Witness the incredible skill of repairing a hard-impact sidewall on a truck tire. Tires endure extreme conditions, and when a ...

Patching a tire is often inexpensive and fairly quick to do, but if you get a puncture on the tire's sidewall, you're out of luck. Here's how close you can get.

Gashes in the Sidewall. You'd think this kind of tire damage would be obvious, but you'll be surprised by just how many people will ignore a gash in the sidewall just because the tire still holds air.

Additionally, according to the NHTSA, you should replace any tire with holes in its sidewall, but you can patch holes in the tread if they aren't too large. Besides holes, old tires might be a ...

Fortunately, tire repair kits can get you back on the road relatively painlessly. I’d bet most people on the road today can’t change a tire, and even fewer can repair a flat. That’s too bad because ...

How to read a tire sidewall: Buying tires is one thing. Understanding them is another. No I'm not talking about the language tires speak when they take corners under full throttle or when they ...

Unfortunately, a tire puncture can theoretically happen anywhere on the tire, even to the edge of the sidewall. If it's too close to that edge, a patch won't take, and repairing it won't be safe.