puncture repair

robbies_gal

ive jsut had a puncture a screw has its inbedded itself in my tyre-breakdown bloke said should be fine to have it fixed problem is i dont know wher suitable to take it

i know this is sexist but as soon as garage sees a woman i believe they come out with a thousand things wrong with your car

anyway i got a free puncture repair voucher from national tyres but dont know if anyone has had problems with them or using this voucher-any ideas?

scheming_gypsy

take it to your local back street tyre shop to plug it. A garage can't find a thousand things wrong if they're taking a wheel off.

but national tyres will be fine for your voucher,

Ebe_Scrooge

National Tyres would be OK for a repair. As would - it pains me to say this - Kwik Fit. Just make sure you get your tyre repaired and don't listen to them when they tell you that your entire exhaust needs replacing and your brakes are illegal :-) If you have a local independant garage this may be less intimidating than one of the big chains.

Just as a caveat - not all punctures can be repaired, it depends where abouts on the tyre the puncture is. Since you say the breakdown man told you it could be repaired the I would suspect it can, but a proper tyre place would be able to tell you for sure.

Finally, just remember it's not really worth repairing a tyre that's about at the end of it's life ( tread-wise ) anyway, but if there's a fair amount of tread left and the tyre is otherwise OK then go for it.

liam8282

I agree with all above posts, if you just take the wheel to one of these places and ask them to fix the puncture only, it shouldn't be a problem.

I have also found that National are also one of the cheapest places for new tyres.

Do you know the size of your tyre, it will be on the side of the tyre, something like 215 45 17?

warehouse

Last time I had a repair done at a back street garage it cost me less than £10, just so you know .

mikey72

ATS was cheapest for me last time, just under a tenner as well.

robbies_gal

thanks everyone for your replies not sure about the size think its 185 65? but not definite its a vw polo

he was quite sure i shouldnt be paying out for a new tyre i just get so overwhlemed when i go to garages i end up just doing wotever they suggest which i know is stupid but like i say i feel intimadated-will prob phone up about the free repair voucher and book it there

it does say they charge extra though for balancing is that necessary?

loracan1

They won't repair if it's on or near the side or if it's been run much when deflated.

scheming_gypsy

gabbyevs wrote: »

it does say they charge extra though for balancing is that necessary?

as they're taking the tyre off then they may need to take the weights off as well and rebalance it when refitting. It's always worth having them balanced though and only usually costs about a fiver.

liam8282

Just try get the puncture repaired first, any tyre place should be able to do this for you, all in less than £10.

In the worst case scenario, if you need a new tyre, National have them for:

If the tyre is a 185 65 15 national sell a brand new tyre for £50, 185 65 14 £48...

to get a new tyre fitted, balanced, everything.

Nearly_Old

I've got to admit that I use the local Kwik Fit for punctures and they have been fine and very good if you are female.

A couple of years ago my wife got a puncture so I put her spare wheel on and I took the punctured wheel to Kwik Fit all done for (IIRC) £7.95. Just 2 weeks later she got another puncture (different wheel) so I put the spare on, put the punctured wheel in the bag provided and loaded it into the passenger seat (it won't fit into the boot and the spare is a skinny space saver), she dropped it at Kwik Fit and when she collected it after work they put it on for her and didn't charge her anything for the puncture repair.