[535i MSport]

After just 8000 miles and after wondering why my offside front had been loosing about 0.5 PSI a week, I found a nail in the tyre. Grrr

And none of the usual outfits stock the Bridgestone ER300. I will ask my dealer when I am there on Monday and see if they will do it for a sensible price!

[The Beast]

Just get it plugged

[BeeEmmDubleYuu]

That's a complete b I itch if you don't mind me saying. I hate tyre issues myself!!

[Johnny Grabble]

Originally Posted by The Beast

Just get it plugged

Agree. If it's not been fully deflated it can be repaired. Same happened to one of mine a while back, got it fixed no problem.

[535i MSport]

Originally Posted by Johnny Grabble

Agree. If it's not been fully deflated it can be repaired. Same happened to one of mine a while back, got it fixed no problem.

The nail is in the groove between treads unfortunately. But no, it hasn't been fully deflated, as I just keep topping it up.

[The Beast]

Originally Posted by 535i MSport

The nail is in the groove between treads unfortunately. But no, it hasn't been fully deflated, as I just keep topping it up.

Should still be repairable if they remove the tyre and glue the patch from inside...

[535i MSport]

Originally Posted by The Beast

Should still be repairable if they remove the tyre and glue the patch from inside...

Just tried two garages and they refused..

[luv135i]

Originally Posted by 535i MSport

Just tried two garages and they refused..

You need to find a better tire shop. Ive had many runflats fixed like that. You have runflats right? Are you in the states?

[silo24]

Originally Posted by 535i MSport

Just tried two garages and they refused..

ATS/Kwik Fit/National chains generally refuse.

A good independent will demount the tyre to check the inside of the sidewalls to see if they are damaged.

If the nail is in the centre 3/4 of the tyre it's generally fixable as long as you haven't driven it with no pressure in it at all.

[The Beast]

Originally Posted by silo24

ATS/Kwik Fit/National chains generally refuse.

A good independent will demount the tyre to check the inside of the sidewalls to see if they are damaged.

If the nail is in the centre 3/4 of the tyre it's generally fixable as long as you haven't driven it with no pressure in it at all.

+1

They just want to sell you a new tyre and not take in any risk. An independent will do it. I had mine done a few weeks back

[warmshed]

As long as its not in the sidewall it should be repairable.

Many companies will not repair run flats because they cannot tell if the tyre has been run deflated, this can cause sidewalls to be damaged, but not visible.

As you know the history of the tyre and know it has not been run without air then a repair is safe and many small independent tye places will do the repair. Large franchised ones just wont because their policy state no repairs on run flats.