I got a lovely surprise yesterday when I saw a nail sticking out my front right tire, so I pulled it out and theres a small hole, didnt hear any hissing or anything but I checked the tire earlier today and it has went down a bit, so its leaking, any ideas on how much a repair for this will cost? its a 17" low profile on 17" alloys, can it be repaired?

depends where it is, by law it can't be repaired if its within 1inch of the sidewal. Otherwise a garage can just bung it

It depends on the speed rate of the tyre- normally v, w, zr can't be repaired as its unsafe to do so.

your joking me, this sucks, looks like Ill need to ask around some garages.

my tyres are low pros and i got mine done for a fiver at my local tyre place

One of my mates had a puncture near the sidewall, tyre place refused to repair it and he took it to a tyre re-treading place, they cut out the damaged section and put in new rubber and baked it for three days, in repaired tyre and all for £10!

Liam

bloomfieldliam said:

One of my mates had a puncture near the sidewall, tyre place refused to repair it and he took it to a tyre re-treading place, they cut out the damaged section and put in new rubber and baked it for three days, in repaired tyre and all for £10!

Liam

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that sounds scary you shouldnt go too fast with remolds, so i reckon it be same for that sort of repair

well Kwik fit said it had to be replaced, dont think it really had to myself but im no expert, was a very small hole/nick and it was letting air out very very slowly and wasnt THAT close to tire wall...anyway....

I need a new tire they said...£80 for a cheap no name and £110 for a name brand........can I just say F off....

went to 2 other places and got one place to stick a tire on it for £45 which isnt too bad, £45 for a 17" low profile, is that good?

depends on the make and stuff really.

wel if it was me and leak was small, 1lb everty couple of days or sumthing i would get can of puncture repair spray it in and chance it. but then thats me lol