Tire Patches vs. Tire Plugs: Installation Fixing a tire with a patch is usually more difficult given that you need to take the tire off of its rim to place the patch on the inside, which can ...

Tom: A safer solution involves adding an internal patch to the plug. To install a patch, you have to remove the tire from the rim and cement a rubber patch over the hole on the inside of the tire.

Using a plug, you can fix a tire almost anywhere, and having the tools and knowledge to plug a tire can save your bacon as it did ours.