Nail in my tire

NYSpeed Automotive
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What a way to start my mini-vacation. Went outside and saw a nail in my tire.

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Asking for advice on what I should do about it. Obviously the nail needs to come out, I put some water on it, and it was bubbling like crazy, so I already took it off the car and its sitting on a donut for right now.

Is that in a spot that can be patched?

My concern about patching it is that I auto-x these tires, and I feel like thats a bad idea, to auto-x a tire with a patch. Would I be correct in assuming that, or has anyone done that before?

Assuming it cant be patched, should I buy 4 new tires, or just buy one and have the one shaved*(see below)* so its even with the others?

The tires are Falken ST-115s with 1.5 summers on them.

**Ive got no experience with shaving tires, is this even an option? is that what shaving tires is for? or am I missing the boat on the purpose and application of shaving tires? and if this is an option, where would I get such a thing done?

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I’d just have it plugged

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Reids in elma does a badass job fixing tires.

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get it plugged then if that fails buy one new tire…and don’t have it shaved the small difference in height will not matter much…

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I wouldn’t be concerned with the difference in height, except that its an AWD.

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Old school sticky plug. I used them all the time. Drag raced 2x/week and never had an issue…

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  1. needlenose pliers

  2. plug

go on your trip, man :slight_smile:

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Dont let someone else plug it, just do it yourself takes a few minutes.

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heck yes yah lazy bastad

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yea plug kit is cheap and its really easy to do.

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thats what you get for saying Transformers sucked

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f’real. transformers was one of the best movies ive seen in years. id put in a nail in your tire if i had heard otherwise before you got this one :stuck_out_tongue:

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plug it, its not a motorcycle tire. if you’re worried about it, just buy a replacement and get it shaved.

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Dont let someone else plug it, just do it yourself takes a few minutes.

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dunn tire does a good job, I just had to have my brand new BFG Raidal TA plugged W/less then a 100 miles. Shitty luck

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Sticky plugs are great, always carry a set on me. I’ve also autocrossed/dragraced with no issue once it’s been fully worn in.

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Sticky plugs are great, always carry a set on me. I’ve also autocrossed/dragraced with no issue once it’s been fully worn in.

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i drive pretty hard and do burnouts with 2 diff tires having “sticky” plugs in them.

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+1 for the plugs being able to take some serious abuse.

I repaired a completely bald RT-615 that no shop would touch because it was so bald, ran 6 runs at an autocross at NCCC (the cheese grater lot), and on my last fun run did a big smokey 2nd gear donut when I lost it at the turnaround and decided to just steer into it, staying hammer down.

The plug was still holding fine 2 days later when my new tires came in.

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Plug it.

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the nail is actually a small transformer. it was upset that you didn’t like their movie.

edit: ahh fuck I got beaten to the punch