Home› All Encompassing Trip

Tire Dilema

mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,870
edited July 2011 in All Encompassing Trip
So I've got to make a decision on replacing tires

Here's what I've got:

I had an irrepairable flat tire about 3 years ago so one of the tires is mismatched all the others match.

Front Tires - One has about 3-4 years (the mismatched one), the other has probably 6-9 months left of tread.

Rear Tires- Need replacement

Do I get 2 new tires, resulting in 3 types of mismatched tires?

Do I get 4 new tires, wasting the utility of the usable tread?

Going on a 3200 mile roadtrip in Aug and don't want to risk any blowouts.
350x700px-LL-d2f49cb4_vinyl-needle-scu-e1356666258495.jpeg
Post edited by Unknown User on

Comments

  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    do all 4, keep the one decent tire as a back up or sell it on craigslist.
    81 is now off the air

    Off_Air.jpg
  • Phantom PainPhantom Pain Posts: 9,876
    Agree with 81..I was always told don't mis-match tires
    My drinking team has a hockey problem

    The ONLY thing better than a glass of beer is tea with Miss McGill



    A protuberance of flesh above the waistband of a tight pair of trousers
  • DS1119DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    Do all four and keep the one good one as a spare. You don't want a blowout and what could happen as a result of that.
  • threefish10threefish10 Posts: 7,392
    Yah does your car not have a spare tire? What condition is it in? If it's shit get 4 and use the newest one as the spare, if the spare is unused, get 3 and use the unused spare as the forth, then keep the newer front one as the spare.

    But you have a 3 year old tire and you say it's got about 4 more years of tread? I've never had a tire last 7 years.
    condescending and sarcastic since 1980
  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    3400 miles is a longways on crap rubber. get yourself new tires. use the best used one as a spare. change the oil before the trip and take extra oil with. change belts if needed. make sure you bring lots of tunes
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    threefish10 wrote:
    Yah does your car not have a spare tire? What condition is it in? If it's shit get 4 and use the newest one as the spare, if the spare is unused, get 3 and use the unused spare as the forth, then keep the newer front one as the spare.

    But you have a 3 year old tire and you say it's got about 4 more years of tread? I've never had a tire last 7 years.


    you've not met my gf. :lol: her tires, in theory, could last 10 years and still have thread left.
    81 is now off the air

    Off_Air.jpg
  • inmytreeinmytree Posts: 4,741
    mookeywrench wrote:
    So I've got to make a decision on replacing tires

    Here's what I've got:

    I had an irrepairable flat tire about 3 years ago so one of the tires is mismatched all the others match.

    Front Tires - One has about 3-4 years (the mismatched one), the other has probably 6-9 months left of tread.

    Rear Tires- Need replacement

    Do I get 2 new tires, resulting in 3 types of mismatched tires?

    Do I get 4 new tires, wasting the utility of the usable tread?

    Going on a 3200 mile roadtrip in Aug and don't want to risk any blowouts.

    bite the bullet and replace them all with good quality tires....

    you don't want a blowout when traveling at 70 miles per hour...

    as I always say, safety first... :thumbup:
  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    safety sux... :evil:
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • inmytreeinmytree Posts: 4,741
    chadwick wrote:
    safety sux... :evil:

    I guess it would be better to have a blowout at 70mph...

    so cool...
  • RKCNDYRKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    I agree with the others...

    get 4 new tires

    buy a cheap rim ($50-or go to a Pic-n-Pull/Fitz to get one for $10)

    put newest tire on the rim and use as a spare in the trunk-esp if your gonna drive that far.
    The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

    - Christopher McCandless
Sign In or Register to comment.