|Drew|

I need to get some tires shave 1 or 2 32nd but I'm not sure who could do it locally. I don't think Discount can shave tires. Any leads?

Sprayed1998

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There is a Porsche shop over by my work that could most likely do it. I am off of Hwy59 and Murphy Road.

|Drew|

Is that Lawell Motorsports or who?

jlrz28

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How about a line lock?? JK Might try this forum....http://sccaforums.com/forums/

Sprayed1998

iTrader: (10)

Not sure, it begins with a V I think, weird name but they have nothing but hard core fully caged, road race tire, striped down Porches there and they seem to race competativly. Address is 13003 Murphy Road.

clean99

that porshe shop is right down the road for me, and my nieghbor used to be a mechanic there, but i dont know if they shave tires

Havok2

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what does shave tires do?

|Drew|

They're r-compounds for road racing with a wet-tread. Shaving them down 2/32s leaves you with a groved slick. Running the full tread in the dry can make the tires wear bad and not last as long.

mitchntx

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I get my road race tires shaved through Phil's Tire Service or Vilven Tire. But those shops are located in the mid-west.

I don't know of ANY shaving machines in the Houston or DFW area. You need to find a shop that makes retread tires, like for big rigs. That would be your best bet.

And FWIW ... 2/32s is awfully thin. They are fast and sticky, but don't last very long ... less than a weekend at MSR-H. I get my Toyos shaved to 4/32s. I can get 1/2 a season out of a set.

If you do find a shaver, let me know. That is good information.

jmilz28

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Try Strouhal's, I think one of their shops does it.

badass68

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I know A-Z tire shaves them. They are located off of 290 near 610. I have a tire shaver at my shop, but don't have the time to do any right now. I usually help a guy at work shave Miata tires.

|Drew|

I meant take 2/32 off, making them 4/32 deep and removing the rain tread. I think I'm just going to put some street miles on them before the event afterall, might be a wet event anyway.

SRfastZ

any pics to see how that looks

|Drew|

Goes from a tire that looks like a regular street tire to a groved slick.