Repairable?

spuddy

...or am I looking at a new tyre?
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serious3

personally i'd replace it as its very close to the sidewall.

Avns1s

There's no problem whatever repairing that with a patch.

MuppetCheck

It's repairable alright. I had one in the same spot, was repaired by the tyre centre without issue but I was only repairing it to drive to where my new wheels and tyres were. Personally I wouldn't keep it on the car long term being so close to the sidewall.

mullingar

Yep, repairable if it hasn't damaged the side wall internally

biko

Let a pro have a look. It looks repairable from the pic but need to have a look inside really.

coylemj

biko wrote: »

Let a pro have a look. It looks repairable from the pic but need to have a look inside really.

A pro?

You mean like one of the big lugs who works in (insert name of your local tyre shop chain here) and who with a sharp intake of breath says 'I dunno luv, it's a good job the cops didn't stop you on the way here and there's no way I can legally let you drive out with that tyre, you'll need a new one'.

BTW, I heard that exact conversation in a branch of xxxx when a lady brought in what she thought was a slow puncture.

fmcg_scribe

serious3 wrote: »

personally i'd replace it as its very close to the sidewall.

Agreed. No responsible tyre fitter would repair that tyre. In general, tyre fitters can (will) repair only holes in the middle third of a tyre.

spuddy

Thanks folks, I'd call that a tie!
I'll bring it down to the local place tomorrow. Stay tuned.

tossy

coylemj wrote: »

A pro?

You mean like one of the big lugs who works in (insert name of your local tyre shop chain here) and who with a sharp intake of breath says 'I dunno luv, it's a good job the cops didn't stop you on the way here and there's no way I can legally let you drive out with that tyre, you'll need a new one'.

BTW, I heard that exact conversation in a branch of xxxx when a lady brought in what she thought was a slow puncture.

A pro - as in a person who works fitting,fixing and selling tyres all day every every day, not every tyre fitter is like the guy you encountered.

coylemj

tossy wrote: »

A pro - as in a person who works fitting,fixing and selling tyres all day every every day, not every tyre fitter is like the guy you encountered.

The problem is that in most tyre shops, the person you have to deal with is first and foremost a salesman who has a manager breathing down his neck and he in turn has an area manager breathing down his neck so the priority is to shift rubber.

That should be uppermost in your mind when listening to the so-called 'professional' advice they give you.

visual

tossy wrote: »

A pro - as in a person who works fitting,fixing and selling tyres all day every every day, not every tyre fitter is like the guy you encountered.

Best advice is impartial advice

ive had tyre shops recommend rubbish because that what they have in stock

quadrifoglio verde

tossy wrote: »

A pro - as in a person who works fitting,fixing and selling tyres all day every every day, not every tyre fitter is like the guy you encountered.

I had one "professional" recommend I replace one the the t1rs on the gtv with a wanlis/triangle muck because sure it'd only cost me an extra 50 euro over getting the tyre fixed

wingnut

visual wrote: »

Best advice is impartial advice

ive had tyre shops recommend rubbish because that what they have in stock

Went to local suppliers today looking for decent rubber. All he has was LingLong and rubbish like that. He actually felt bad telling me he always asks the boss to get some decent ones in. Seems out the country people are happy to put the cheapest tat on their wheels.

I love a good bargain but tyres are one thing I would never cut corners on.. so trip to the city to pick up one.

spuddy

Brought it to the local place today, no damage to the side wall, fixed in jiffy. Thanks for all the responses.

Neilw

spuddy wrote: »

Brought it to the local place today, no damage to the side wall, fixed in jiffy. Thanks for all the responses.

Did they remove the tyre and patch it on the inside or just plug it?