Can I plug a sidewall puncture?

Got a nail sized puncture in my sidewall, way up high where the side tread is on my BFG T/As. Is this safe to plug? Or am I looking at buying a new tire already?

Tried using the search function but for some reason my phone kicks me off the search window before I can even type anything.

Thanks for any advice..I use the plug kits all the time but never this far down the side.

 

No.

 

only safe to get yourself out of a bad area. then switch to a good tire.

 

THIS

 

This. Seen a member on here plug a sidewall gash with anything he could find plus 30 plugs. Got him to a garage so he could get a tire.

 

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every tire shop will tell you the same these guys have said.

 

S.O.L. when on the sidewall of the tire. If it was in the tread (top portion) of the tire you should patch it not plug it.

 

Thanks fellas! Better safe than blowing out and wrapping it around a bodark tree!

 

Never had a plug fail on me and there is nothing wrong with using them properly. My trucks got two in it now. Yea a patch is better but I can DIY a plug. By the time my oe tires tread was dead on my taco I had 10 plugs between the 4 tires.

 

I agree. I use em a lot, in the tread. In a pinch I've whittled down a piece of stick and jammed it in the hole. That held me till I got the 45 minutes to town.

 

You can have it cauterized. I did that on my old truck. Tires weren't very old. Went another 35k with it.

 

That's why I purchase tires from discount tire. And buy the warranties. Then all u gotta do is pay another twenty some dollars for the new warranty on the free replacement tire!

 

Just remember..... The load is supported by the sidewall..... That's like having a termite infested load baring wall.