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To: PeterPrinciple

Does this ruin the tires or can they be repaired? I guessing not easy to repair if its the outside sidewall area of the tire. I have been told at tire shops that they only patch tire punctures if they are in the tread area, never the sidewalls because it won’t hold. Those truck tires on big rigs are like $1200 dollars apiece!!!


16 posted on 09/30/2024 9:07:52 AM PDT by desertsolitaire ( Lee Harvey Oswald and the Bands final performance)
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To: desertsolitaire

I guessing not easy to repair if its the outside sidewall area of the tire. I have been told at tire shops that they only patch tire punctures if they are in the tread area, never the sidewalls because it won’t hold.


you are guessing rightly.


18 posted on 09/30/2024 9:13:04 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: desertsolitaire

If the sidewall on any tire gets punctured the tire is irreparable. I learned that the hard way long ago when I was a young punk street rodder


32 posted on 09/30/2024 9:58:58 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (Laiken Riley is my daughter!)
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To: desertsolitaire
Does this ruin the tires or can they be repaired? I guessing not easy to repair if its the outside sidewall area of the tire. I have been told at tire shops that they only patch tire punctures if they are in the tread area, never the sidewalls because it won’t hold. Those truck tires on big rigs are like $1200 dollars apiece!!!

That is what I've heard and experienced, although my sidewall damage was bigger than a puncture..

33 posted on 09/30/2024 10:06:28 AM PDT by EVO X ( )
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