Tyre at front - replace one or both?

waynedance

2mm!!!! mine would be changed at 3mm, anything under 3mm and braking distances start to increase (according to tests seen on telly).

You need to check your car over more and not wait for a garage to tell you that your tyre is near illegal.

mikey72

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.

I always do that, otherwise somewhere down the line you end up with a ten year old usused tyre that cracks when you put it on. I usually recycle my best of the worn ones to the spare when I get a new one.
I mut admit, I'd never buy a new for the spare though.

Lavendyr

Um yes, get them both changed. Wouldn't run anything less than 3mm especially in winter.

http://www.conti-online.com/generator/www/uk/en/continental/tyres_for_life/themes/tread-depth/video_footage_en.html

colin79666

Get them both changed asap. Also get the backs moved to the front and the new ones put at the back. Understeer is easier to control and oversteer. As said above tyres really ought to be changed at 3mm.

KTF

espresso wrote: »

Do you have an often forgotten about unused spare that you could bring into use?

This is what I would do. Assuming its not a space saver, swap the spare to the worn front and put the worn on the spare.

Then you would have two new tyres and problem solved. No point having a brand new tyre in the boot for 'emergencies'.

Lavendyr

colin79666 wrote: »

Get them both changed asap. Also get the backs moved to the front and the new ones put at the back. Understeer is easier to control and oversteer. As said above tyres really ought to be changed at 3mm.

This also.

Notmyrealname

Goodadvice75 wrote: »

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.

Yes it needs tracking otherwise you'll just rip the hell out of the outside of the tread on the new one and need to replace it earlier than you would otherwise. You need to replace both - the 2mm one hasn't that long to live and wet braking distances will be quite reduced.

Can't believe people entertain scrimping on the one thing that keeps them on the road....

Goodadvice75

Hi

Thanks everyone. Know I should have looked at this before but the existing tyres aren't that old so I wasn't expecting to have to change them so soon - obviously the tracking has worn them down more than they would otherwise be.

I can't remember what state the spare is in but will check that as if it's in good order that would save money right now to put that one on and buy one additional one.

Thanks for the advice. Have just posted on another thread about the actual tyre size as we have "185s" at the moment but the websites which search by car registration number all show us that "165s" are standard for our car, so wondering why this is and if we could change to 165s which seem cheaper.

KTF

Most cars have different wheel size combinations available from the factory so yours might have larger wheels fitted.

What car/trim spec is it and does the spare match the tyres? If 185 are on there then thats the size you need.