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Originally Posted by fastfredracing

We just did my buddies GT3 , for the same reason. Basically new Pilot Sport cups.
Party on Wayne, Party on Garth, you will be fine .
I've never seen a plug , or a tire fail from a repair . Im not saying it never happens, but I have never seen one. Ive plugged lots of tires in my life .
When I was a kid, I worked at a Sears Auto, schlepping tires, and plugging was our method of repair. I did hundreds and hundreds of tire repairs in my time there .
I have stuffed 2 or more plugs in big holes on my own stuff, and usually, if the plug held for the first 5 minutes, it lasted as long as the tire .

I've probably only put 15-20 plugs in tires myself over the years, mostly in the comfort of my driveway. I've always used the sticky/gummy plugs with the rope.

The only "failure" that I've ever had was that one started leaking REALLY slowly. I couldn't find the leak and had a guy I knew check it. He spend a bunch of time looking for the leak, and never really "found" the leak, but he replaced the rope plug, and the leak stopped. I'm a bit embarrassed to say that the one time I took my old '88 911 up to redline in 5th gear, I probably had at least one of those style plugs in the rear tires.

I have a lot more confidence in the "patch-plugs" that most tire places use these days.