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Picked up a puncture on yesterday's Jock meet. The damage you can see below is on the inside of the left rear.
The tyre (a Toyo Proxes T1-R) is barely one month old, so replacing it will be a PITA. I don't dispute that some damage may have been done to the tyre that will shorten its life, but will that really matter? Am I not more likely to have worn the tyre out anyway before that becomes an issue? Surely there are some circumstances when repairing is an acceptable option ...
I think I know what you'll all say, but I thought I'd ask the question anyway. (Also an excuse for my first ever poll ...
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The tyre (a Toyo Proxes T1-R) is barely one month old, so replacing it will be a PITA. I don't dispute that some damage may have been done to the tyre that will shorten its life, but will that really matter? Am I not more likely to have worn the tyre out anyway before that becomes an issue? Surely there are some circumstances when repairing is an acceptable option ...
I think I know what you'll all say, but I thought I'd ask the question anyway. (Also an excuse for my first ever poll ...
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I don't think that is repairable - too close to the sidewall.
There are some repair guidelines at Black Circles here:
http://www.blackcircles.com/general/repair
There are some repair guidelines at Black Circles here:
http://www.blackcircles.com/general/repair
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I should make it clear that it has already been repaired, seemingly with success. Given they couldn't come up with a replacement this side of New Year, I explained that I'd feel a lot safer running around (carefully, of course) on a repaired "proper" tyre rather than puttering about with a bicycle tyre on ...
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Originally Posted by Shiskine,Dec 28 2005, 02:51 PM
I should make it clear that it has already been repaired, seemingly with success. Given they couldn't come up with a replacement this side of New Year, I explained that I'd feel a lot safer running around (carefully, of course) on a repaired "proper" tyre rather than puttering about with a bicycle tyre on ...
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Originally Posted by Shiskine,Dec 28 2005, 02:51 PM
running around (carefully, of course) on a repaired "proper" tyre rather than puttering about with a bicycle tyre on ...
:edit: CTR beat me to it!
I personally wouldn't have any confidence in a repair in that location.
Not worth the worry for the price (& peace of mind) of a new one.
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Knew someone would spot that ...
A) I couldn't be ar$ed - I was only running a mile and a half down to the garage
B) I'm running Toyos on the rear (245/45s) so the circumference would have been wrong whatever corner I stuck the spare on ...
A) I couldn't be ar$ed - I was only running a mile and a half down to the garage
B) I'm running Toyos on the rear (245/45s) so the circumference would have been wrong whatever corner I stuck the spare on ...
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Originally Posted by SiDHEaD,Dec 28 2005, 03:06 PM
I had one repaired in the exact same place and did 2 trackdays on it. Have also had repairs closer to the sidewall than that, Never a problem. Dunno if I was just lucky.
On the one hand, I clearly don't want to run around on something dangerous, but on the other, I don't want to get into the trap of getting all precious about the car and needlessly replacing things that are perfectly okay.
The tyre is only a month old. I can't really see that its integrity has been that badly affected.