shaved?

[tomsws6]

sorry perverts...... talkin bout tires

im about to buy some used tires but they say they are shaved and have 3 heat sycles on them. i dont know what that means?

[chevy42083]

It's done for better handling, but don't really know the details on how it's done. From what I understand, it's shaving off tread to get a lighter tire with more performance (less deflection from tall blocks of tread)

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tirete....jsp?techid=67

Basically, you may be buying "new" tires, that have little tread on them. You need to ask how deep the tread is now.

[tomsws6]

3/32nds there toyo r888's. i can pick a set up for 150bucks 305/35/18. not sure how good of tread that is. i might put 5k on a yr. that depth ok?

[chevy42083]

A molded tread depth of 6/32 in
http://www.racetire.com/products/toyo_r888.htm

Street tires normally have ~10/32s

So, I take it, Comparing to normal street tire... you have a little less than 1/3 of the tread depth left. OR, compared to those tires brand new, you have 1/2 the tread. Keep in mind, once it gets CLOSE to bald... it will be illegal to use. Not sure what your local laws are on tread depth.