Firestone

[spuhala]

This morning I had a blow out on I55 on my way to work, so I dropped off my tire at the local firestone and the guy behind the counter tells me I need to replace all 4 tires if I don't it will mess up the suspension of the vehicle because its a high performance SUV.

I looked at him and said I will just replace the one tire. I wonder how many people fall for that?

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[Gone_2022]

Is the car awd? Are your other tires super low compared to the brand new tire? If so he might be correct.

 

[Gone_2022]

Will it need 4 in that case probably not but if my above question is correct you would need at least 2

 

[spuhala]

the tires are not low, the car has 30,000 miles on it.

 

[spuhala]

It is all wheel drive also.

 

[BrianG]

 

[Gone_2022]

Yea he was telling you the truth. Awd cars need to have more than 1 replaced at a time

 

[Gone_2022]

 

[Yaj Yak]

so like, what is it

 

[spuhala]

I guess ill be replacing all 4 fuck 360 bucks a tire.

 

[Yaj Yak]

whatcha drivin

 

[spuhala]

Ford Edge Sport, that a kick to the dick I cant afford right now.

 

[Thirdgen89GTA]

Not true at all

If the other 3 tires are still in good shape you can have your new tire shaved to match the tread depth if the old tires.

Yes you are shaving tons of miles off the new tire. But it will prevent you from needing to drop coin on 4 tires.

Discount tire and tire rack offer the service.

 

[Yaj Yak]

Not true at all

If the other 3 tires are still in good shape you can have your new tire shaved to match the tread depth if the old tires.

Yes you are shaving tons of miles off the new tire. But it will prevent you from needing to drop coin on 4 tires.

there's the answer i was lookin' fo.

 

[Yaj Yak]

Need to Replace One Tire on Your Subaru? Get a Shaved Tire! - Doc's advice on tires | Tire Rack


fucking bullshit ass sales tactic.

 

[bikrboy128]

if you think tires are a kick to the dick wait until you get the bill for repairing that awd system you damaged from mismatched tires.

 

[Euro]

Crazy. Never heard that before, but it makes sense.

 

[Gone_2022]

Makes sense but the shop he's at does not offer that service, so what they advised him to do was correct based on their capabilities

 

[spuhala]

it is the only thing they offer, it just sucks because I cant really afford 1,500 bill right now even if I put it on the credit card. I have had nothing but shit luck with this ford.

 

[spuhala]

I just spoke to a Ford dealer I bought the truck from and they said just replace 2 because the tires were almost new when I bought the SUV and I have only driven 3000 miles since I purchased it.

 

[Euro]

Makes sense but the shop he's at does not offer that service, so what they advised him to do was correct based on their capabilities

I was talking about the need to replace all 4 tires on an AWD vehicle, not that tire shaving. That is just silly.

 

[Thirdgen89GTA]

Crazy. Never heard that before, but it makes sense.

I looked into it because my Focus RS is AWD, so I wanted to see what options were out there.

I looked into it when I considered buying the RS since it was AWD and I had heard about the 4 tires thing.

If the tires were in good enough shape, I'd just shave a tire, even though its essentially wasting some money. Better than buying 4 new tires and throwing 3 good ones away.

Makes sense but the shop he's at does not offer that service, so what they advised him to do was correct based on their capabilities

If I had a spare, I'd put that spare on the car, drive it over to Discount Tire, and buy a shaved tire there.

Only problem is from a recent search it looks like not all DT's can shave a tire, and might have to order a shaved tire from the warehouse. So thats down time. Tire-rack is the same, they shave it at the warehouse and ship it out.

Temp use on the spare shouldn't damage anything. A few days waiting for a shaved tire shouldn't be a problem.

 

[10thSVT_03]

I guess ill be replacing all 4 fuck 360 bucks a tire.

What size?

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

An edge is a high performance vehicle?


Tire rack shaves tires and would be quick to ship to you.

 

[Bru]

Certain Edge Sports had ridiculously sized 21-inch tires, and optional summer tires.

Tire Rack can definitely shave an individual tire for sale.