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[garyji]

You might make it with that one. I had one similar lately, and DT was able to patch and plug. It's close though. You did get the "tire replacement if anything happens" insurance, right???

G.

 

[garyji]

Here's mine. I had about 1K on a new set when it happened.

G.

 

[civilizedgrit]

I'd try to plug it; if it's only a roofing tack or joist hanger nail, it might not even have punctured the carcass.

 

[JRobes]

For what it's worth, the emergency tire plug kits you can buy at Walmart or local stores are meant to only be a temporary thing (their instructions all say this), and you're meant to still go to a tire shop to get a proper patch afterwards. Personally I'd just go to a tire shop and see what they say; if they aren't willing to fix it because it's too close to the side wall then you can make the call on whether or not you risk plugging it yourself, or replacing the tire.

 

[Xcoaste]

That's really close. I worked at a garage right out of high school for a few months as like a tire tech. If someone came in with something like that I would try with a patch plug and then not charge them, with the understanding it might not work. These days with all the liability issues and sue happy people out there, I probably would be fired on the spot, haha.

Have you noticed a drop in PSI? You may have just a short nail that didn't penetrate past the lug.

 

[RudeJeepin]

That's a BFG, shouldn't they have a warranty if it's not patchable.

 

[Atomic-Mouse]

I’m not going to tell you what to do it’s your choice but if it was me, I’d plug it and forget it. I have been plugging my own tires for over 20 years and have never had one patched, The plug always outlasts the tire. A few times it took two plugs to fix the hole and it still outlast the life of the tire. I have had up to 9 plugs in one tire (they use crushed shale on some logging roads here and it’s brutal on tires.) currently have a plug in each rear tire on my JK from nails with roughly 3k miles since the plugs were installed. Use good quality plugs that are sticky not the cheap ones that require glue that they sell at the car wash next to the air fresheners.

 

[RudeJeepin]

I wasn't aware that BFG offered a warranty outside of one that's covered by a purchased road hazard coverage.

These are the factory 35 KO2s that came on my 24. I didn't purchase any coverages or anything from the dealership.

I'm not sure if they do or not. But I know that Falkens and several other brands have warranties that don't have to be purchased as extra. You might have to pay for the mount and balance, not sure.
I'd call the dealer first, then a good tire shop that sells BFGs and find out.
What's the worst that they can say, NO. But it might be worth a few minutes to make a phone call or two.
Good luck.

 

[azjl#3]

I’m not going to tell you what to do it’s your choice but if it was me, I’d plug it and forget it. I have been plugging my own tires for over 20 years and have never had one patched, The plug always outlasts the tire. A few times it took two plugs to fix the hole and it still outlast the life of the tire. I have had up to 9 plugs in one tire (they use crushed shale on some logging roads here and it’s brutal on tires.) currently have a plug in each rear tire on my JK from nails with roughly 3k miles since the plugs were installed. Use good quality plugs that are sticky not the cheap ones that require glue that they sell at the car wash next to the air fresheners.

This, take it to discount and they will fix for free. If it was on the side, no dice, tread=good to fix, within reason.

 

[6.2Blazer]

I would probably take it to a tire shop and see if they can patch it. Some shops may not work on it because of how close to the sides, which is mainly a liability thing. From my experience big chain places are more picky about this stuff versus the smaller independent shops. While I would prefer a patch, the next step would be a plug. I've plugged a lot of tires over the years and never had an issue, though most of those were ATV's, trailers, off-road rigs and stuff and I do it myself. I also have patched a lot of tires on my own, but again usually smaller tires or off-road stuff. If on one of our "newer" daily driver cars usually take it to a tire shop and pay them the $40 to patch it....mainly because it's hard to dismount a tire without gouging or scratching up the rim on my manual machine.

 

[Vinman]

I’m not going to tell you what to do it’s your choice but if it was me, I’d plug it and forget it. I have been plugging my own tires for over 20 years and have never had one patched, The plug always outlasts the tire. A few times it took two plugs to fix the hole and it still outlast the life of the tire. I have had up to 9 plugs in one tire (they use crushed shale on some logging roads here and it’s brutal on tires.) currently have a plug in each rear tire on my JK from nails with roughly 3k miles since the plugs were installed. Use good quality plugs that are sticky not the cheap ones that require glue that they sell at the car wash next to the air fresheners.

