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Driving home late at night, I noticed that one of my tires had slightly lower pressure than the others. I suspected a slow puncture but the car drove fine all the way home. I found some damage on my tires and I suspect the front left has a slow puncture, the front right looks damaged but I don't think it's punctured as the pressure has not dropped.
Front Left
Front Right
Can this damage be patched, or do I need to replace? I'm still on my original Conti EcoContact 6Q at about ~17000 miles but it looks like the front tread is already at 4/32 so maybe I'm due for a replacement soon. Rears still seem to have some life in them at 5-6/32
They are pretty close to the "Corner" which tires guys tend to get wishy washy on repairing.
Hard to patch a corner due to tire flex so it can come loose and leak real fast.
Plugs work too but I am only fan for slow movers, offroad stuff, lawn care vehicles etc...
But a car that can well over 100mph - Nah I would not get plugs
The fronts look to be about ~1/32 away from being even with the wear bars. It doesn't look like the front left has a slow puncture either, the tire didn't deflate overnight and the tire seemed to be holding pressure when I took it on a short grocery run. I'm suspecting that perhaps I lost pressure when the damage occurred but the Contiseal self sealing tech actually worked and prevented a full puncture.
I'm probably gonna replace them with the Michelin Pilot Sport All Seasons.
Let me share about a tire pressure loss on my side :
One of the rear tires (left rear to be exact) was losing pressure . I was inflating up to 23 kpa but in the morning it was dropping to 18 kpa but when I packed up miles , it could even go up to 20 kpa as the tire temperature escalated . Well, I was not convinced at all because why was it losing evening to morning ? I hit the tire shop and it picked up a nail . We found the evidence . It was patched and running fine .
Yours could be patched up too , I think, but replacing it is a better idea since those look worn out as well.
Anyway, good decision to replace it
Happy Driving
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