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      09-22-2020, 11:04 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by JamesNoBrakes View Post
Because if you plug or use sealant with your run-flat (or normal tire), you obviously didn't need a runflat.

If you run on the sidewalls of the run-flat, which is what it's designed to do in an emergency (flat tire), it compromises the tire. So my point was that if you actually use it as intended (don't care to put air in it and just figure it'll be fine to run it like that to the service station or whatever), you "get" to buy multiple new run-flat tires.

I'm not saying that run-flats can't be repaired, you can plug them just like any tire. I'm just telling you what the dealer and any tire shop is going to tell you.

From Pirelli:
Still does not explain why one would have to buy multiple tires of one goes down, that's what I was questioning. I get the potential of having to replace 1 tire, but why a pair or all 4?
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