Tire mishap. Have a question.

[FabianS]

I got a little too close to a shoddily repaired curb this weekend, and it pulled a chunk off the sidewalk of my stock Contisportcontact 5 tire. The tires only have about 10,000 kms on them (I swap over to winters 5 months a year) and look new, so I was hoping I could get away with replacing only one tire rather than 2. Is there an amount of treat that needs to be intact or a formula to figure out if throwing a new tire in the mix would be kosher?

[AnthonyA3]

Should be OK with one. I have Outlander SUV and my wife blew out a tire hitting a curb....... The tires only had about 10k also when I changed it. Put them on the rear just to be safe.

[FabianS]

Thanks bud, much appreciated.

[coolwater]

Check with tirerack. I remember they offered a tire shaving service where you can buy a new tire and have them shave it down to match the other 3.

-cW

[diztek]

sometimes you can find a good used tire of the same size and brand on ebay. i was once in the same situation and found a tire on ebay with about the same tread wear as the other 3 tires i currently had.

[afdavey]

I got a little too close to a shoddily repaired curb this weekend, and it pulled a chunk off the sidewalk of my stock Contisportcontact 5 tire. The tires only have about 10,000 kms on them (I swap over to winters 5 months a year) and look new, so I was hoping I could get away with replacing only one tire rather than 2. Is there an amount of treat that needs to be intact or a formula to figure out if throwing a new tire in the mix would be kosher?

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[S3Danny]

I replaced just one at 20,000 miles or so and didn't have any problems.

[FabianS]

I'm going to have the tread depth measured, and Tire Rack said they could shave one tire down to match. I can't believe the price difference between here in Canada, and from Tire Rack in the US. Tire rack charges $136 a tire US, and the cheapest I could find one up here is $286. Tire rack is cheaper with shipping, exchange rate, and shipping...