Will worn shocks hurt my new tires if I wait a week or two?

New here, thank you for allowing me to jump in with a question.

Just purchased a 2013 Trail with 93K miles. I am in desperate need of tires, but my shocks also need replacing (according to Tire Kingdom). I want to order the 5100 adjustable set, but it looks like they're on back order. Can I safely replace my tires now and wait a week or two to source the shocks and get them installed, or will my new tires be severely impacted? I am not noticing anything when driving and any speed, but the guys at tire kingdom are telling me there are leaks and they're shot. Thank you!

 

if you are hitting bumps and the shocks are either bouncing up and down after the bump, or hitting bottom then they are blown. Otherwise they may not work as good and be a bit rough ride. This won't affect the tires much. It could if one end was riding lower

 

No

 

Thank you for the replies. I'm thinking more about it and I haven't noticed any signs of issues while driving. I also completely forgot that I brought it over to Toyota yesterday to have them do their certified inspection on it, to see if it needed anything. Came back clean. I called them to ask and the tech says he didn't notice any issues. I'm having them finish the tires and will take a look at the shocks when I get it back. I've been up to 60 mph so far and didn't notice any vibrations or squirrely behavior. No noise over bumps either. If anything maybe there is a minor leak, but ok to drive on for a little while either way. Or, maybe they just saw they're older and thought they could get more money out of me...

 

It wouldn't be the first time a tire shop (or any other repair-type shop, for that matter) tried to up-sell a part that's not really needed...it's in their dna.

I'd get your new tires (elsewhere, maybe?), then if you want new shocks, order those and wait. You'll be fine.

p.s. - check out Eibach. Very comparable to 5100s, and might be more available.

 

Take care of the tires now, shocks when convenient. Old shocks on the way out won't do any harm. Rolling on bad rubber can mess you up seriously.

 

Thanks all. I will check out the Eibachs as well. This was the only shop that could get it done today and I head out of town tomorrow. Not going crazy far, just a 200 mile round trip. However, I would rather not run on these tires, so I'm paying a bit more than I could elsewhere if I waited. This is mostly my fault as I wanted to get a tire that isn't generally in stock (Toyo OC AT3).

 

Quick update. Thank you again for all the replies. I got the tires installed and told them I'd hold off on shocks. I got under there and took a look as best I could but didn't see anything alarming. I couldn't see the part of the shock directly behind the wheel (rear driver side was apparently the 'bad' one), so I can't say 100% no issue, but there definitely isn't anything majorly wrong that can't wait a little bit. On a plus note, I took a 400ish mile round trip and they drove great (Toyo Open Country A/T III).

 

Toyo at3's just bought 3 days ago. Good choice on our part! great tires. What size you have and load range?

 

The Toyo AT3 is what I have on mine as well. It is a nice tire for sure (you can see it in my profile pic).

 

Test it out yet on any tough terrain or deep mud? Im waiting for a blizzard here in NY to try them

 

I live in Arizona so it is mostly dry. However, I did take them off-road when we had some rain (that is where my profile picture came from). Anyways I had to go up this steep incline with sharp rocks pointing up, the traction points were wet, and I only had 1 route I could take. These tires didn’t let me down at all. I was in 4 low and didn’t even have to engage a-trac and got right up it without a fuss (little tire slippage). I will be honest I had to do a little extra work to open my door it was that steep. In regards to snow I haven’t had the pleasure of testing them yet.

I will be in Sedona, AZ this weekend and I will be taking the 4runner on some trails up there to go mess around, take family pictures, and such. I have a feeling I will be putting my new skid plates to work. If I remember I will share how the tires do up there. Everyone I chat with says the Toyo AT3 are really solid tires and people love them.