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Originally Posted by beagoodruslan
Can a guy that works at a tire shop chim in?
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Worked at a Subie dealership for a year and a half.
We wouldn't plug or patch any tire within the last section of the treads, on either side of the tire, thus would not patch this tire. Can a patch survive in that location under normal driving loads? I would say, most likely.
Definitely do not PLUG that tire! The lateral loading from turning can rip a plug right out and cause a blowout... insurance ain't gon' like what you did there either...
And yes, I had a coworker plug a tire in that spot. Unbelievably, I think it was 4-6 months later, the plug ripped out and a customer nearly wrecked her Outback... so just b/c it worked for John Doe, doesn't mean it's a good idea...
If you have a friend who works at a shop. He would probably patch it for you "off the books" and you'd be liable if it failed. I have patched a tire short term in that area and it lasted till my buddy had money for a new tire but I was really worried about it.
The engineer here is also a good man to trust:
If you take off the rim, you can, from the inside, see where the tread material/thickness changes and that is right in the gray area of this.