[s-cars] One Flat Turns to Four

[Lee Levitt]

You can buy one and have it shaved. Or, at 7/32, replace both. Doesn't make sense to take so much off a new tire. 

Tire Rack shaved a tire for me once when I was in this situation. Worked out fine.

I think you will be okay with the difference front to rear, perhaps someone else know the f/r tolerance.

Best,

Lee

On Apr 30, 2012, at 10:38 PM, Brian Pleet <bpleet at telusplanet.net> wrote:

> I blew a tire on my 95.5 S6 traveling between Calgary and Vancouver last
> week. I heard a clunk, my aftermarket tire pressure monitoring system
> started beeping and I watched the pressure drop. Unfortunately, that
> stretch of the Trans Canada highway is the worst across the country with
> hanging wire nets to catch the rocks tumbling off the mountain. I chose to
> drive on, aware of the price of a ruined tire. Five km later I stopped in a
> safe place and changes the Blizzak winter tire with one the summer wheels I
> was transporting.
> 
> First I'm told you have to replace tires in pairs, to minimize imbalance
> side to side. I ordered two replacements. Now I'm told that you have to
> replace the entire set, one for four because the quattro system would be
> upset by different tire radius. The blown tire was 7/32 tread depth, the
> other side was 7/32 and the two remaining are 8/32 left out of a starting
> depth of 11/32.
> 
> Two or four? Suggestions?
> 
> 
> -- 
> Brian Pleet
> bpleet at telusplanet.net
> 95.5 S6
> 02 TT Roadster
> 90 90Q
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