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Originally Posted by jcaligood
I took my car to Discount Tire today and the employee told me it is "too close" to the repairable area for them to patch it. I'm not 100% sure this is correct. He said because of the type of tire (Michelin Pilot Sport 4S) the patch would wrinkle after some time, due to more rubber being in the corner. I'm not sure if he is BSing me on this. Based on the pictures, does anyone know if this would be safe to patch? I might take it somewhere else to ask them to patch it, if they will.
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It’s a liability issue. Tire manufacturers generally don’t support patching the outer edges of the tire and most tire shops won’t perform patches that aren’t supported.
Here is Discount Tire’s policy:
https://www.discounttire.com/learn/tire-repair