Repair or replace this tire
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City or Highway driving? For in the city drive slow, for Highway driving I would replace it.
Yeah, I'd say its time to get a pair of tires. Other tires that worn? Maybe a whole new set is in order.
This is what I usually go by, since I buy tires from them anyway: https://www.discounttire.com/learn/tire-repair
I think 1/2" is right on the borderline of being patchable. If new tires aren't financially taxing, may as well get new tires. But since you've already patched it, air up your spare just in case and see how this patch fares. It's probably okay. In my younger and poorer days, I've had to drill/patch a tire a little closer to the edge than your pic and it held up for 2.5-3 years before it got worn out and replaced. I won't do that again these days but it worked back then.
I think 1/2" is right on the borderline of being patchable. If new tires aren't financially taxing, may as well get new tires. But since you've already patched it, air up your spare just in case and see how this patch fares. It's probably okay. In my younger and poorer days, I've had to drill/patch a tire a little closer to the edge than your pic and it held up for 2.5-3 years before it got worn out and replaced. I won't do that again these days but it worked back then.
Ok, yes they look more worn than they are..
I would get a patch on the inside and another plug. Better safe than sorry. Then I'd be comfortable with it.
I would get a patch on the inside and another plug. Better safe than sorry. Then I'd be comfortable with it.
I'd keep driving it and not give it a second thought.
I drive what most would consider aggressive, a habit I inherited from working in LE for a few years. I drive through corners pretty fast and get the G's up to or near their limits of the automobiles capabilities. For those reason I would need a patch inside the tire.
LE = ?, some kind of engineering?
Law Enforcement
I agree. Worst that can happen is you get another flat down the road. Now if it was a car I was doing some high performance driving or the sidewall was damaged I would replace but for normal everyday use I would repair and forget about it. Tire industry just wants to sell more tires.
I too have a tire (RT43 (H) ) that was patched with a plug and patch and it's getting near time to swap out from winter tires to A/S . Question is , would you use it or purchase 2 new tires because of possible failure ? Tires were purchased a year or 2 ago . There are speeds up to 70 M.P.H. on interstate .
Nail in the shoulder block? Replace. If you want to save money you can get a matching used tire similar trend depth to the other one.
plug it and run it
Replace
