We've used repaired BFG standard tires in Street Tire on our Camaro. The
repair was done by hubby John with a plug, and worked fine. We later took
them over to Big O and they did an improved repair...or maybe I've got a
couple of repair stories muddled together. Anyway, repaired tires work fine
for autocoss, in my experience, which covers a lot of years.
--Pat K
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>From: james creasy <james@thevenom.net>
>To: Matthew Rehrer <mrehrer@rehrer.com>, ba-autox@autox.team.net
>Cc: joshk@csua.berkeley.edu, Allison Coates <allisonc@cs.Berkeley.EDU>, Philip
Yu <yuppy@OCF.Berkeley.EDU>
>Subject: Re: Emergency Tire Replacement / Repair
>Date: Sat, Aug 10, 2002, 7:31 PM
>
> ive gotten work done at the Big O near me. never had a problem with a
> repaired tire, but you can hear various stories about how it voids the speed
> rating, etc. personally, i would not use a repaired tire for high speed
> track work where you regularly exceed 100 mph.
>
> -james c
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Matthew Rehrer" <mrehrer@rehrer.com>
> To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
> Cc: <joshk@csua.berkeley.edu>; "Allison Coates" <allisonc@cs.Berkeley.EDU>;
> "Philip Yu" <yuppy@OCF.Berkeley.EDU>
> Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 7:20 PM
> Subject: Emergency Tire Replacement / Repair
>
>
>> Looks like I will be doing something about my tire situation sooner
>> rather than later.
>>
>> My driver' s rear lost all of its air very rapidly this evening. I do
>> not yet know if it is repairable or for that matter if it is worth
>> repairing but I was hoping to run tomorrow in the afternoon groups.
>>
>> Questions:
>>
>> Would anyone care to give their opinion on running on repaired tires? I
>> assume that it depends on the nature of the damage...
>>
>> Does anyone know of a reputable place that I could have this fixed
>> tomorrow (Sunday) morning?
>>
>> Does anyone know of a reputable place that would have enough selection
>> to have a full set of tires in the sizes I want that could install them
>> tomorrow (Sunday) morning?
>>
>> I am in Mountain View but am willing to go just about anywhere (clearly
>> I am addicted and will not be purged early next season).
>>
>> Incidentally if I buy new tires tomorrow I need:
>>
>> 2x 225 45 17
>> &
>> 2x 245 40 17
>>
>> Any and all recommendations welcome.
>>
>> Thanks for reading
>>
>> Matthew
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