Decent inch sized crack in sidewall. Slowly leaking air (fill up every couple days).

I have 4 new tires coming in two days to get installed at Sam’s Club but I’m afraid of a blowout before then.

Should I just go to a local tire shop and get a replacement asap like today? I don’t want to buy a new tire that has new tread when the 3 other tires have about 25-50% life left. Should I just nut up and install all the new tires and keep the used as spares?

Regardless, I feel like I need to do something about this today to avoid a blowout but I’m afraid of wasting $$$ because I have the new tires coming Thursday.

Any advice? I do have a full size spare I could install in the meantime. What do yall think? Just strapped for cash this month and trying to be as smart as I can about this and not waste tires and $$$.

  • Thuraash@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Install the spare. Drive as little as possible until you replace the tires. No highway driving unless your spare is rated for it.

    How old are your tires? Tread depth isn’t everything. Tires harden and become useless after 5-10 years from the date of manufacture, depending on the compound. You start to see things like sidewall cracking when they’re well and truly dried out.

    If you’re not sure when your tires were made, check the date code molded into the sidewalls.

    • chris710n@alien.topOPBEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      So they ended up patching it for 25$. The sidewall was cosmetic, and there was actually a nail in the center of the tire