I bought a slightly used set of MY04 tires/wheels from another member. Unfortunately, FedEx has lost at least one rear wheel/tire. When I get another wheel, I will have to buy a new tire, but I am concerned that the new rear tire will be somewhat different from the existing, used one (with about 6000 miles on it, but it looks quite good). I had assumed that I would have to buy two new rear tires, to get a matching set, but I wonder if either:

1. It would be safe to run with slightly mismatched rear tires (safe both from a highway safety standpoint, and from a "damage to differential" standpoint); or

2. If the answer to 1 is "no," could Tire Rack shave a new RE050 down to meet the wear of the exisiting tire I have, for a price considerably less than buying two new tires?

Thanks.

 

Yes we can shave a street tire to whatever tread depth you want. We charge 25.00 per tire. I would say with 6000 miles on the rear of the S2K you would want to do that.
If I can help let me know.

 

Buy two new rears and save the old good one.

 

I thought about that, but what purpose would I be saving it for? The only use I can think would be if I had destroyed one of the "new" ones at the time the destroyed tire had the same tread depth as the partially worn one, which seems unlikely to happen (in 35 years of driving, I've never destroyed a slightly worn tire).

 

After all the shaving and this-n-that, for a few dollars more you could just have two new tires.

Sometimes it really does come down to price, then I'd say shave the tire.

Did you own a FIAT?

 

[QUOTE=mosesbotbol,Nov 22 2004, 08:30 AM] After all the shaving and this-n-that, for a few dollars more you could just have two new tires.

Sometimes it really does come down to price, then I'd say shave the tire.

 

Hi there. One word of advice from the UK. Make sure that you have done a good few hundred miles before putting your foot down. I replaced my left tyre a couple of weeks ago after suffering a puncture. 4 days later I lost control of my S2 going in a straight line. I was just about to change gear from 2nd to 3rd, when the car veered to the left. I lost then lost the back end. I attempted to catch it, and did manage to snap the car back around but unfortunetly clipped a crash barrier causing