I got a nail in one of my RE070's... and i have to replace that one... the thing is if i buy a brand new tire, and the other three have 5000miles of wear on them... is that going to screw things up in terms of dynamics of the car? (balance, handling, etc)

any suggestions? I tried looking for a used RE070, didn't find any... any one know of any sites or anything? thanks!

 

On awd when one tire goes you should replace them all. Its too bad they have such low miles on them but you gotta take your loss. My old RE011's only had about 2k miles on them and i ran over a nail and destroyed one tire. I replaced them with RE01's and besides losing alot of money im almost happy i did it.

 

dang. well thanks for the tip!

 

THIS IS NOT TRUE. You can buy a new tire and have it shaved to match the diameter of the other tires. Any competent tire shop can do this, down to the MM.

 

+1 for that. If your tires have relatively low miles on them, just shave down the new one. If your miles are high, then jsut replace all of them, no sense in shaving down one to match the others that'll need to be replaced soon

 

I didnt say you have to, i said you SHOULD. If you want to have them shaved than knock yourself out. I just dont like the 070's (in rain) and i would replace them if i could help it.

 

5000 miles might not even be enough to warrant shaving the new tire down. The difference in size of the new tire vs. old shouldn't be much. Put the new tire on the front since the fronts hold more weight.


It's funny, everyone gets there thong in a knot when someone asks about a non matching set of tires but here's one for ya. If it is so important to keep the rolling circumference the same on all four tires than why don't we HAVE to have a larger tire up front? The weight on the front tires is greater causing more squat, so the rolling diameter is actually smaller than the rear tires so theoretically even if all 4 tires were exactly the same size before installation, once they are installed the fronts are too small. Go out and measure your tires, I'll bet the fronts don't match the rears, even if you are running 18's.

 

I don't like Re070's much in the dry either.

 

i messed up on of my RE070s and changed the set, i still have three of them if you want to buy just one, ill be happy to sell it to you. they still have about 70% tread on them. pm me if your interested.

 

wow, thanks for all the replies guys! Man, the RE070 is one expensive tire....i sent you a pm bugeye!

 

yup, the cheapest i could find them was $185 a tire on tirerack.com!!!

 

here's the picks of the three tires that i still have.



sorry for the crappy pics, had to use my old camera. let me know if your interested.