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Originally Posted by Iciclehead
I actually do not know, all I know is that in Europe a repaired tire automatically goes to the S rating, so you can't use it on a high performance car.
Not sure if they are just being anal or whether there are known issues with repaired tires at high speed (approaching their speed rating), just would hate to be swallowing a bridge abutment for the sake of a couple of tires....
Dennis
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that's for re-threads.. never heard of such regulation here about simple plugs
a re-thread is modifying the structure of the tire.. you add something to the overall design..
and you can't do it on the car/wheel either So the speed rating changes
a plug is not that complicated.. it's not a design change.. if anything , it repairs the tire's original function by plugging a hole that shouldn't be there
so I doubt there's regulation about it in Europe.