Tire Patch For $54.00

OccamsRazor

Well-Known Member
Never lived anywhere in my life that I have had to get more tires patched or even replaced! Seems like every 6 moths to a year I have to get it done. Too many redneck repair men running around this area with truck beds full of loose hardware!
 

glhs837

Power with Control
Never lived anywhere in my life that I have had to get more tires patched or even replaced! Seems like every 6 moths to a year I have to get it done. Too many redneck repair men running around this area with truck beds full of loose hardware!
Funny how that works. I had that bike flat two years back on Rt 4. We have three main vehicles and other than the bike, I cant recall one since the Charger back in 2006. On a trip back with coworkers from WOLF last summer, a coworker had one, and at the same time an older couple had gone off the road on Mattapany a bit and rolled the tire off the bead.

Might depend on where you travel. Not a lot of construction here in the south county.
 

OccamsRazor

Well-Known Member
Funny how that works. I had that bike flat two years back on Rt 4. We have three main vehicles and other than the bike, I cant recall one since the Charger back in 2006. On a trip back with coworkers from WOLF last summer, a coworker had one, and at the same time an older couple had gone off the road on Mattapany a bit and rolled the tire off the bead.

Might depend on where you travel. Not a lot of construction here in the south county.
Primary routes (and where I have picked up ALL of my flats) were 235 between Charlotte Hall and GM road. 2 of them I know 100% were picked up on Chancellor Run Road.
 

Sneakers

Just sneakin' around....
PREMO Member
Me, I like Curtis.
I used to, but have gotten some poor service there in the past few years. I don't believe he's interested anymore and is just marking time to getting out.

I was getting oil changes there until he (the business, not him specifically) shorted me on oil twice. Got tires for my tractor, didn't last 6 months before they cracked and started leaking (very old stock). Didn't have issues with Michelins I got there for my truck, but be wary of date codes.
 

Ken King

A little rusty but not crusty
PREMO Member
My local tire shop will do a basic plug for $10, a patch for $40 and a combo (plug & patch) for $50. Plugs are only a temporary fix, so if you plan on keeping/using the repaired tire get a combo fix.
 

PeoplesElbow

Well-Known Member
I used to, but have gotten some poor service there in the past few years. I don't believe he's interested anymore and is just marking time to getting out.

I was getting oil changes there until he (the business, not him specifically) shorted me on oil twice. Got tires for my tractor, didn't last 6 months before they cracked and started leaking (very old stock). Didn't have issues with Michelins I got there for my truck, but be wary of date codes.
Used to be my go to also, same thing
 

PeoplesElbow

Well-Known Member
Funny how that works. I had that bike flat two years back on Rt 4. We have three main vehicles and other than the bike, I cant recall one since the Charger back in 2006. On a trip back with coworkers from WOLF last summer, a coworker had one, and at the same time an older couple had gone off the road on Mattapany a bit and rolled the tire off the bead.

Might depend on where you travel. Not a lot of construction here in the south county.
I was sitting in southern tire one day and people with random tools stuck in their tires kept coming in. Pliars, hammer, screwdriver it was pretty funny.
 

NorthBeachPerso

Honorary SMIB
I used to pick up objects half a dozen times a year that would need plugged/patched. Like a couple others I can tell when construction in the Beach has increased by the number of nails/screws/staples I pick up in my tires. There's a house going up at the end of the street and I do a FOD check every morning before I go out just because I can always use the random nail or screw I find on the street. It's actually worse for demo than construction.
I was sitting in southern tire one day and people with random tools stuck in their tires kept coming in. Pliars, hammer, screwdriver it was pretty funny.
 

NorthBeachPerso

Honorary SMIB
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.
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The 2014 F150 has a screen like that but you can clear the warning with a reset button on the steering wheel. The most common one I've gotten has been "Check Fuel Inlet". It's one of the capless fuel fills. A shot or two of WD40 down the inlet fixes the warning.
 
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