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If the damage is beyond repair, then it’s time for a new tyre. Here at Halfords, we’re experts in fitting and maintaining tyres, with over 600 garages nationwide to get you moving again. Before you start doing anything, make sure your car is parked in a safe place, away from busy traffic. You should switch off your car engine and put on your hazard warning lights to alert other road users. Read the instructions In practice, these Smart Tubes seem to work. I’ve been testing a pair in my winter training bike for a couple of months and haven’t had a puncture yet. If you notice a nail or something else that has pierced the tyre, do not try to remove this as it could worsen the damage. Position the tyre Instantly, a mix of Slime Bike Tube Sealant and air will be pumped into your tyre, sealing any punctures and repairing your tyre from the inside out.We’ve taken our most popular tyre repair kit and given it an upgrade! Meet Slime Tyre Repair Kit Plus – your even easier alternative to a spare tyre. Now it only takes 2 simple steps to repair your emergency flat. You don’t even need to remove the valve core! Zmáčkněte zelené tlačítko, kterým se zapíná přístroj. Nahustěte pneumatiku na požadovaný tlak. Přístroj vypněte a zkontrolujte tlak v pneumatice. Jakmile je dosáhnuto správného tlaku odpojte přístroj. If your tyre is suitable to be repaired, you can book our Puncture Repair service at your nearest Halfords garage to get you moving safely again. If you can’t get to a garage, or just want the convenience of not having to leave your house, let us come to you. Our Halfords Mobile Experts can repair your tyre at home or at work, at a time to suit you.

While extremely useful for getting you to a garage, the Slime Emergency Tubeless Sealant needs to be removed after 3 days or 100 miles, so it’s only a temporary measure. Bar/PSI dial display gauge is integrated right into the inflator, so you can monitor tyre pressure as you inflate Slime smart tubes are designed to help prevent you suffering punctures. To be precise, you'll still get the punctures, but the slime is designed mend the holes as you're going along. The Slime Smart Tubes weighed in at 170g each on the road.cc scales, so there is some extra weight to consider (50 to 100g more than usual, depending what you usually use), but this is no problem on a winter training bike.For emergency use only! Slime's Emergency Tyre Sealant is designed as a temporary formula in passenger vehicles and must be removed within 3 days or 100 miles A post-puncture sealant like the one found in the Slime Smart Tyre Repair Kit is injected into your tyre after a puncture, to plug the hole and allow you to reinflate your tyre. This should give you enough time and mileage to get home or to the nearest garage for a repair. As mentioned previously, tyre puncture repair kits are a temporary fix. Once you’ve taken your car to a garage, they will assess the tyre to establish whether it can be fixed permanently or if it needs to be replaced. Can a tyre puncture be fixed permanently?

It’s also worth noting that it’s recommended that you replace tyres in pairs, as you’re more likely to maintain even wear and ensure a smoother and safer driving experience. So, if you’ve got another tyre that’s looking worse for wear or is nearing the end of its life, it might be worth replacing the two together. In this blog, we’ll cover how to use a puncture repair kit so you can get your car safely to a garage as soon as possible. What is a tyre puncture repair kit? However, most punctures can be permanently repaired at your local Halfords garage if the tyre is otherwise in good condition. We can repair a tyre puncture if: The tyre is in good condition, with no significant deterioration and a tread depth of at least 1.6mm Whether punctured tyres can be fixed permanently depends on the severity of the puncture. If the puncture is less than 6mm in diameter and in the middle three-quarters of the tyre’s width, then it can likely be fixed. However, more severe punctures can cause internal damage to the tyre and can lead to further problems if you continue driving. In these instances, punctured tyres will need to be replaced. In either case, tyre sealants are a temporary solution to help you get your car to a garage to be further assessed. My car isn’t equipped with a puncture repair kitFaulty products will be replaced as soon as we are able to verify the fault and ship another to you. You may be more familiar with puncture protection fluids and tyre sealants for bikes, but there are also variants that can be used in your vehicle’s tyres to treat flats. Slime’s range of easy-to-use sealants are the perfect solution to punctures. Post-puncture sealant kits