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<blockquote data-quote="Maniac" data-source="post: 480002" data-attributes="member: 20491"><p>Thanks for the feedback on patching RFTs, guys. Appreciate it.</p><p>Here's what happened, for sharing. Started the car in the morn, and the "dingdong" of death came up on the OBC, indicating the flat tire. Could not see which tire had flattened visually. Drove it a few kms to the nearest station and pumped up the tires to find the victim, and it was the left rear, which had dropped to about 160kpas. Pumped it up again and drove to work. Got to Lim Tayar Melawati and they took the wheel off after checking pressure (lost 30kpas during the day), and here's what they found.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/zz16/ManiacBMWCM/Public%20Photos/IMG00097-20110105-1801.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Look at the length of this intruder...</p><p><img src="http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/zz16/ManiacBMWCM/Public%20Photos/IMG00098-20110105-1802.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Cost was rm40 to patch internally, and another rm7 for balancing. So far no issues. What I was told at the shop was they are more than happy to try to patch the tires, if relatively new, ie within 1.5years from prod. Apparently RFTs harden up over time/use, and they are afraid they may compromise the tire integrity when taking it off the rim.</p><p></p><p>Got a quick quote on RE050 RFTs from them for the staggered 17"s.</p><p>225/45/17 - rm1250</p><p>255/40/17 - rm1900</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Maniac, post: 480002, member: 20491"] Thanks for the feedback on patching RFTs, guys. Appreciate it. Here's what happened, for sharing. Started the car in the morn, and the "dingdong" of death came up on the OBC, indicating the flat tire. Could not see which tire had flattened visually. Drove it a few kms to the nearest station and pumped up the tires to find the victim, and it was the left rear, which had dropped to about 160kpas. Pumped it up again and drove to work. Got to Lim Tayar Melawati and they took the wheel off after checking pressure (lost 30kpas during the day), and here's what they found. [IMG]http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/zz16/ManiacBMWCM/Public%20Photos/IMG00097-20110105-1801.jpg[/IMG] Look at the length of this intruder... [IMG]http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/zz16/ManiacBMWCM/Public%20Photos/IMG00098-20110105-1802.jpg[/IMG] Cost was rm40 to patch internally, and another rm7 for balancing. So far no issues. What I was told at the shop was they are more than happy to try to patch the tires, if relatively new, ie within 1.5years from prod. Apparently RFTs harden up over time/use, and they are afraid they may compromise the tire integrity when taking it off the rim. Got a quick quote on RE050 RFTs from them for the staggered 17"s. 225/45/17 - rm1250 255/40/17 - rm1900 [/QUOTE]
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