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I haven't even made the first payment on my car yet, and I already have to pay $470 to replace one rear tire because of a nail on the inside

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Old 08-12-2009, 08:52 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I haven't even made the first payment on my car yet, and I already have to pay $470 to replace one rear tire because of a nail on the inside wall of my tire.

OUCH!
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Old 08-12-2009, 09:20 PM   #2 (permalink)
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they couldnt patch it? $470 seems a bit steep bro, where did you get it?
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Old 08-12-2009, 09:24 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Hey man - the dealer told me the same crap - honestly go get it patched - unless its ON the sidewall you will be fine...
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Old 08-12-2009, 09:25 PM   #4 (permalink)
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they couldnt patch it? $470 seems a bit steep bro, where did you get it?
I had SO3's on my previous car and had to get it patched. It never held pressure for more than 2 weeks, they had 3 goes at fixing it to no avail.
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Yeah dude hit up les swabb i got my tire patched up over there for like 10 dollars.
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Old 08-12-2009, 09:29 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I had SO3's on my previous car and had to get it patched. It never held pressure for more than 2 weeks, they had 3 goes at fixing it to no avail.
I had a patch on a Nitto Invo on my G, lasted 20k miles until I bought a new set, guess you were a bit unlucky.
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Same happened to me, Nissan wanted to charge $400. At the time NO ONE had the tire in stock.

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I haven't even made the first payment on my car yet, and I already have to pay $470 to replace one rear tire because of a nail on the inside wall of my tire.

OUCH!
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I had a patch on a Nitto Invo on my G, lasted 20k miles until I bought a new set, guess you were a bit unlucky.
Talk about unlucky. I had another puncture in the same tire about 3 weeks later and to my amazement the object that caused it went through the plug from the original puncture. The chances of that are a million to one. However, you could say I was lucky in this case as I didn't have another hole in my tire.
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I've never heard of a reputable shop plugging or patching a sidewall.
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can't patch a side wall....lol

only if the thread gets a nail/screw/etc, it can be patched.

they take a grinder to the inner part of the tire, glue on a patch...done.
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can't patch a side wall....lol

only if the thread gets a nail/screw/etc, it can be patched.

they take a grinder to the inner part of the tire, glue on a patch...done.
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I would guess that the tire was on the right rear? One easy way to get a nail is going off on the shoulder to get around someone making a left turn. The nails all wind up there with the rest of the road debris.
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Just paid $400 for a nail in my rear tire 2 weeks ago.
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Good grief.....how much will a repair be on my RE-11's? I need tires like Speed Racer had.....you never saw him on the side of the road with the jack out!
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I recently put some Nitto NT05 285/35's on my rears and came out to the price of your 1! Insanity!
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