1600 miles and arghhhhhhh.......

B33M3R · 02-23-2014, 03:27 PM

Bloody puncture!

Coming home tonight, TPMS goes off. N/S/R has a proxy electrical cable tack thingy, mid centre section.

Bridgestone Turanza ER300 275/35/19 96Y. Looking at about £300 if I can't get it repaired

xs2man · 02-23-2014, 03:36 PM

Didn't get the wheel + tyre insurance?

Beancounter_74 · 02-23-2014, 03:37 PM

It obviously depends, but I'd say a mid centre section puncture should be repairable.

B33M3R · 02-23-2014, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by xs2man

Didn't get the wheel + tyre insurance?

Nah, never go for it, which is strange as I got one on the E90 within the first couple of months of owning that. Had that repaired though.

Funny, can't recall ever having a puncture before having BMW's though, must have just been lucky!

Only bought the GAP insurance last week and almost added it

B33M3R · 02-23-2014, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Beancounter_74

It obviously depends, but I'd say a mid centre section puncture should be repairable.

I would say its 99.9% repairable! It's just finding someone around here who will do it. I know a great little independent who would do it but think his machine will struggle with a 19"

I've been off for the last four days, why do these things happen when you've no time to sort them!?!

B33M3R · 02-24-2014, 06:23 AM

Fantastic result, repaired for £15. Nail, centre section only just penetrated the tyre. Only dropped .2bar so all good. Phew.

Beancounter_74 · 02-24-2014, 06:53 AM

Result

Piers · 02-24-2014, 08:09 AM

That is a result, good news. I was'nt aware run flats were repairable? it is same rules as non run flats, ie not in sidewall etc?

B33M3R · 02-24-2014, 08:18 AM

Big players, Kwik Fit, Halfords etc. won't do it, citing safety blah, blah when in essence it is more likely a corporate strategy to sell you a new tyre.

There is a risk of hidden damage if it's been run totally flat.

Only consideration with a run flat in addition to a normal tyre is how fast / what distance its been run flat, as in 0 pressure, rather than a bit low. Side walls get damaged by heat build up which can't be easily checked for in run flats.

Other than that they can be repaired as long as damage falls within normal safety regs, as you say, not sidewall etc

Worth keeping an electric pump in the boot in case it happens so you can keep the pressure up.

The Beast · 02-28-2014, 03:37 AM

I have seen a Bridgestone posting on checking run flats for repair, as I had Kwick Fit tell me they were non-repairable too.

The guidance as you have stated was around how low the pressure in the tyre was and the distance/speed the car was driven at.

However if you breech these safe parameters the inside of the tyre starts to develop tiny balls of rubber as the tyre overheats. Therefore it is relatively simple to identify if the tyre is repairable or not

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B33M3R Captain 96 Rep 831 Posts Drives: F31 335d XD M Sport Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Cambridgeshire iTrader: (0)	Fantastic result, repaired for £15. Nail, centre section only just penetrated the tyre. Only dropped .2bar so all good. Phew.
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B33M3R Captain 96 Rep 831 Posts Drives: F31 335d XD M Sport Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Cambridgeshire iTrader: (0)	Big players, Kwik Fit, Halfords etc. won't do it, citing safety blah, blah when in essence it is more likely a corporate strategy to sell you a new tyre. There is a risk of hidden damage if it's been run totally flat. Only consideration with a run flat in addition to a normal tyre is how fast / what distance its been run flat, as in 0 pressure, rather than a bit low. Side walls get damaged by heat build up which can't be easily checked for in run flats. Other than that they can be repaired as long as damage falls within normal safety regs, as you say, not sidewall etc Worth keeping an electric pump in the boot in case it happens so you can keep the pressure up.
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The Beast Lieutenant Colonel 268 Rep 1,597 Posts Drives: VW Transporter Sportline Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Wolverhampton iTrader: (0)	I have seen a Bridgestone posting on checking run flats for repair, as I had Kwick Fit tell me they were non-repairable too. The guidance as you have stated was around how low the pressure in the tyre was and the distance/speed the car was driven at. However if you breech these safe parameters the inside of the tyre starts to develop tiny balls of rubber as the tyre overheats. Therefore it is relatively simple to identify if the tyre is repairable or not
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