I have a nail in one of my tires (Hankook RS2). Brought it to America's Tire, and they said it was too close to the sidewall to patch.

Can I get away with replacing just the one tire? My other tires are at around 6/32 - 7/32 tread left, used for less than 10k miles. According to Hankook, the RS2 has 8.5/32 of tread new. Is that close enough?

If not, is there a shop in the East/South Bay that shaves tires? I've read about tire shaving being an alternative to buying a new set of 4 tires. However, where can I get it done around here? Searching the Bay Area forum brings up a thread from 2003, and even then, no shop was listed.

I'd like to still keep using the other 3 since there's plenty of tread left. Any advice appreciated.

 

Someone on this board had mentioned this place before for tire shaving:

http://www.aimtire.com/

 

There is a shop inside Infineon Raceway that will shave it down to match your current tread depth. Just bring them in a nwe tire and the depth of your other three tires.

 

Ouch, Sonoma is a little far for me. Thanks for the link though.

Any tire shavers in the East or South Bay?

 

AIM tire is the only place that im aware of that shaves...


good luck

 

Does roger kraus shave?

Tire-rack shaves too...

 

I believe that roger krause does shave tires, as well as custom alignment in mountain view, and I believe there some place in redwood city that does it as wellbut I can't think of the name off the top of my head

 

Roger Kraus FTW.

Close by and quite reasonable

 

Great. Roger Kraus would work for me.

Now, is shaving necessary to go from 8.5/32 to 7/32?

 

By the book, yes, shaving is necessary....

and although I seriously doubt that little difference would result in any significant problems, $30 for a shaving is cheaper than a differential