How much is it to fix a tire in your Area!

[Dhass68]

We charge $35 plus tax for a basic flat, this entails removing the tire from the rim and fixing it properly.
If you bought the tire from us it is free.

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[jsphlynch]

I've been lucky and only had to have one flat fixed so far: I was living in WA at the time and Les Schwab did it for free even though I had never bought tires from them before (bought my next set from them, though).

I'm pretty sure every place I've bought tires from has advertised free flat repair for the life of the tires.

Interesting to see how many of you use the plug kits, apparently with great success. Around the time I started driving, my dad tried using one, and his poor experience has kept me from ever really considering trying it myself.

 

[9zero1790]

Thought everyone would like to see the variance of pricing around our states.
Here in Hawaii a plug cost $25, not off car or anything fancy just a push-in plug.

im pretty sure i bought a plug kit will all the goodies included for around 25. came with several plugs, too. I assume everything is pricey in the islands.

 

[JesseS]

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-T-Handle-Tire-Repair-Kit-HDA61000/305171969

I have been using this type of repair kit for 40 years, you don't have to remove the tire. Pull the nail and insert the plug air it up and go. I have never had a problem.

Same here, I carry a high end plug kit and compressor, but I always break down the tire first chance I get and do a heat patch on the inside if there is enough tread to warrant keeping the tire.

 

[JACKSMYDOG]

For everyone that says do a "proper" repair can you reference any data of plugs failing? I've installed many plugs on my, and on customer's tires over the years and never had, nor heard of a failure due to the plug.

As to cost, that is fantastic that DT and various other do it for free, I don't know of anyone in Southern Ontario offering free repairs.

 

[JACKSMYDOG]

https://www.carabinshaw.com/unsafe-tire-repair-methods-persist-despite-strong-evidence-of-da.html

https://treadconnection.com/plugged-tires/

what you can take from this, is that in most cases you can go to Thailand and raw dog it with the "ladies" repeatedly for your 7 day vacation and get away with it maybe....but subsequent vacations, and further raw dog episodes continue to increase your risk factor....or you could be that unlucky guy who tries it once and dies.

The Tread Connection article states plugs are safe when installed properly, to an acceptable type and location of damage.

The Carabin Shaw article notes 4 court cases in the last 26 years, one was patch only which is not relevant to a plug only discussion. One claims the second repair was done poorly and didn't bond with the tire. One speaks to the repair being done outside the acceptable repair area of the tread. One speaks to hitting a road hazard as the cause of the failure, then blames the repair. The "experts" are tire manufacturer employees, who's best interest is served by blaming the repair not the tire or manufacturer.

Carabin Shaw is a personal injury firm. I don't know of them specifically, but "ambulance chasers" comes to mind, and the article feels like opportunist propaganda to me.

 

[AzScorpion]

The Tread Connection article states plugs are safe when installed properly, to an acceptable type and location of damage.

The Carabin Shaw article notes 4 court cases in the last 26 years, one was patch only which is not relevant to a plug only discussion. One claims the second repair was done poorly and didn't bond with the tire. One speaks to the repair being done outside the acceptable repair area of the tread. One speaks to hitting a road hazard as the cause of the failure, then blames the repair. The "experts" are tire manufacturer employees, who's best interest is served by blaming the repair not the tire or manufacturer.

Carabin Shaw is a personal injury firm. I don't know of them specifically, but "ambulance chasers" comes to mind, and the article feels like opportunist propaganda to me.

Exactly! The last thing I would do is take anything seriously from a lawyers article or website. lol Most fall into the same category as car salesman. No offense to any attorneys on here.

 

[Fitzmotor]

You cant get a tire shop to do a plug repair here in Commifornia, it's patch only.

 

[JACKSMYDOG]

i wont argue.
I use plugs on my lawn tractor and have never had a failure.
however, anytime i take a tire in for repair, it's always beyond repairable, and that's likely the tire shops concern about liability and I cant blame them for it in todays day and age of Carabin Shaw.

I still wont take the chance in Thailand

I will concede to your expertise on raw doggin' in Thailand.

 

[JACKSMYDOG]

You cant get a tire shop to do a plug repair here in Commifornia, it's patch only.

Perceived liability is a growing factor in many businesses. There was a thread here recently about tire shops not willing to install anything other than factory tire size, regardless of what mods were done to the vehicle or what tire size they were replacing.

I feel you on the commie part though, I'm in Canada which is moving farther commie DICK-tatorship everyday.

 

[IdahoRanger]

Last tire repair I paid for was $12.50 so it has been a while. I usually have a tire self destruct which can't be patched.

 

[Blue Streak]

Just got one done today. $27.10 with tax remove from car & patch the wright way. No Discount Tire here either. Miss them. Used them a bunch when we were in Texas.

Let me walk this back a bit. I miss spoke, I meant to say preferred. I to have plugged many a tire with no issues, back in the day when plugging was in. Funny how things cycle. Early days it was patching, then it went to plugs, now patching is it again. Hurry up airless tires.

 

[JohnnyO]

$20 for a plug, $35 for a patch.

 

[Dahveed]

It baffles me that y'all are driving around in $30-40k trucks and having a hissy over a $25 flat repair. Plugs are fine as a temporary measure, but they should be replaced with a proper plug/patch combo at the earliest opportunity. It's the only damn safety feature of your vehicle that has any contact with the road. Just fix it right.

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[Dgc333]

FWIW, the tire industry association says that to do a proper repair you need both a plug and a patch. The plug seals the hole from water intrusion that could cause corrosion of the steel belts resulting in delamination. The patch is to ensure a reliable seal.

Back in the late 60s and early 70s I worked part time in a garage and we actually had patches that had a plug attached to it. You would remove the tire, prep the surface for the patch, ream the hole for the plug, then push the plug through from the inside.

My son has a shop and he also sells Continental and General tires. He has some propaganda posters from Continental in the waiting room that says you can't repair a tire if the hole is within 1.5" of the shoulder. Over the past 50 years of plugging and patching tires as long as the hole is in the tread I have repaired the tire and never had an issue.

FWIW, in the summer of 19 my wife and I went to Killington VT for some vacation and hiking in the mountains. There happened to be a Jeep Jamboree going on at the mountain. They had a lot of vendor displays setup and one of them had two serious rock crawlers at their display. One of them had a plug in the sidewall midway between the rim and tread. I asked about it and was told it happened on the trail and the plug was installed as a temporary fix to get back off the trail. He said they never got around to replacing the tire and have been going rock crawling for the past two years like that.

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