garysss | I have pluged many tires over the years on many different cars. I have never had one leak or any other problems with them. |
| RPL | We picked up a nail in the tire of one of the very early pre-production display cars. We called Goodyear and they were very upset until they discovered that the hole was in the main tread area within the belts and not near the side margins. At that point they told "just plug it." I've done both, plugging and patching. Never had a problem with a good tire but unlike Kees, we don't run 200 MPH here. At least not that we'd admit. When I've run really fast, I want to know exactly where the tires came from and what they've been through |
| blue4two | plug |
| Me Time | I heard a commercial today about getting a flat tire @ 100 MPH while driving in a Baja race, they said to use this product that plugs your tire from the inside if you get a leak. I remember stuff that mechnics hated from back in the 70's called fix a flat, don't know if it ever worked but tire shops hated the stuff. Any comments on a new version of it? |
| alrtg | Back in the eighties Uniroyal sold a tire called "Royal Seal" that would self seal if punctured. I think the tire had a cavity between the inner casing and tread with a liquid of some sort (kind of like the fix a flat product). My guess is that the tires did not sell well as I don't recall seeing anything like that in the market any longer. |
| catfish | the tire didnt have a cavity,it had a thick layer/coating of some type of sealant on the inside that when punctured and the lets say nail removed,was sticky and flexible,would seal the puncture.it went away after radial tires came into production. ------------------
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| alrtg | Jan, Thanks for the clarification. I had the impression that the Royal Seal tire was a radial but could recall incorrectly. |
| Zapcopd | I too have plugged many tires over the years without a problem. I've heard of many dealers over the past few years that refuse to plug a tire. Makes me wonder if they just want to sell a tire. If the tire on the other side is less than 50% maybe they can talk the customer into purchasing two tires. This message has been edited by Zapcopd on 07-27-2012 at 08:08 AM |
| EdsCat | I also have used plugs over the years. Put one in my off-road Jeep tire. It went over some pretty rough terrain. Never a problem. I put it in myself with a kit from Discount Auto Parts. |
| jimsutton | Dealers make more money patching a tire . around $20.00 here and a plug set is around $6.00 with 4+ PLUGS in a kit .I have used both . |
| Drew | I plugged one of the rear run flats on the prowler a couple of years ago, the kit recommends also patching, wasn't going to do that unless there was an issue, two years now w/ no need to patch |
| JeraneW | I pluged one of my Prowler rear tires about six or seven years ago and am still running that tire with no problems. Keeping my fingers crossed! |
| xpguy | My right rear tire was punctured and subsequently plugged. About every three weeks the warning light comes on and I fill it back up. I have been to four different tire stores and all say that since the tire is over ten years old, they are forbidden by their policy to fix it. I just keep putting more air in it. |
| Zapcopd | Try re-plugging it yourself. If you have to you can always have a tire shop dismount the tire, you can remove the old plug & then have them remount it. You don't even have to tell them what you are doing. |
| ed monahan | Are you positive the plug is leaking and you don't have another leak? I had a bad valve stem on the Goldwing, which is a 90 degree angle. I had it replaced when I got a new tire and still had a leak. Turns out I picked up a nail in the new tire almost immediately and kept blaming it on the valve stem.
I finally put soapy water on the valve stem to see if it was leaking around the outside or up through the middle.
It wasn't leaking at all so I put soapy water on the tire
while up on the center stand and finally saw a few bubbles.
It was a tiny brad or finishing nail. |
