Got a flat or a slow leak? Our tire repair service patches, plugs, and rotates tires while you wait, no appointment needed.
Most punctures in the tread are repairable with a proper patch-plug from the inside. That's a permanent, safe repair that costs a fraction of a new tire. We'll tell you honestly when a tire can be saved and when it can't.
Between construction traffic on Highway 30, gravel driveways and logging roads, and the debris that washes onto pavement every wet season, tires around here pick up more punctures than the national average. And the shoulder of a rural highway is a bad place to discover it. Most of the flats we see come in with a screw or roofing nail square in the tread, which is the best-case puncture: caught early, it's a permanent repair instead of a new tire.
The other local pattern is corrosion. Wheels that live through Oregon winters build up oxidation where the tire bead seats, and that causes slow leaks with no puncture at all. Plenty of drivers replace a perfectly good tire chasing a leak that was actually the rim. We check the bead seat, the valve stem, and the wheel itself before we blame the tire, because the fix for a corroded bead seat costs far less than rubber you didn't need.
Proper inside patch-plug repairs, not just a plug from the outside.
Even wear and smooth highway driving; free rotation with most services.
Pressure sensors diagnosed, replaced, and reprogrammed.
Bead seats, valve stems, and corroded wheels checked before we blame the tire.
New tires and winter changeovers mounted, balanced, and torqued to spec.
Uneven wear traced to its cause, whether that's pressure, balance, or suspension and alignment.
A proper patch-plug repair is one of the cheapest fixes in the shop. It runs a small fraction of what a single new tire costs, and it takes about half an hour. What changes the price is what we find. A repairable tread puncture is the simple case, while a sidewall injury, a tire worn below safe tread depth, or damage from being driven flat means replacement is the only safe option.
Either way, you'll know before we start. We pull the tire, show you what we found, and give you a firm price for the repair. If the tire can't be saved, you'll get an honest comparison of replacement options instead. Nobody here earns a commission for selling you tires, so the recommendation you get is the one we'd give a neighbor.
The right answer is both: an internal patch-plug combination seals the liner and fills the puncture channel. An outside-only plug is a roadside stopgap, not a permanent repair.
No. Punctures in the sidewall or outer shoulder can't be safely repaired, because that area flexes constantly. In that case the tire needs replacement.
Usually 20–30 minutes once we have the vehicle in a bay. Call ahead and we'll get you in and out fast.
Not for long. A tire that's low on air flexes more, builds heat, and wears its shoulders. And a slow leak can become a fast one on the highway. Topping it off every week doesn't fix the problem; it just delays a repair that takes half an hour.
Tire pressure drops about 1 PSI for every 10-degree drop in temperature, so the first cold snap of fall lights up TPMS warnings all over Columbia County. If the light stays on after the tires are set to spec, a sensor or a real leak is the cause, and we can check both.
Every 5,000–7,500 miles for most vehicles, which is roughly every other oil change. Front tires wear faster because they steer and carry the engine's weight; rotation spreads that wear so all four tires retire together instead of two at a time.
Yes. Pickups, work trucks, and most trailer tires are no problem. If you're not sure whether we can handle your setup, call and describe it, and we'll give you a straight answer before you drive in.
Drive in or call ahead. Tire repairs done while you wait.
Call (503) 867-0609