Tire Patch For $54.00

[3CATSAILOR]

I had a right front tire on my Tacoma that needed a patch. Forrest patched it for 54 bucks. That was about a quarter of the price of a new tire. Good to know in the future. Then the debate starts as to put the money toward a new tire or a $54.00 patch. I remember when I thought $20 bucks was high

 

[glhs837]

I had a right front tire on my Tacoma that needed a patch. Forrest patched it for 54 bucks. That was about a quarter of the price of a new tire. Good to know in the future. Then the debate starts as to put the money toward a new tire or a $54.00 patch. I remember when I thought $20 bucks was high

Curtis did a coworkers plug and patch for $25 back in August. Debate depends on how much tread you have left, I think.

 

[NorthBeachPerso]

Remember when you have a patch installed that the tire needs to be broken down, patched, remounted and rebalanced.

I had a plug/patch done a couple months ago and the guy spent 20 minutes finding the leak (a very, very small nail/piece of metal buried in the tread. Cost $35.

A plug only usually runs about $20.

 

[FTD]

I had a right front tire on my Tacoma that needed a patch. Forrest patched it for 54 bucks. That was about a quarter of the price of a new tire. Good to know in the future. Then the debate starts as to put the money toward a new tire or a $54.00 patch. I remember when I thought $20 bucks was high

Most shops around here charge extra ~$55.00 if the wheel has a TPMS sensor

 

[Grumpy]

This tread has been an eye opener, never knew it had gotten that expensive to plug a tire. I've always done my own in my driveway, never a patch, but plugs. Never had an issue afterwards.

 

[NorthBeachPerso]

Most shops around here charge extra ~$55.00 if the wheel has a TPMS sensor

Which almost all do now unless it's older than a 2008 (they were required after September 2007).

I don't know why a sensor would bump the cost unless it's on an older car that needs it reprogrammed after being repaired. Subaru did that for a while, Subaru proprietary tool.

 

[Sneakers]

This tread has been an eye opener, never knew it had gotten that expensive to plug a tire.

Same. I haven't had to patch a tire, or even had a flat in forever. Cannot remember the last time I did have a leak (in a tire, we're talking about TIRES...). In fact, I had a repair plug kit, tractor had a flat a few weeks ago. Tried to use the plugs I had...so old they wouldn't work, had to buy new plugs.

 

[TPD]

I had a 3/8” bolt go in one of my tires last winter during a snowstorm when I was salting and plowing. I’m usually successful in plugging tires myself but just couldn’t get this one to stop leaking. I put 2 plugs in it and still leaked. Took it to Curtis Tire and he put a boot in it for $25. Tire still had plenty of tread on it. It’s a heavy duty tire on my 2500 pickup so it needs 80psi. Tire was good until last month when I got a low pressure warning - only 60psi. Aired it up to 80psi and the next morning back to 60. Been running at 60psi ever since - never goes lower. Let’s see what happens tomorrow when I load it with a ton or more of salt.

 

[glhs837]

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Most shops around here charge extra ~$55.00 if the wheel has a TPMS sensor

They might say they are putting a new gasket on or some such.

Same. I haven't had to patch a tire, or even had a flat in forever. Cannot remember the last time I did have a leak (in a tire, we're talking about TIRES...). In fact, I had a repair plug kit, tractor had a flat a few weeks ago. Tried to use the plugs I had...so old they wouldn't work, had to buy new plugs.

Had one on the bike Dec of 23. My mushroom plug kit and tiny compressor had me rolling again in 15 minutes.

 

[3CATSAILOR]

Based on the responses

Curtis did a coworkers plug and patch for $25 back in August. Debate depends on how much tread you have left, I thin

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They might say they are putting a new gasket on or some such.

Had one on the bike Dec of 23. My mushroom plug kit and tiny compressor had me rolling again in 15 minutes.

From the responses I have seen, Forrest seems quite high. I guess I am done with them.

I had a 3/8” bolt go in one of my tires last winter during a snowstorm when I was salting and plowing. I’m usually successful in plugging tires myself but just couldn’t get this one to stop leaking. I put 2 plugs in it and still leaked. Took it to Curtis Tire and he put a boot in it for $25. Tire still had plenty of tread on it. It’s a heavy duty tire on my 2500 pickup so it needs 80psi. Tire was good until last month when I got a low pressure warning - only 60psi. Aired it up to 80psi and the next morning back to 60. Been running at 60psi ever since - never goes lower. Let’s see what happens tomorrow when I load it with a ton or more of salt.

I think you are supposed to add extra air to support the extra weight?

 

[3CATSAILOR]

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They might say they are putting a new gasket on or some such.

