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Tyre at front - replace one or both?

Goodadvice75
Goodadvice75 Posts: 81 Forumite
in Motoring
Hi

Pls can anyone help with a tyre-related question?

One front tyre is at its legal minimum, the other front tyre is at 2mm (checked by garage recently) and will be around £50 to replace (ouch!)

Strapped for cash at the mo, but garage said it would be better to replace both front tyres for balance etc. Does this really make a difference or could we get away with just replacing the very worn one now? We do do a lot of motorway miles.

Also the worn one is very much more worn on the side nearest us when looking at the car, rather than the inside bit - been told that we need tracking to sort this.

Thx in advance.
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  • King_Nothing
    King_Nothing Posts: 854 Forumite
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    At 2mm I'd replace them both at the same time and get the tracking done.
  • pitkin2020
    pitkin2020 Posts: 4,029 Forumite
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    I would replace both and sort tracking out. I know others say you don't have to replace in pairs you can move wheels about etc but personally I always replace in pairs for new. Your tracking is also out by the sounds of it, usually around £10 to have that re-aligned but will help to give even wear across the tyre.
    Everyones opinion is the most important.....no wonder nothing is ever agreed on.
  • espresso
    espresso Posts: 16,448 Forumite
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    Do you have an often forgotten about unused spare that you could bring into use?
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  • pitkin2020
    pitkin2020 Posts: 4,029 Forumite
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    espresso wrote: »
    Do you have an often forgotten about unused spare that you could bring into use?

    not much good if its a space saver, they are for temporary use.
    Everyones opinion is the most important.....no wonder nothing is ever agreed on.
  • espresso
    espresso Posts: 16,448 Forumite
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    pitkin2020 wrote: »
    not much good if its a space saver, they are for temporary use.

    No !!!!!! Sherlock!
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  • pitkin2020
    pitkin2020 Posts: 4,029 Forumite
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    espresso wrote: »
    No !!!!!! Sherlock!

    Even it wasn't a space saver what does it save the op?? They still need to get the tyre replaced they can't keep the illegal as a spare. Your just swapping one issue for another.
    Everyones opinion is the most important.....no wonder nothing is ever agreed on.
  • espresso
    espresso Posts: 16,448 Forumite
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    pitkin2020 wrote: »
    Even it wasn't a space saver what does it save the op?? They still need to get the tyre replaced they can't keep the illegal as a spare. Your just swapping one issue for another.

    If they had an unused spare, they would only need to buy one new tyre now and use the one with 2mm tread as the spare. Surely that is obvious! When funds permit they could then replace the spare.
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  • Strider590
    Strider590 Posts: 11,874 Forumite
    1.6mm is the legal limit, but 2mm is too low.
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  • neilmcl
    neilmcl Posts: 19,460 Forumite
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    Strider590 wrote: »
    1.6mm is the legal limit, but 2mm is too low.
    +1, especially this time of year.
  • pitkin2020
    pitkin2020 Posts: 4,029 Forumite
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    espresso wrote: »
    If they had an unused spare, they would only need to buy one new tyre now and use the one with 2mm tread as the spare. Surely that is obvious! When funds permit they could then replace the spare.

    Yes they could of course do that, unless they have already done it and forgotten about it because its the spare it rarely gets used it'll be fine.

    2mm is low though to be fair and with the other tyre having such uneven wear due to a possible tracking problem this tyre has likely to have suffered uneven wear aswell.

    Without the OP confirm if he has a good full size spare anyway it might not even be an option.
    Everyones opinion is the most important.....no wonder nothing is ever agreed on.
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