I've been having bad luck with getting nails on my 19" OEM tires (Bridgestone RE050A).
I now have 3rd nail puncture on same one tire (all within the last 4 month, some one might be doing it on purpuse?!?).
I had previous 2 punctures plugged on this tire.

I heard from a guy that on these performance tires, you are only allowed to plug max once or may be twice but definitely not third time, that it is no good and need to get a new one . I still have 65% tread left in them, and these tires or similar ones cost about equivalent $400USD each in Canada where I live. (Also thinking that it may not be good to change just one tire with new tread)

Is anyone out there with the right info on this multiple tire plug repair issue?
Please help! Thanks in advance.

 

i used to work for a tire shop back then and we normally never patch any nail punctures of more than 2 due to a liability issue. BUT if it was my own tire, I would've patch it to the 5th hole.... (not really, but you get my point)

 

OK, Thanks for the reply!
So my understanding of what you are saying is that plugging/patching multiples on a tire is basically OK, but tire shops don't like to do it because of possible liability if accident happens with tire failure.

The thing is my 2 previous nail punctures on this tire were fixed at a tire shop with a plug from out side of tire on the car. It took them 1 minute to fix (cost me $8, it also left this ugly red plug thing stiking out a bit). Should they have taken the tire off and also patched it from inside?

 

i work for bridgestone/firestone and no you should never plug a tire(except emergency than take it to be patched correctly) and with ultra high perf tires no more then 2 is reccomended due to the integrity of the speed rating of the tires.

 

bascially you loose your speed rating as soon as you plug a tire.

if it's a commuter car with little or no spirited driving, i don't think
the plugs would fail if done correctly. the plug should have a patch
on the inside (should be in a T shaped plug where the verticle part of
the T plugs the tire and the horizontal part patches on the inside of
the tire.

i think it becomes more difficult to balance when there are multiple
patches on the same tire. the thermal expansion/contraction would
be something i would be most concerned between the inner tire and
the patch itself. this is why you need that horizontal part of the
plug adhered well to the inside of the tire.

 

Thanks Superchargedg and Kenchan for the information and advice.
I understand it now, and I am going to take it back to a reputable tire store to get them all patched from inside correctly.
Regards,
Bob