Tyre repair, tread limits

[simcity]

What’s the collective wisdom, before I call the garage in the morning….is this one within the legal limit to repair or outside the limit?

I haven’t measured it exactly yet, but it’s got to be very close. I did one in a similar position and it was perfectly safe and good for the life of the tyre.

Shame about this one, it’s barely got 5 weeks to its name ?

Front passenger side, 265/35 R21 Pzero

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[Vercingetorix]

Toast.

 

[Speuk]

See images attached .... it's going to be a close call.

 

[simcity]

Toast.

Hmmm yeah. I fear you’re probably right.

 

[MrBlueSky]

I think you’re in the red there Sean unfortunately and repairing it (if even possible) might be more hassle than it’s worth.

Still sucks though.

 

[simcity]

Still sucks though.

I’ll add it to the stone chip in the centre of the screen I got the other week. Pray karma lays off me for a bit. ?

 

[simcity]

Looks like a new tyre fitted is around £300 or so give or take. See what Porsche dealer and my trusty tyre bloke can rustle up tomorrow.

Thanks all ?

 

[MrBlueSky]

I’ll add it to the stone chip in the centre of the screen I got the other week. Pray karma lays off me for a bit. ?

You’re having no luck. Hopefully that’s an end to it for a while.

 

[ThePaddyWan]

Uff yea. That's pretty close. Depending on the shop, some won't repair it if it's close for liability purposes.

 

[simcity]

New tyre fitted.

Thanks to Tyre-Smart at Witham. Always great service.

 

[RAHRCR]

New tyre fitted.

Thanks to Tyre-Smart at Witham. Always great service.

If it’s not too late, I would still keep the tire, have it repaired and store it as a back-up.

 

[simcity]

If it’s not too late, I would still keep the tire, have it repaired and store it as a back-up.

It’s gone now to tyre heaven. It would’ve been a major repair anyway as it was on the shoulder. So no one would do a patch here as it’s not legal. It would have had to be sent away to a specialist, presumably for a vulcanising type repair.

 

[ciaranob]

Just got a screw embedded in my tire yesterday evening - only noticed when we went out to the car to go for meal and it was flat. Second in a year - fortunately mine was a full 1.5 inches in from shoulder so fully repairable (plug and internal patch to be safe) - I just took the wheel off at home and drove to Discount Tire a few miles from my house had it done in less than 20 minutes for free! My entire downtime driving there and back and reinstalling the tire was ca 45 minutes

A good rule of thumb (literally and metaphorically ) is to place your thumb from inside the wear 'edge' of the shoulder (usually an obvious sharp linear edge) and if the nail/screw is within the widest section of your thumb its not repairable.

 

[RAHRCR]

Just got a screw embedded in my tire yesterday evening - only noticed when we went out to the car to go for meal and it was flat. Second in a year - fortunately mine was a full 1.5 inches in from shoulder so fully repairable (plug and internal patch to be safe) - I just took the wheel off at home and drove to Discount Tire a few miles from my house had it done in less than 15 minutes for free! My entire downtime driving there and back and reinstalling the tire was ca 40 minutes

A good rule of thumb (literally and metaphorically ) is to place your thumb from inside the wear 'edge' of the shoulder (usually an obvious sharp linear edge) and if the nail/screw is within the widest section of your thumb its not repairable.

Were they able to execute the tire repair without having to rebalance the wheel?

 

[ciaranob]

Were they able to execute the tire repair without having to rebalance the wheel?

No, they did that too at the shop - I painted the new weights gloss black at home before putting the wheel back on - def helped that I was effectively their 1st customer as got there right when they opened up!

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