New Tyre, Repair or fine?

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Never had anything in my tyre before so im completely clueless as to what kind of damage im looking at;

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I understand it completely depends on how long the nail is or whatever it is but any have a decent guess.

EDIT: My guess is its been there a few weeks (Had my MOT done end of april/beginning of a May as well as it was the last time i cleaned the car, Also had the cutch done just over a week ago but doubt they would have noticed then) and i've noticed no real drop in pressure so if its leaking its a very very slow leak.
 
Pull it out. If the tyre deflates, replace it. I don't think they are allowed to fix it there.

If it doesn't deflate, carry on.
 
Surprisingly it's not a tyre. Pulled it out and it was pretty much the length of what's visible.

Also found a small fragment of a razor blade in the slice above. Also fine. Will be keeping an eye on it tho over the next few weeks.

They need replacing to match the fronts anyway cause I'm currently a peasant with none matching fronts and rears.
 
adolf hamster said:
unless its a 4x4 there shouldn't be any need? it's only side to side mismatch is a big issue.

that is unless you just want them to match, which is understandable.
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Its more of a want to match but they had so much tread left on them when i changed the fronts i couldn't let myself waste them. Still plenty left but I think i'd be okay wasting them now.
 
Just out of interest, why can't the tyre be repaired/plugged that close to the edge? Does is compromise the overall structure of the tyre?
 
IAmATeaf said:
Just out of interest, why can't the tyre be repaired/plugged that close to the edge? Does is compromise the overall structure of the tyre?
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A tyre repair patch looks a bit like a giant rubber drawing pin. The "Pin" is pulled through the hole from the inside and the "Head" seals flush against the inside of the tyre.

This is not likely to work well on the sharp radiuses near the edge of the tyre, nor will it work where there is likely to be a lot of flexing (Such as the sidewalls). so can only be done near the centre of the main tread.
 
Orionaut said:
A tyre repair patch looks a bit like a giant rubber drawing pin. The "Pin" is pulled through the hole from the inside and the "Head" seals flush against the inside of the tyre.

This is not likely to work well on the sharp radiuses near the edge of the tyre, nor will it work where there is likely to be a lot of flexing (Such as the sidewalls). so can only be done near the centre of the main tread.
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Is that type of plug something new or old? The only type of repair I've seen has been a sticky long string like plug which is pushed in from the outside of the tyre which I assume relies upon both the glue/stickiness and tight fit to keep the string in place?
 
IAmATeaf said:
Is that type of plug something new or old? The only type of repair I've seen has been a sticky long string like plug which is pushed in from the outside of the tyre which I assume relies upon both the glue/stickiness and tight fit to keep the string in place?
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it's pretty new, had such a procedure done on mine near the end of last year, as much as i dislike repaired tyres £230/tyre for new speaks for itself.
 
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