Is It Safe to Change Just One Tire?

When you’re a car owner, it’s your responsibility to make sure that your car is properly equipped to keep running smoothly. With so much to keep track of, it’s easy to forget about the four pieces of rubber that separate your car from the road. While it may seem like tires just take care of themselves, they most definitely do not. If you neglect your tires, you could be facing seriously expensive repair bills down the line.

Some issues, like a puncture, can be solved by just changing a single tire, however, others will require you to change all four to keep everything in perfect working order.  

Single Tire Fix

• If you have recently replaced your tires and have sustained damage to only one tire, then you only need to replace that single tire. If your tires are relatively new they 

• The main thing you need to be sure of is that the tread depths look nearly identical across all four tires. An easy way to check tread depth is to insert a penny into the tread and see how much of Lincoln’s head is covered.

• If the depths do not add up, you should ask to have your tire shaved so as to better match its three other counterparts.

Multi-Tire Fix

• If it has been a good bit of time since your last tire change, then it is most likely a better option to change all of your tires. This is because your tread depths will not match up between the old and new tires. This imbalance will cause alignment issues and more within your  car if ignored.

• Losing like 2/32 or 4/32 tread depth is fine. In that case, go for the replacement of a single tire. But if your other tires have lost more than that, then it is a safer option for you to get all your tires replaced.