This all day long.
I’ve been plugging tires for over 30 years and never had a single failure or having it patched after plugging.
Like mentioned above, make sure to use a rope style plug and not the cheap rubber style.

 

[Discount Tire]

I think I already know the answer but grasping to see if there's a chance. Less than 500 miles on my 2024 and noticed the nail last night

I think it's probably too close to the sidewall to patch. I'm assuming this is a plug and leave it as a spare.

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Close to the sidewall but may be repairable. As @azjl#3 stated, your local Discount Tire location will inspect the tire and repair it for free if repairable.

 

[wibornz]

I’m not going to tell you what to do it’s your choice but if it was me, I’d plug it and forget it. I have been plugging my own tires for over 20 years and have never had one patched, The plug always outlasts the tire. A few times it took two plugs to fix the hole and it still outlast the life of the tire. I have had up to 9 plugs in one tire (they use crushed shale on some logging roads here and it’s brutal on tires.) currently have a plug in each rear tire on my JK from nails with roughly 3k miles since the plugs were installed. Use good quality plugs that are sticky not the cheap ones that require glue that they sell at the car wash next to the air fresheners.

I 100% agree with you. I would plug it with a quality plug and move on. I have put 35,000 miles on a plugged tire. If you go off the main road, a person should have a good tire repair kit with them.

Something like this....

This is what I use.

Amazon tire repair kit.

I have on board air. We travel all over the country to go Jeeping. I have stopped many times and fixed a tire for someone on the edge of the road stranded with a flat. One day I am following a car, with a very low tire. I get the drivers attention and she pulls over. It is an elderly lady. She tells me that her tire keeps going flat and that she has to put air in it often. Then says the tire place wanted $200 dollars to fix it. So I am just going to air her tire up for her and find that the valve stem core is leaking. The above kit has valve stem cores in the kit. Note I added more to it as I have helped a few people out on the trail that have lost a core while airing down.....

I replace the core in her tire and the tire is no longer leaking air. Moral of the story, it s buy a quality tire repair kit. Repairing a tire is super easy. I recently put 12 plugs in the sidewall of a SxS tire while wheeling at Windrock. I just kept adding plugs until it stopped bubbling air. It was an enough to get them off the trail. They were four hours from the parking lot at Windrock. For those of you that are familiar with Windrock. They were on Caryville Flats.

 

[Atomic-Mouse]

I 100% agree with you. I would plug it with a quality plug and move on. I have put 35,000 miles on a plugged tire. If you go off the main road, a person should have a good tire repair kit with them.

Something like this....

This is what I use.

Amazon tire repair kit.

I have on board air. We travel all over the country to go Jeeping. I have stopped many times and fixed a tire for someone on the edge of the road stranded with a flat. One day I am following a car, with a very low tire. I get the drivers attention and she pulls over. It is an elderly lady. She tells me that her tire keeps going flat and that she has to put air in it often. Then says the tire place wanted $200 dollars to fix it. So I am just going to air her tire up for her and find that the valve stem core is leaking. The above kit has valve stem cores in the kit. Note I added more to it as I have helped a few people out on the trail that have lost a core while airing down.....

I replace the core in her tire and the tire is no longer leaking air. Moral of the story, it s buy a quality tire repair kit. Repairing a tire is super easy. I recently put 12 plugs in the sidewall of a SxS tire while wheeling at Windrock. I just kept adding plugs until it stopped bubbling air. It was an enough to get them off the trail. They were four hours from the parking lot at Windrock. For those of you that are familiar with Windrock. They were on Caryville Flats.

I can relate to this, I plugged 3 tires for strangers last year, none of them had a clue what a tire plug was or how it worked. They were completely confused and they thought it was crazy that I had onboard air in my Jeep. one person couldn’t get the spare out from under their truck because it was rusted, one had no spare and one had wheel locks with no key.

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