So about 300 miles on my new Hankook Ventus V12's and I managed to lodge a damn bolt in my rear tire. 7cm long and about 8mm in diameter I think this is a record. I have had nails and screws before but a fu#king bolt that is just crazy. It took me two tire plugs together to plug the hole it was so big. I love my Monkey Grip tire plugs, they saved me so many times. I am not sure it is safe though but it doesn't show any signs of bulging so I am just going to pray when I am cruising over Robert Moses Causway bridge at 150 LOL.

 

That is amazingly unfortunate. G/L with the plugs bro.

 

Dang that sucks. I'd take it to a tire shop and have it patched instead of plugged. they are supposed to be alot safer. Atleast thats what they told me when I got a screw in one of my tires a few weeks ago.

 

^ + 1,000,000

Please dont trust a plug for anything more than an emergency repair until you can have the tire properly patched. A proper patch becomes part of the tire's rubber through vulcanization which is far more reliable and superior to a patch.

You spent a few bucks when you bought new tires, now it's time to spend a few extra $ and fix your tire the right way.

Good luck

 

Patch that sucker, a plug is just asking for trouble. Shouldn't cost you more than $10-20 bucks for a patch.

 

On avg, for the avg person, they won't end up needing to use the RHP, which is why it exists in the 1st place (to make profit). Of course, if you do end up needing to use it, it turns out you would've been better off. You can never predict these things, but for more people, it's better to not buy it.

 

They patch for free at Discount Tire here in Illinois...

 

I used to work at Wally World and Sears in the Auto Dept. doing tires, oil changes, etc... and patches are WAY better/safer than plugs. For a plug ur trying to seal a hole with jagged and uneven spots from the steel belt strands that broke from the puncture. A patch you rough up the inner lining and use tire rubber cement and very soft rubber patch, so there's no jagged/uneven spots and you get a good seal. There are limits to what can be patched though. There's a max hole diameter and min distance to sidewall you can safely patch, and that depends on the tire place you go to. Nails and bolts are fine as long as they're more than an inch from the sidewall(Walmart/Sears policy). I've had wrenches and wood stakes come in before and those can't be patched at all cause the hole is just too big.