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Tech Forum => Workshop => Topic started by: Rikk on November 17, 2005, 10:45:20 AM

Title: Tyre Siping
Post by: Rikk on November 17, 2005, 10:45:20 AM

Does anyone know of anywhere in the UK prefurably near or in Essex that does siping on tyres??

Cheers

   .....Rikk

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Post by: Mort on November 17, 2005, 10:55:19 AM

Before you go down that route it might be worth checking that it's road-legal ('fraid I don't know the answer), and that your insurance company are happy with you modifing tyres in that way.

It might be easier to buy tyres with sipes. Pro-Comp MTs and X-Terrains have them.  Or, if you're after better on-road grip, then a tyre with a softer compound, like Goodyear Wrangler MT/Rs, may be better for your purposes.

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Post by: Rikk on November 17, 2005, 11:23:06 AM

Hmm hadn't occured that doing it would make them illegal.

I'll speak to the insurance peeps and see what they say.

I'm looking at getting x-terrains anyway, as I'm after a good road tyre thats also good offroad as I do quite a lot of motorway driving and changing at the weekend is not an option and after asking around they came out as the best allround.

     .........Rikk

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Post by: Anonymous on November 17, 2005, 04:57:56 PM

snot legal, not allowed to modify road tyres, okay offroad though