Cupped tires

Thinking about buying a set of cupped tires. 285 70 17 toyo mt for $400 from a good friend cause she's moving overseas

only 2/4 are cupped but not that bad really hard to notice. my question is will the cupped tires eventually smoothed out if i mount them in the rear first?

thanks

 

How good of a friend? I don't know the answer to your question, but I do know you can get a set of decent brand new tires for not much more.

Edit: Just looked up toyo mts, I stand corrected. Good god those are expensive.

 

shes a good friend, the reason why she's selling them cause she didn't want to buy two new tires haha cause how expensive they are haha, so I'm really asking cause if cupped tires can't be fixed then I'm not going to buy them cause tires are damn there $300

 

They will eventually. Put the 2 that are cupped on the back

 

If they're not too bad you could have them trued. That's where they slightly shave off the tread until it's perfectly round.

 

thats what i was reading mixed reviews said yes put it in the back some said no its not possible so i came to my forum

edit: how long do you think i have to run them before they smooth out? couple thousand?

 

how much does that usually run? also is that a common thing at a tire shop?

 

I had a set that cupped the two front tires. I put them on the back and kept driving. It took about 7 to 8k miles before they were good

 

Not sure how much. I have a buddy that owns a front end shop and they do it. If one of the bigger shops doesn't do it maybe they could recommend a shop that does.

 

were they cupped bad?

 

thanks ill call around

 

Have em rebalanced, stick on the back and rock em.

 

No. If you feel so bad cut her a check for nothing but I woukd never compromise my safety or those on the road for a nice gesture.

I don't feel bad for her. Cupping comes from improper care of a vehicle. People do that to themselves.

The cupping Ive seen has blown through most of the tread. So this is what I'm invisioning.

 

yeah she told me it was her fault cause it was a problem with her shocks, also i didn't know it was cupped until she told me haha

 

They were cupped pretty good. You could tell by just looking at them

 

thanks for the info going to get them tomorrow

 

This is usually the range you're looking at. Personally, id avoid it, but I get the friend aspect and 400 bucks isn't too bad IF they're relatively new and she just didn't rotate them... ever.