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One new tire, 3 older tires... what to do?

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Old Dec 19, 2003 | 12:34 PM
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One new tire, 3 older tires... what to do?

Hi all -

Well, a couple days ago I met a little piece of wood that ended up costing me $120 .

I heard a popping sound on the way to work, and when I came out one of my tires was flat. Turns out it was on the inner sidewall/tread, and wasn't really safe to repair. So, I had to get a new Revo for my ride.

So now I have 3 Revo's with about 10/15k miles on them, and one brand new one (so there's like 1/8" difference in the tread height or so). Anything I should do, or just leave it alone? I was thinking maybe the new one should be on the front, so it wears more (on the rear right now), or something. Any thoughts, or does it not really matter....
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Old Dec 19, 2003 | 12:37 PM
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Re: One new tire, 3 older tires... what to do?

Originally posted by ruizs
Hi all -

Well, a couple days ago I met a little piece of wood that ended up costing me $120 .

I heard a popping sound on the way to work, and when I came out one of my tires was flat. Turns out it was on the inner sidewall/tread, and wasn't really safe to repair. So, I had to get a new Revo for my ride.

So now I have 3 Revo's with about 10/15k miles on them, and one brand new one (so there's like 1/8" difference in the tread height or so). Anything I should do, or just leave it alone? I was thinking maybe the new one should be on the front, so it wears more (on the rear right now), or something. Any thoughts, or does it not really matter....
What kind of spare do you have? If you have a Revo spare, assuming it is a never used practically new spare, I would consider using your spare with your new tire up front and make one of your 3 old ones a spare. If not, I think I still might buy another tire and run 2 new ones up front.

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Old Dec 20, 2003 | 07:01 PM
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I would not worry about that small of a difference.
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Old Dec 20, 2003 | 07:26 PM
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I don't think you need to worry if your other tires only have low mileage on them. If you couldn't get a matching tire or if the others were much more worn then I would consider buying another tire so that I had a matched set on each axle. I don't think you need to do that unless you really want to.
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