Had one on the bike Dec of 23. My mushroom plug kit and tiny compressor had me rolling again in 15 minutes.

No fancy tire monitoring gizmos on this tire.

 

[glhs837]

No fancy tire monitoring gizmos on this tire.

I understand. I was talking about the reason some places might charge more for one with that tech. BTW, its easy to add to any vehicle, and cheap as well. After that flat on the bike I got one of these. It has a few benefits. The one in my 2006 SRT-8 gave me enough notice that my tire was going that I was safely able to get off of 64 coming out of Norfolk and into a nice safe bank parking lot. Also helpful to let you see a slow leak creeping up on you.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BFH9WZ7?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1

For a car, here's one that's not too much money. Only 400 reviews on this, but this same companies RV and trailer models have huge amounts of positive reviews.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DF2LJ4R2/ref=sspa_dk_detail_6?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B0DF2LJ4R2&pd_rd_w=bP8dQ&content-id=amzn1.sym.386c274b-4bfe-4421-9052-a1a56db557ab&pf_rd_p=386c274b-4bfe-4421-9052-a1a56db557ab&pf_rd_r=QAX18PJMBM3P7YR0KXWP&pd_rd_wg=Moy6P&pd_rd_r=2f3f7486-db9a-4e12-aebe-db15a5ded4ad&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9kZXRhaWxfdGhlbWF0aWM

 

[Gilligan]

This tread has been an eye opener, never knew it had gotten that expensive to plug a tire. I've always done my own in my driveway, never a patch, but plugs. Never had an issue afterwards.

Same here.

 

[3CATSAILOR]

I understand. I was talking about the reason some places might charge more for one with that tech. BTW, its easy to add to any vehicle, and cheap as well. After that flat on the bike I got one of these. It has a few benefits. The one in my 2006 SRT-8 gave me enough notice that my tire was going that I was safely able to get off of 64 coming out of Norfolk and into a nice safe bank parking lot. Also helpful to let you see a slow leak creeping up on you.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BFH9WZ7?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1

For a car, here's one that's not too much money. Only 400 reviews on this, but this same companies RV and trailer models have huge amounts of positive reviews.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DF2LJ4R2/ref=sspa_dk_detail_6?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B0DF2LJ4R2&pd_rd_w=bP8dQ&content-id=amzn1.sym.386c274b-4bfe-4421-9052-a1a56db557ab&pf_rd_p=386c274b-4bfe-4421-9052-a1a56db557ab&pf_rd_r=QAX18PJMBM3P7YR0KXWP&pd_rd_wg=Moy6P&pd_rd_r=2f3f7486-db9a-4e12-aebe-db15a5ded4ad&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9kZXRhaWxfdGhlbWF0aWM

Yeah, no worries. My brother has one his Chevy Silverado. Never could tell the mechanic what the mileage was for the oil change since the tire pressure indicator would never shut off. To this day, I have no idea what the mileage is.

 

[NorthBeachPerso]

Yeah, no worries. My brother has one his Chevy Silverado. Never could tell the mechanic what the mileage was for the oil change since the tire pressure indicator would never shut off. To this day, I have no idea what the mileage is.

What does the TPMS have to do with oil change mileage?

 

[glhs837]

What does the TPMS have to do with oil change mileage?

I think he's referring to the stock TPMS display?

 

[PeoplesElbow]

I think he's referring to the stock TPMS display?

What does it put a message across the same display that the odometer uses?

Mine is just a light up tire that's been blinking for three years now.

 

[PeoplesElbow]

Who do you all recommend for tires in the Lex Park/California area?

 

[glhs837]

What does it put a message across the same display that the odometer uses?

Mine is just a light up tire that's been blinking for three years now.

Evidently so. Cause GM. This is from a 2004. Early systems like this were quite often a pain as most makers required a trip to the dealer to reset them if the tire had been changed or you moved the tire around for rotation. You had to "teach" the system what transmitters the wheels were using. Huge PITA.

My 2006 Dodge was advanced for its time (due to borrowed Mercedes tech) in that it would learn that on its own, so I never had those problems. Another issue early on is that the sensors with metal stems were susceptible to dissimilar metal corrosion. IF you used a steel valve stem cap, it would corrode the aluminum valve stem.

 

[glhs837]

Who do you all recommend for tires in the Lex Park/California area?

Me, I like Curtis. I usually buy my own tires and they ha no qualms with installing what I brought. Back when I was buying Vredsteins, or Hankooks before they got as big as they are now. Or high performance stuff for the Neon that was oddball sizes nobody stocked.

A caution that I usually have to adjust the pressure when I get it back, but I do that anyway since I run about 3-4 psi higher than recommended. They take care with the wheels, and are fast and less expensive than anyone around.