Came home from work today to discover a whopping screw lodged in the base of one of my new rear tyres. Had a screw lodged in one of the tyres that they replaced too. My god it shits me. Has anyone else had this problem before? It seems really unlucky to happen to both tyres as I've never had this problem with a previous car. Makes me wonder if someone isn't doing it deliberately. BTW, does anyone else use Nitrogen in their tyres? I've been since I got the new set and unless it's my imagine it seems to give a softer ride. I'm considering going back to normal air simply for convenience though.
Yup Happened to me the first week I owned my Zed, 2 screws in the same tire.......DOUBLE PENETRATION!!! !!! The tyre was F***ed................WELL! It shits me to no end.
Any idea if a screw in the tyre base can be removed/repaired? In my old tyre I simply left the screw in there and it just continually had a slow leak. With this new tyre I'd prefer to fix the problem if possible. Sorry to hear about your double penetration, Merc4hire.
i had a similar problem when i had my old beemer. i took it to bob jane and they put a bung in it. also done the same for my mum's car. i think it cost around $25 and they had the car for about an hour. cheers Jay
25$ to put a bung in it?, ripped off big time mate, it takes about five minutes and should cost about 10$ at most, i used to do it myself years ago
$20 about right If penetration is in the tread area it's repairable with a mushroom - a safe and legal repair. The old plug method you're referring to BHP, is not street legal; kits are sold for of-road use.
really K-Zed, i don't know how many tyres i put them in , hundreds although it was about 10 mor 12 years ago so maybe things have changed cheers
For safety's sake >>> Don't use plugs, also it may void insurance claim in event of tyre-related accident.
Yeah i was workin on my old car one day an after i had finished i thort i would test drive it. Go to a set of light's an some one said " I think you got somethink in you'r tyre" I pulled over to inspect an there was the screwdriver i was working with all the way in the tyre with just the handle hangin out. I thort it was just tape on my tyre. ha ha
Z initiation... think it must be some 300zx hazing ritual lol i got a flat about a month after i bought my metal man..
theres just so much rubber on the road! I had it happen to me with my NA, I'm hoping it doesn't with the TT, I've spent enough recently!
your kidding i hope please dont tell me u r serious when u say you left the screw in there,talk about dangerous !!
Nope, not kidding. For all I know, the screw was probably in the tyre since I had the car. It was clearly very firmly entrenched and only had a very slight leak. It never really bothered me so I left it alone. I'll get this new bitch removed tomorrow though as it has a problematic leak.
I second that! My wallet is about to receive a massive blow and I'm not sure if it will ever come out of the coma this time:zlove:
I had the same thing in my old laser, I didn't know what it was, But i was losing pressure, I'd just put more air in that tyre every 2 weeks or so. 6 months later I finally got it fixed, and it took about 5 minutes to do, and cost $25. As for bad luck, recently I copped 3 flats on my pushy in a period of 2 weeks!
Going off topic but are you a DS9 fan, SpaceFrog? I used to love that show. Easily the best Trek series.
