Tire Help
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St. Jude Donor '11
Originally Posted by pittguy79
New owner and would appreciate advice on the easiest tire patch kit to use. New tires on the car but not run flats. Any advice would be appreciated.
Just go down to Wal-Mart and get you a compressor and tire plug kit. All should cost you about $25. Do it ASAP!!! Because you are basically rolling around with no security. DO NOT USE that foam junk if you have TPS, you will ruin them. Good luck my friend.
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Originally Posted by army2000
Just go down to Wal-Mart and get you a compressor and tire plug kit. All should cost you about $25. Do it ASAP!!! Because you are basically rolling around with no security. DO NOT USE that foam junk if you have TPS, you will ruin them. Good luck my friend.
This is good as a temporary measure out on the highway, and will get you on your way again. At the first opportunity you then need to get to a shop, have the tire dismounted, remove the plug and have a permanent patch placed inside the tire. All this of course is predicated on the fact that the puncture is of the repairable type such as nails, screw, etc. If the problem is in any way sidewall related, then the next best thing is a cell phone and either a wheel lift or a flatbed wrecker, because the tire is a goner. HTH
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