Runflat repair - success!

[davidpfitz]

Long time, no talk, guys and gals. I've been mental busy at work and it doesn't look like letting up soon. Damn you Americans and your sub-prime mortgages

Anyways ...

I got a screw stuck in my right front RFT tyre. Balls. It wasn't that old... went to the local Kwik-Fit who did the usual, 'sorry mate, I'm not allowed repair a run flat'. Sod him.

Went to a tiny little tyre place on the way home, he plugged it up in about 15 minutes and I was all set. It's been 2 weeks, and all's fine. Only charged me a tenner as well.

The screw was about 6cm from the edge of the tyre.

There's a lesson in there somewhere - always take a puncture to the small guy around the corner rather than the big corporate tyre place.

D.

 

[155MPH]

And then hope that that tire's integrity is not compromised when you are driving at high speeds. As I understand it, the issue is not about getting a RTF to hold air by patching it, but having it's integrity intact.

 

[fire-n-ice]

davidpfitz, maybe you should consider that a nice temporary patch until you buy a replacement tire. I would keep my eye on it.

 

[ay8306]

I recently had a small puncture in my left rear tire, but I did not end up with a happy ending. Like you I took it to the "small guy", except he removed the tire and patched it from the inside. Unfortunately, the pathced tire would not hold air. I suppose I could have brought it back and had him try again, but at this point, I had no confidence left in the tire. Ended up shelling out $340 for a new one :-(