ihark
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can anyone tell me the diffrence with run flat tyers and extra load and witch is best
run flats are for people who dont know how to change a wheel if its punctured, or if its too dirty a job for them, basically, a women or if your posh
An alternative way of looking at it is that a puncture is life's way of telling you that there is something wrong with the tyre. Filling the tyre with magic repair gunge hides this fact, maybe until it is too late.
I would use the emergency get me home stuff but never the stuff that is permanently in the tyre. I value my life too much for that.
Tyreweld is simply a get you home/get you the the nearest tyre dealer product.
Ultraseal is installed when the tyre is fitted. In my opinion it does work superbly, apart from the problem I found when it comes to mid life tyre/rim balancing. It's possible but results in a lot of hard work.
Shropshire Ambulance Service uses Ultraseal as means to minimise downtime and it appears to work for them.
I agree that some tyre problems will absolutely result in the fitment of a new tyre but if this stuff can control a total loss of inflation at worst, then that cannot be bad.
No 'permanent' sealant will cope with a trashed sidewall. It's not supposed to do so.
It might just buy you a few seconds of 'dig yourself out time' however.
Products such as this are perhaps mis-marketed. Your average car user/owner/driver pays no attention to tyres. They're not checked one month or the next. Sealant installed or not.
But I like the idea of having something that can deal with minor tread area 'offences' that keeps me mobile.
And I do inspect my tyres regularly.
Air not nitrogen then?