Plug it yourself, you can do as good a job as a tire place. They last and
last and even if they don't, plug it again.
Rascal
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Don Rey
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 6:58 AM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net; Multiple recipients of MoPar
Subject: DML: Plugging tires
I picked up a nail this morning in my BRAND NEW @#$%*&$ tires. So I'm
a little frustrated. I don't even have 300 miles on these. Damn dirty
construction site.
Anyway, now that my frustration has been expressed... since they're
such new tires and I want them to last many thousands of miles...
should I plug the hole myself or have a tire shop do it? Will a tire
shop do anything I can't do? I've plugged several holes before (always
in well-used tires) and have never had a plug fail. I got 10,000 miles
out of my last plug before the tire was bald and needed replacement.
Never even had a leaky plug.
I guess I really want to plug it myself (especially considering the
truck is in the parking lot here at work and I JUST took the spare out
of the bed so it wouldn't smash a gift I brought in yesterday for a
new dad co-worker of mine).
So have you ever had a DIY-plugged tire fail? Horror stories? Had a
plug last 50,000 miles?
Thanks
Don in CT
89 Dakota Convertible 318 NV3500 4x4
74 Dart Sport 340
pbase.com/radon220/mopars
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