No,not with a razor.Where can a go to shave a tire down a bit(about 1/16).Does it have to be mounted first.Can a tire store do this?

 

Why?

 

why???

 

A shop that deals with race tires should be able to. A lot of places that you order your tires from, should be able to shave them. I know you can order many tires, like RA1's and such, shaved when you get them from someplace like tire-rack.

 

Thanks for an actual reply......As for the why.I have two "like" new tires(indentical).One is slightly worn more than the other(about 1/16).Now that im here.Would that 1/16th more tread even matter

 

I highly doubt that tread difference will matter.

I've only heard about "shaving" a tire one time, in a Krass and Bernie cartoon in Car Craft, so I was going to ask "why" as well, but I figured its already been asked so

 

Monster trucks shave tires with a hot knife. They cut the tread off so the tires are smooth and lighter. Some of the tractor pullers do it also for the same reason. This is mainly because the tire sizes they want are agriculture tires with huge tread lugs. If you tried doing this to a car tire, it would be worse than when you started.

For a car tire, 1/16" will not be noticeable in any way even if you ran a spool in the diff.

On the front, one good tire and one worn tire may affect the alignment slightly. Put 2 new tires on it.

On the rear, if the difference is great enough, the differential will just think you're going around a corner and do what it's supposed to do and allow one tire to turn faster than the other. That 1/16" difference may mean one tire rotates one less revolution per mile.

 

Good & thanks for the help.Ill just leave the wya it is then.Thanks again...