Nail in Nitto: Plug or not?
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Nail in Nitto: Plug or not? Well I went outside today to see my driver side rear tire w/ no air in it. I checked and sure enough, there's a small nail in it. The type of nail that you use to put pictures up on a wall. Well the Nitto's are about a month old and I didn't get the free replacement option from Discount Tire. It is safe to get Nitto's plugged? I really don't have the $$$ to replace it.
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Re: Nail in Nitto: Plug or not? I plugged one of my DRs once... worked fine. But if I had a choice (needed to go to work) I would have had someone patch it right. I think it would have only been $15 or something minor like that.
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Re: Nail in Nitto: Plug or not? It's right smack dab in the middle of the tread. I guess I got lucky there. So should I just have Discount Tire plug it or should I ask for some special patch or something?
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Re: Nail in Nitto: Plug or not? Is the nail in the center of the tread or on the side? I f it is in the center i say to patch it.
I have done this twice & it has worked just fine.
I have done this twice & it has worked just fine.
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Re: Nail in Nitto: Plug or not? i had the same thing happen to where i was dyno'ing at MTI and jason and i heard this god aweful clank clank clank each time the nail came in contact with the drum. just took it to a discount tire and had them patch it up. ran fine until it came time to replace them because of treadwear.
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Re: Nail in Nitto: Plug or not? I've plugged tires in the past, and they've held up fine. But it only takes that one time for it to blow out, ya know. I don't even think any Tire shops plug tires anymore, they take the tire off the rim and patch it from the inside. It cost $10-15 and your tire would be like brand new. That is what I would do if I planned on racing on it. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
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Re: Nail in Nitto: Plug or not? Well I had Discount plug it and patch it and we'll see how it holds up. If I stop posting, ya'll will know what happened <img border="0" alt="[judgement]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_judge.gif" />