Run Flat Tyres

Dolby

Dolby

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Does every brand manufacture them, or is it a Bridgestone thing?
 
And do you reckon they come in all sizes?

My issue is I went to the petrol station yesterday and he checked the tyres. Apparantly 3 were perfect but one registered 0 pressure. The guy said it was flat - but it didn't look flat.

He told me they were probably run flat and I should check it out. I phoned my stepfather and said he doesn't know if they make run flat in such a low profile (235/35/19). A few friends checked it and said his meter was wrong, as it feels alright to them.
 
Dolby said:
And do you reckon they come in all sizes?

My issue is I went to the petrol station yesterday and he checked the tyres. Apparantly 3 were perfect but one registered 0 pressure. The guy said it was flat - but it didn't look flat.

He told me they were probably run flat and I should check it out. I phoned my stepfather and said he doesn't know if they make run flat in such a low profile (235/35/19). A few friends checked it and said his meter was wrong, as it feels alright to them.
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It does seem a bit odd. Though 19" run flats can't be all that common. Go to another garage and have them check all your tyres.
 
Yea - maybe I'll pop to another garage and see what they say too ....
 
Stopped at another garage ... they got 2.6 pressure, which seems high - but at least it's pressure ;)
 
Run flats worry me, max speed 80 k/p for 80k's. And not all service providers have the specilized equipment to change run flats.
 
Dolby said:
And do you reckon they come in all sizes?

My issue is I went to the petrol station yesterday and he checked the tyres. Apparantly 3 were perfect but one registered 0 pressure. The guy said it was flat - but it didn't look flat.

He told me they were probably run flat and I should check it out. I phoned my stepfather and said he doesn't know if they make run flat in such a low profile (235/35/19). A few friends checked it and said his meter was wrong, as it feels alright to them.
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Sorry Dolby but what car do you drive? My run flats registers that it is flat and a warning light appears. Believe me when you see that warning light all you see is $$ signs. I've replaced 3 of mine already and at R1.3k a pop it's never easy. I must be thankful though because a friend of mine has low profile run flats and he had to replace all 4 after normal wear and tear and he had to do 2 at a time as it cost him R3k PER tyre I kid you not. He drives a BMW with sportspack which means his two rear tyres are different to his two front ones.
 
tima said:
Run flats worry me, max speed 80 k/p for 80k's. And not all service providers have the specilized equipment to change run flats.
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What worries me is how would I know (as I don't have a pressure sensor) unless I check? I drive on the highway and often do 120km/h+

Fiekus said:
Sorry Dolby but what car do you drive? My run flats registers that it is flat and a warning light appears. Believe me when you see that warning light all you see is $$ signs. I've replaced 3 of mine already and at R1.3k a pop it's never easy. I must be thankful though because a friend of mine has low profile run flats and he had to replace all 4 after normal wear and tear and he had to do 2 at a time as it cost him R3k PER tyre I kid you not. He drives a BMW with sportspack which means his two rear tyres are different to his two front ones.
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I've got a Volvo C30 - but it doesn't have a tyre pressure warning, so no lights. They quoted me R5,000.00 per tyre at Tiger Wheel, but someone at the dealer can source 'not great brand' tyres at R2,000 :/

Somehow I think the first garage was wrong though, I'm going to get model numbers and actually Google.
 
Unless your car has a built-in realtime pressure gauge you are legally not allowed to have runflats installed and any company selling them to you without the full kit is also braking the law.

You need to know when your tyre has lost pressure and thus utilising the runflats so you can reduce your speed to safety tyre speeds.
 
Roo! said:
Unless your car has a built-in realtime pressure gauge you are legally not allowed to have runflats installed and any company selling them to you without the full kit is also braking the law.

You need to know when your tyre has lost pressure and thus utilising the runflats so you can reduce your speed to safety tyre speeds.
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That's what I thought ...
 
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