Installing RFTs has become popular among car owners compared to when it initially hit the market. You can't see the damage, it is inside the structure of the sidewall.Zero-pressure tires or Run-flat tires are car tires that allow you to drive at least a few miles even if you encounter a flat tire. ANY credible shop has severe liability to not properly diagnose a tire that has went flat, on any given day that is generally 50% of the service that comes through these shops. Acting like he is the one that will make the decision and be risking others lives is a gross overstatement and just won't happen. Hence the reason why I said: ' Regardless, any tire shop you take it to (or dealer) will inspect the tire and decide depending on if there was sidewall damage, the puncture area is outside the patchable limits, etc.' It's all circumstantial, but as I stated driving for a short distance on run flats at low pressure they don't start magically disintegrating, I've changed a few of them over the years.įrankly, it doesn't matter what the OP wants in regards to tire decision - if the tire is damaged or was driven in a manner that might have damaged it a shop WILL NOT reinstall it.

How is that not the case, you are basically reiterating what I just said. So yes it 'might' be ok after 2 miles, or even 50 miles, but it might not, and repairing and reusing it could result in it blowing out and totalling your car, and injuring or killing the occupants. RFT's can be driven up to 50 miles on zero or close to zero pressure, that is because as soon as you start driving on it with no pressure the side walls start to deteriorate. My recommendation, take your shops or dealers advice and go from there. This coming from somebody who has patched hundreds of tires and worked at two different tires shops.

Either way, ask your shop to inspect and decide. Also, it’s worth noting that certain MFG with higher speed ratings don’t allow patched tires (not the case for OEM X3 tires). Regardless, any tire shop you take it to (or dealer) will inspect the tire and decide depending on if there was sidewall damage, the puncture area is outside the patchable limits, etc.

It’s a RFT and by design they can be driven for short distances with zero or near zero pressure without internal carcass damage. Lots of contradicting and misinformation in this thread.

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