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Another nail, another day
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Ostrichsak
Well-Known Member
Given it's relation to your sidewall, a new tire is in your future. If you don't want to be left stranded somewhere, I'd make that near term.
MY1stEV
Member
A tire shop is not going to patch that, its too close to the sidewall.
I'm in a similar situation. I have a nail in my tire that is within the patchable area, but my tire is below 3/32" of tread left, so the tire shop would not patch it. I'm also at almost 30k mi on my tires, so when I replace that one, I really should replace all 4.
I've been adding a few PSI of air every week since Thanksgiving and driven over 2,000 miles with the nail in the tire.
I'm in a similar situation. I have a nail in my tire that is within the patchable area, but my tire is below 3/32" of tread left, so the tire shop would not patch it. I'm also at almost 30k mi on my tires, so when I replace that one, I really should replace all 4.
I've been adding a few PSI of air every week since Thanksgiving and driven over 2,000 miles with the nail in the tire.
I'm sure this nail is tiny and just causing a very minimal leak. I haven't had to add air yet as i'm at 36psi (I usually run 38 for comfort). Yes you are at the point to just get a whole set sooner than later. At 3/32nd, will be dangerous to drive in rain/snow this time of year.
fiehlsport
Tire Guy
Plug it. It will last the life of the tire and you will have no problems. Some shops actually *will* do it if you're punctured in an outer tread block, if you give them cash on the side. But by policy, they won't officially. These things don't fail, you're not gonna put yourself or anyone in danger. It's a quality tire with a hole in it. Worst case, it still leaks.
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fiehlsport
Tire Guy
Yea luckily was a short one so I'm not too worried about it.
gmetcalf18
Member
My car has 41k miles on it and I just installed my 14th and 15th tire on the vehicle. I think were at 6 nail pops 
Resolved your problem without any BS.. Take it to an independent tire shop and they will repair it
If you go to any Big Name national tire shop; They will scare you and make you buy a new tire.. It’s your call.
laservet
Member
I had a nail in the same area of tread, tire place initially said they wouldn't patch it because it was in the outer section of tread, but once they got the tire off they were able to get a patch on it. Total cost $25.
Monday I had the same thing happen to my Y with 6k miles on it. It was raining so hard here in CA and causing floods. I really wanted to patch it up but ended up just buying a whole new tire at discount tires. They didn’t have the exact tire and couldn’t give me a loaner. Had to wait 4hrs for them to get it at another location. So $330 dollars later….
