I picked up a nail in the left rear OEM SO2 and developed a slow leak. How slow? It was down to 13 1/2 lb Sunday when I was comparing rides with a friend with a Prowler. It went from 36 lb to 28 lb overnight Monday night and from 36 lb to 35 lb overnight Tuesday (no driving either day).

My local Firestone/Bridgestone store patched it for me today for $10.00. I am not confident with that. Conner at www.tirerack.com recommends replacing BOTH rear tires. I've got about 3,200 miles on the odometer but about 1,000 miles of that was last winter on my Blizzak MZ-01 tires. Conner thought 2,200 miles of wear was "half worn" and I better replace both.

I know the absolute safest thing to do is to replace BOTH rear tires but $390.59 (plus balancing and mounting) for 2,200 miles seems extreme.

I don't track the car or road race. I do sometimes drive fast on the interstate. Afterall, I bothered to compare a V1 and an 8500.

All comments welcome. Especially, "Doc, take your own medicine...you've told others to not trust a patch so don't do it yourself."

Barry

 

Relax and drive. Everything you've said is correct. The safest choice is to replace. Tire vendors would love you to replace. The hole was small and is now nonexistant.

Here's something else: You can always replace later. Drive for a month and you'll probably forget about it.

The experience will be liberating...

 

thats my reason im not gonna get so-2's ($250 just to get one tire on w/s&h+mounting)when i finish of my current ones almost 11k and ive replaced 1 back tire and the tread depth difference is causing the car to noticeably pull under acceleration

ive got maybe 1-3k left on my tires so ill be switching over to most likely kumho 712's, falkens, or nitto 450's

 

i'd replace both and keep the used one as a spare. in the future, get a road hazard warranty. if this happens again, you'll only pay a fraction of what a new tire would cost.

 

Good suggestion. Does "road hazard" warranty cover replacement if the tire store considers it patchable?

Do I buy the warranty from tirerack or from the Firestone/Bridgestone store where I will get the tire mounted.

By the way, "Craig" at the Firestone/Bridgestone store has now mounted nine tires for me on the S2000 without scratching a rim: four snows on the stock rims, four SO2 tires on my JDM Honda six spoke rims, one unmount and remount to patch.

I haven't ordered the new tires yet.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Barry WY Silver/Black '01
[B]Good suggestion.

 

Assuming the patch is not on the sidewall, and is an "internal" patch, not a "plug" patch, I would be very confident in using that tire for almost any purpose, maybe not track-days. Even if the patch failed, which I have never heard of, you would be back to the slow leak you had previously.

If they did a plug-patch, however, I would be leery and likely replace the tire.

 

Great!

That's what I've got, an internal patch, not a plug patch.

Barry

 

An internal patch is just fine. It can't fly out at high speed like a plug could. Drive!!

 

I have had a patch on my right front tire for about 3500 miles now. I have taken some very spirited drives through the canyons and the tire continues to hold air.

By the way, I had it patched at Discount Tires and they DID scrape up my rim. They also had 58 pounds of pressure in it. Clowns.

I brought it back to the manager and without hesitation he offered to get the wheel repaired or sell me my next set of tires at cost. They are still a bunch of clowns.