Sidewall puncture, what to do next

Hi all, I discovered today that I had a screw on the inside edge of my rear left tire right on the edge of the tread in the sidewall. I debated trying to patch it and see, but when I ran a patch kit in the hole I immediately knew I should look into getting a new one instead. It seems to be holding air but I'll check tomorrow morning if it has that 40.0psi I put it to earlier, either way it needs to get replaced.

Can I just replace the single tire? Do I need to replace tires as a matched set? This is on a 2024 SR 4x4 and I'm just about to hit 10k miles, the current tires on the car are the Toyo Open Country H/T in a 245/70R17.

I have very highway focused driving habits which are not likely to change, this truck will not see any time off road as it gets used to lug stuff around NE. I am looking into getting an additional set of wheels to use for snow tires and would like to do the same SR wheels as they look fine and will be more interchangeable in the future, and would like to get a full sized wheel to replace the donut as that is absurd to have on any vehicle let alone a truck.

 

Matching tires arent critical on Tacoma, put the new tire on the right rear and leave it there for a few rotations.

 

Just my 2¢, but if you're planning to get a full size spare anyway I'd get 2 new tires for l & r rear and use your still good current rear tire as the spare.

 

If I go that route, thoughts on me getting the same Toyo tires or should I go with something different/better? The "OEM" tires the truck came with seem to be $240 each which isn't worth it at all. The quieter the better, off road performance is not a consideration for me but rain/snow semi capable would be nice

 

Youre not suppose to but,
go find a small Garcias, Javiers, Jose's tire shop & they will patch & plug it for $20.
Ive had them hold without issue.
Big tire shops wont touch due to liability.

It will hold just fine...

Or dont, & buy some tires...

My car, ide plug & patch without hesitation.

 

Someone more knowledgeable than me would be better qualified to give any specific recommendations, but if you're not that happy w/ the price or performance DK why getting different ones would cause any problem as long as the size is consistent w/ the others. Good luck with however you go and hopefully some of the tire experts here will chime in.

 

The Michelin LTX M/S2 would probably suit you really well. Mild, last forever and many on here praise them for their all weather performance. They are not dedicated snow tires though.

 

Looks like these are no longer available, probably a new generation of tire out there that I can buy. I'm also not sure that I'm down to spend like $270 a tire, trying to keep it closer to $200 each

 

Never really wanna cheap out on tires. If they're on the truck for let's say 5 years and they are $300 extra that works out to be $60 extra every year over the course of those 5 years. They're the only thing between you and the road.

Here are the current ones. There are many reports of guys going way past the estimated tread life on them...
https://www.discounttire.com/buy-tires/michelin-defender-ltx-m-s2/p/127486

 

Alright, I've figured out what I am going to try and do.
I'm looking on FB Marketplace for a full set of 4 SR wheels and tires with TPMS that are the same exact Toyo OE tires Toyota used.
I've found a few listings in the ~$800 range that look promising, is a good way to test if they have TPMS to install the wheels on the truck and drive around? I'm not sure if they automatically pair like that. Also, if I put a TPMS wheel on the back as a spare will that interfere with anything?

 

sounds like you have the funds, just over thinking it...
just replace the 1 damaged tire!
At 10miles, those tires have minimal wear to them...
when you said do you need to replace as a matching set, you dont need to replace all 4...
in your case with 10k, not event 2...

theres no reason to spend $800...

https://www.tires-easy.com/245-70-1...4540?msclkid=33a446197840131b9bdc2e704d5d85ee

 

The way I see it, I get a full sized spare & 3/4 wheels I need for the snow tire set I want, and change my flat for basically free.
I'm just doing boymath lol

 

Ok, get that..
I know nothing about "snow tires"
But why another set of snow tires, if youre basically swapping out with the same tires?
Do winter tires get destroyed that bad, where you need a second set of the same tire to swap out?
same size, same tread pattern, etc?

Im just curious, asking, as I have no clue when it comes to the snow thing...
I have seen posts where folks do comment about "winter tire" / "snow tires".....
Figure that were different to promote more grip / traction....

 

So new take off wheels gets me 4 rims, 4 TPMS sensors, and the 4 Toyo tires already mounted. I can easily just install that set, add one of my original wheels under the car as a full sized spare, sell off the 2 remaining good tires for a few bucks. Then I'll have 3/4 wheels that I need to mount up a set of 4 snow tires. Snow tires are good because I spend a lot of time on dirt roads in VT in the winter, having the traction to STOP in bad weather conditions will be nice. People keep telling me I don't need snow tires but they don't do the driving that I do so...