Any places offer free air for tires?

[browntown]

costco will give you free nitrogen(U prob have to be a member), I got green valve caps on the wife's cr-v, baller yo, because racecar.

[Cliche Guevara]

Chances are they'll be fine 90% of the time. There's just a lot higher chance of failure than the methods we use at tire shops (I work at America's Tire), if that weren't the case then we would definitely use them in car tires. Shoving a leather plug in a hole is so much easier than drilling out the hole, putting a rubber plug in, grinding that down, putting a patch over it, then globing on the sealer.

[ethirtydavid]

Don't ever use those plugs in car tires, they let in water which can rust the steel belts and cause major tire failure. Any tire shop worth your time will fix a flat for free and do a much more thorough job than what you'll get with a patch kit.

^ true that. nothing beats a tire shop- fix it from the inside..

Gotta say though, I've done several of these patch kits. First time I ever used the product I was on a motorcycle tour in the middle of nowhere. had to run two patches in the rear tire.. elevation changes on that tour were 50ft (portland) to 9500 ft (yosemite), temperatures between 35 and 105 degrees. Those patches lasted over 2500 miles. I checked the pressure throughout the tour to make sure air pressure was correct, it never leaked. I changed the tire when I got home, patches looked bulletproof from inside (no moisture). It's key to use the provided rubber cement, it forms a seal.

Ive also ran patch kits in my cars for over 10k miles and when I changed the tire I found zero water or moisture in the tire and found no abnormal wear around the patch area.

Follow the directions, be liberal while you apply the rubber cement and I am a firm believer that these kits are excellent for automotive tires. If you can find a tire shop to professionally fix your leaking tire for free, DO IT. Might get some free popcorn while your waiting. But if not- buy a patch kit.

[Cliche Guevara]

a patch kit is like 6 bucks and comes with everything necessary to plug 6-10 tires.
solve the root issue here. no need to be wasting your time..

Don't ever use those plugs in car tires, they let in water which can rust the steel belts and cause major tire failure. Any tire shop worth your time will fix a flat for free and do a much more thorough job than what you'll get with a patch kit.

[ethirtydavid]

a patch kit is like 6 bucks and comes with everything necessary to plug 6-10 tires.
solve the root issue here. no need to be wasting your time..

[Cliche Guevara]

Any America's Tire/Discount Tire will get you free nitrogen in your tires, not that it makes any noticeable difference.

[CHIF8008]

yea, about freakin time

[devon.818]

Yeah, California made it illegal for anyone to charge for air.

finally california does something reasonable!

[illest318i]

Go to a gas station its free, at least where I live it is. Or Pep boys provides free gas too!!

[matthilaman]

swing by any costco tire center and theyll put in some air for ya

[619E30]

Yeah, California made it illegal for anyone to charge for air.

[kjlang]

i've never had an issue with getting free air from chevron.

[brutus87]

If one dollar is stopping you from putting air in your tires, you got bigger problems.

I just loled

[Slidewayzz]

I run a shell. Just buy some gas and ask for air. if the gas attendant seems chill (aka normal fucking person) just ask them to turn it on and they will. we always hook up free air. its just ...air. haha

[Def30]

If one dollar is stopping you from putting air in your tires, you got bigger problems.

win!