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Old May 12, 2013 | 05:52 AM
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Hi all,

I recently went to the dealer where they told me it would be advisable to remove one of the tires because it was a tear in the thread. These are the original tires that i purchased with the car. Because i do not want to mess up the cycle of buying tires, i would just buy a used tire for the mean time until i wanted to switch all 4 at the same time.

If i were to do this, could i simply just take off the current tire and put the new one on? Do i need to balance the tire or do anything else? Sorry if this is a stupid question!
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Old May 12, 2013 | 06:26 AM
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you always have to rebalance when you mount/dismount a tire
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Old May 12, 2013 | 06:37 AM
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4TehNguyen is right. otherwise your gona get a shake and vibration depending how much the balance was off.
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Old May 12, 2013 | 06:56 AM
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Thank you. I will take it to a local shop and do that exact same thing!
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