How trustworthy is a plugged tire?
How trustworthy is a plugged tire? Night before last i decided to take my car out for a nice high speed test. When I got back, I heard a loud hiss and it turns out I got a nail through the tread and out through the sidewall of the tire. I know tireshops arent supposed to plug tires with holes in the sidewall but the uy understood i couldt shell out 125$ for a new tire...so he plugged the sidewall as well. How trustworthy is this? I dont plan on flying around at 100mph anymore but i hope it will be stable up to interstate speeds. Thoughts?
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you wouldn't catch me driving on one with a SIDEWALL PATCH...AT ANY SPEED.. 
....NO,be safe and get a new tire.....they should not have done that...everybody here will back me up on this. 
....NO,be safe and get a new tire.....they should not have done that...everybody here will back me up on this. 
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Please go to Discount and get a new tire. If you have good credit you will have 90 days to pay it off. Your life is too important to chance it.
Last edited by Formy; Dec 23, 2005 at 01:21 AM.
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Definitely get it replaced. I have about 5 paches and plugs on my nittos, still work great, BUT all of the holes were on the tread (which reminds me, I need new tires). If the sidewall was damaged, trash 'em.
Alright thanks for the info guys. I was going to ask why a plug in the sidewall was so unreasonable compared to one in the tread but thats pretty obvious too. Here I am trying to save money and it looks like Im going to have to blow 230$ on two rear Fuzion ZR1s. Oh well theyve only got about 200-300 miles left on them anyway. 
