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bucolic_frolic

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2. for me it would depend on how old the tires are

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Wed Mar 18, 2026, 08:23 AM

Mar 18

I 4 wheel align with new tires. The cost of balancing, rebalancing, rotating, aligning exceeds replacing the tires 10,000 miles early.

With stone chip roads, aka stone seal - tar with rough stone on top, the 40k tires wear out around 30-32k. So that's a consideration too, you may not have stone chipped roads.

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It's middle March and I've inadvertently driven over at least 100 potholes. [View all] no_hypocrisy Mar 18 OP

Abaolutely SheltieLover Mar 18 #1

for me it would depend on how old the tires are bucolic_frolic Mar 18 #2

AH. Chip seal. Old Crank Thursday #4

Wait until they are filled we can do it Mar 18 #3