Just had a tyre puncher with a nail going through the tyre in the middles of the tread. here's a picture:
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is 175/65/R13 80T The tyres brand new and had less than 1500 miles on it. Anyone know if it could be repaired
Anything I should look out for (if the tyre can be repaired) when the mechanic is repairing the tyre, i.e right and wrong way of repairing and anyone know a garage in the southall/hayes area of london that would repair the tyre at a reasonable cost.
It looks to me as though the picture does not show a "new" tyre with 1500 miles on it. The tyre appears to be nearly down to the wear indicators. Any of the conventional tyre repair types are suitable if the damage is solely the nail hole. If it has been run flat then throw it away.
However, since the tyre is almost worn out, why spend money on it? A new tyre will only be about 25 quid, a puncture repair will be about 10 pounds. Virtually any tyre place would take your money.
The simple answer is yes. In the centre of the tread is no problem.
Any garage that does puncture repairs shouldn't have any problem repairing it. As for price, I suggest you ring around. I'd expect to pay between £5 and £10.
Had a metal prong in the sidewall of a newish tyre. Must have been when reversing because of the angle. Tyre fitter stated that he could not do a repair and a rebuild was required costing £15 - the tyre was sent off to specialist repairer.
Tyre fitted with new valve & balanced.
Don't know if it was just for this type of damage but they do not fit inner tubes anymore. Can any one comment on that?
sidewall repairs should not be carried out except by dedicated specialist repairers and then only if the damage is minor. most modern tyres cannot have tubes fitted because of aspect ratios , heat build up etc. that said I have seen smaller tubes used on large low profile tyres quite successfully, but it is not recommended by anyone. Problem is that a puncture with a tube goes flat in moments but a tubeless puncture usually goes down much more slowly or even not at all. this allows longer time to keep control.
and keep away from rip off firms that have big advertising budgets to cover, franchise fees, head office leaching off it, high modern trading estate or main road location rents and town center rates to pay you can get branded tyres much cheaper.
Local village mom and pop service station 200m up road has in the last
2 years done me 3 pairs of P6000 195x60R15 for £125 fitted and balanced. No one in town could match them, closest was £150 on a 2 for price of 1.5 offer from a firm with a phone book entry "Pirelli gatehouse". Some even tried to talk the deal down by saying that at that price they could not be "E" marked. I've had the same tryes of the net cheaper but after paying for fitting it was about the same and more hassle. P6000's don't last very long though - 12000 miles on the back maybe twice that on the front.
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Just had the puncture repaired at Southall Discount Tyre & Exhaust for £7, very helpful and polite. This was the cheapest reputable place I found, most expensive was kwik"rip-off"fit they wanted £15.99.
Last question: I also need 3 new tyres and they quoted me £45 +vat for Michelin Energy XT1
175/65/R13 80T. Is this a good deal or are these tyres cheaper at Costco.
My costco has not got the size you quote in stock, but the largest 13 they have (165/65 x 13) is only 33 pounds all in inc valve/balance and fit, so yours won't be much different. You can order any available size michelin from them, takes a week to come in. At present there is a ten pound per tyre cashback from michelin, next month there is 20 per cent off plus the ten pounds cashback.
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