Since manufacturers have swapped out spare wheels for tyre emergency kits, I’ve had three punctures. I’ve never gotten a foam repair kit to actually work. 3 attempts, 3 failures.
Has anyone actually got a success story with a foam repair kit?
I’ve bought a spare slim emergency wheel and put it in the wheel well now. Simply cannot be bothered trying and failing with another reinflation foam kit next time a flat tyre occurs.
Use the old school tar twisting thing those work. https://youtube.com/shorts/cXBgZXZtB3o
Looks like the kind of plugs you get for tubeless tyres on bikes, which I guess makes sense on account of how care tyres also are tubeless.
I tried to get this to work a few months ago and failed as well. Granted I had a 2-3cm hole in my tire. It kinda worked when I rotated the tire so that the hole was at the bottom… But the hole was just too big for the foam.
The tow truck guy told me those kits only work with tiny nicks.
Never got foam or slime to work. Just seems to piss off the poor tire guy. I always carry the tire plug kind of patch kit.
Only time I had the option to my rim was bent so the kit didn’t help. I hit a pothole and it somehow punctured the sidewall and bent the rim. Ended up buying 4 aftermarket rims because Kia wanted to charge $600 for one rim. Aftermarket was way cheaper.
My last one was a pot hole as well - I expected the lads putting on the new tyre to tell me something had bent/buckled but everything balanced really easy.
As has been said by a couple other folks, plug kits are the way to go. I had a hole in the tread of my car a couple of months ago and the cheapest plug kit Walmart had to offer had the tire repaired in 15 min for like $10. Plus, I have a bunch of spares for when i inevitably catch another nail.
Don’t use the slime shit, it may work, but it makes an enormous mess inside the tire that is going to piss off the next mechanic that takes your tire off.
I’ve had a puncture a grand total of once, and to remedy it I used a repair kit. It worked without any issues. I even had a mechanic inspect the tyre after and he said it was completely fine to drive on it after because of how well sealed the puncture got, which is to be fair not the recommendation from the kit manufacturers, but as I understand, the tyre held up fine for a long time after that. This was not my car, I don’t own one and I drive quite rarely
Considering mine expired sometime in the previous decade I suppose it’s past time to just take it out to get the space back, and plan for a tow. I don’t believe that there’s a spare that fits properly in my car.
For single punctures, I’ve had success with the foam you spray in there. It’s only generally good enough to drive to the shop, but I’ve had it successfully get me there a few times.
You are bloody unlucky to have 3 tyre punctures in the last little while! In 20 years of driving, I’ve had 3 punctures. Are you purposefully driving over sharp gravel or am I particularly lucky?!?
Two potholes and one just out of the blue on the motorway. It does seem statistically high, agree.
