Constant nail/screw in tire

[mek]

Im only at 1,300 and 3 of my tires have either a nail or screw in the tires! Some i can patch but these thing arent cheap! Im pretty sure its the sticky summer tires. Is it just me??

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[Frenzal]

In my life, I've only had a couple of nails/screws in my tires (maybe 3-4).

Since I bought an ITS and a TLX-S (since 2024 for the ITS and 2025 for the TLX), I've had 4!

I don't think it is the tires though.

 

[STi from DSM]

I have only ever had one flat in my life up until I got my ITS. I got one the second day of owning my ITS. The car truly was a nail magnet and seems to be confirmed by other members.

 

[mek]

I have only ever had one flat in my life up until I got my ITS. I got one the second day of owning my ITS. The car truly was a nail magnet and seems to be confirmed by other members.

Thats what im sayin. My guess is because the tires are "sticky" it'll carry a nail/screw more rotation around the wheel and if it doesnt fall off...instant puncture!

 

[jedi03]

my back left seems to be the problem child for me...

 

[optronix]

Can someone explain the science behind why a tire compound would be more likely to attract nails than others? Also the tires aren't that sticky... they're just summer tires.

The more likely explanation is you drive past an area with a lot of construction, or a neighbor who's a contractor, or a litany of other explanations why the VOLUME OF NAILS ON THE ROAD is higher than average.

Because end of the day, a tire can't have a nail in it unless you DRIVE OVER ONE.

 

[SilverRocket]

Can someone explain the science behind why a tire compound would be more likely to attract nails than others? Also the tires aren't that sticky... they're just summer tires.

The more likely explanation is you drive past an area with a lot of construction, or a neighbor who's a contractor, or a litany of other explanations why the VOLUME OF NAILS ON THE ROAD is higher than average.

Because end of the day, a tire can't have a nail in it unless you DRIVE OVER ONE.

Well you see, the Acura engineers worked with the Michelin engineers to make a specialized rubber compound with embedded magnetic particles so that the tires not only grip the road via the rubber, but pull themselves to the road with the magnetic force. As a by product they pick up nails like nobody's business.

For those with a broken sarcasm meter, the above is obviously a joke.

In reality I think it chalks up to two things.

1) Society in 2026 is going down the toilet and people whether by stupidity, indifference or outright malice mean there's more debris on the roads, nails included.

2) Wider tires. Short of the wheels on a modern muscle car, we probably have one of the widest stock tires in 2026. More contact patch = more probability we catch a nail on the road.

Lastly and this is psychological, you see more of what you're experiencing. Example an expecting couple will notice more babies and other pregnant ladies than a random dude in his early 20's. They'll walk the same path, and he'll see the people to not crash into them but the mental model flushes the "useless" information for the dude versus the couple.

 

[Rz2Gd]

1) Society in 2026 is going down the toilet and people whether by stupidity, indifference or outright malice mean there's more debris on the roads, nails included.

Agree on state of society.

 

[PSUEngr07]

Can someone explain the science behind why a tire compound would be more likely to attract nails than others? Also the tires aren't that sticky... they're just summer tires.

The more likely explanation is you drive past an area with a lot of construction, or a neighbor who's a contractor, or a litany of other explanations why the VOLUME OF NAILS ON THE ROAD is higher than average.

Because end of the day, a tire can't have a nail in it unless you DRIVE OVER ONE.

This is the answer. I went years without picking up any nails/screws. Moved into an area with a ton of construction on the highway and into a new construction development and both my wife and I managed to pick up nails in our tires within a few months of moving.

Can confirm it's not the sticky tires, as my shitty OEM conti's and the wife's cross climate's managed to pick them up.

 

[Frenzal]

I was thinking this morning that all nails I picked up in my tires are always in my summer tires. I was starting to think it was maybe the sticky tires.

Then I told myself that in the winter, there is almost no construction. And with snow plowing at least every week, nails would not stay on the road for long. That's the right explanation in my case.

Hell, last weekend, my neighbour had his roof done: picked up 4 nails in my driveway the next 2-3 days... So, society is also going down the drain!

 

[optronix]

Well you see, the Acura engineers worked with the Michelin engineers to make a specialized rubber compound with embedded magnetic particles so that the tires not only grip the road via the rubber, but pull themselves to the road with the magnetic force. As a by product they pick up nails like nobody's business.

Ah yes. Magnetire. Explains everything.

2) Wider tires. Short of the wheels on a modern muscle car, we probably have one of the widest stock tires in 2026. More contact patch = more probability we catch a nail on the road.

Honestly though this tracks. But not to the point where it should make a truly substantial difference- and definitely has nothing to do with compound.

 

[SilverRocket]

Ah yes. Magnetire. Explains everything.



Honestly though this tracks. But not to the point where it should make a truly substantial difference- and definitely has nothing to do with compound.

Agreed, compound is 0% in the equation but if you've ever taken a probability course, you'd know making sense has nothing to do with it.

Want proof and an awesome bar bet, take a room of 50 people. Bet someone that two people share the same birthday. Someone who doesn't know probability would take the bet thinking 50/365, it's about a 1 in 7 chance it hits (14%), good odds for them.

When you do the actual math, you have a 97% chance that two people share the same birthday. It's counter intuitive but it's the reality.

So while I can't pretend to know the math behind wider tires and probability of getting a nail in them, just know that things may not be linear.

 

[optronix]

Agreed, compound is 0% in the equation but if you've ever taken a probability course, you'd know making sense has nothing to do with it.

Want proof and an awesome bar bet, take a room of 50 people. Bet someone that two people share the same birthday. Someone who doesn't know probability would take the bet thinking 50/365, it's about a 1 in 7 chance it hits (14%), good odds for them.

When you do the actual math, you have a 97% chance that two people share the same birthday. It's counter intuitive but it's the reality.

So while I can't pretend to know the math behind wider tires and probability of getting a nail in them, just know that things may not be linear.

Lol, I get it, I feel like I've taken several probability courses but a few mm per corner still doesn't really equate to "constant nail in tire". Something else is going on.

 

[SilverRocket]

Lol, I get it, I feel like I've taken several probability courses but a few mm per corner still doesn't really equate to "constant nail in tire". Something else is going on.

Basically in the same environment, two cars driving the same roads, the one with a wider tire might have a 50% increase in risk for a 5% width increase, again I don't know the math, these are made up numbers but that's my point #2.

To your "something else is going on", agreed, that falls under my "More Assholes" category. Basically inconsiderate and stupid people make it so that there are more nails and debris on the road in the first place, upping everyone's chance, my point #1.

Combine those 2 effects and i'd say you got most of the reasoning covered.

 

[NoelPR]

Nothing to do with the type of tire.
You just have bad luck.

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