Re-Tread / Recapped tires

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Re-Tread / Recapped tires Anonymous 12/21/14 (Sun) 22:25:24 e75434 No.1978

What are your thoughts on these piles of shit?

Anonymous 12/22/14 (Mon) 10:01:20 28db07 No.1987

Decent on a budget.

Would avoid otherwise.

Anonymous 12/23/14 (Tue) 22:14:40 00df68 No.2012

>>1978
Only if I literally need replacement tires right away and can't afford brand new ones.

Tires are ridiculously important. If they fail, it could kill you. Same with the brakes.

Save them for fleet vehicles, I say.

Anonymous 12/24/14 (Wed) 17:49:23 e75434 No.2039

>>2012
Reason I made this thread is I had an argument with a relative on these damned things. all cause I said I needed new tires soon. "my friend drove to Alabama and back (Michigan) just fine" retreads, on the front, good for them. hope they aren't on the same stretch of road as myself when they rip apart. I wont put the damned things on my car.

Anonymous 12/26/14 (Fri) 01:01:09 d81bde No.2060

>>2039
Alot of trucks use retreated tires. In fact almost all of them do.

Anonymous 12/26/14 (Fri) 03:34:08 d8bb27 No.2068

>>2060

While this is true, there are a few things to note.

One, trucks ( I'm guessing you're talking about 18-wheelers ) aren't allowed to use Retreads on their steering wheels.

Two, those tires are designed with being re-capped in mind, the structure of the tire is engineered to handle it, but only so many times ( I'm not sure on the number, but there is a limit ).

Three, if any of the re-capped tires go, because of the rules they're nearly always dualies. So you've got an extra tire beside the one that let go to get the truck off the road safely.

Anonymous 12/26/14 (Fri) 22:14:34 e75434 No.2082

op here, drove by a car accident between a chrysler sebring and a 90s sable. saw retread pieces in the intersection.

Anonymous 12/26/14 (Fri) 22:59:08 1fad5b No.2083

>>1978

retreads? that's a nope.

seriously. not even once.

Anonymous 12/27/14 (Sat) 08:43:30 73198e No.2093

Caps on the rear are ok and manageable in a blow out.

Cleanskins on the steer.

Anonymous 01/04/15 (Sun) 23:51:37 b722e9 No.2251

not even once

Anonymous 01/16/15 (Fri) 00:37:42 fb1f0f No.2401

the only case ive heard of in which these are widely used is on the tires for big rigs. id imagine thats because those are significantly more expensive.

Anonymous 07/24/15 (Fri) 18:54:10 760edb No.5467

>>2068

They dont dually for safety. Its for the weight

Anonymous 07/25/15 (Sat) 00:34:55 d0c761 No.5476

why would anyone who's not a trucker do that?

tires are cheep as hell

Anonymous 11/07/15 (Sat) 00:57:27 1f562b No.7087

>>5476

In many places outside US, tires are not that cheap or you'll get crappy overpriced tires.

On the other hand, recapped tires for passenger cars are banned. My dad used them a few times when they were legal until one was disintegrated and damaged the quarter panel at highway speed.

Anonymous 11/07/15 (Sat) 01:00:48 e3505b No.7089

>>1978

if its just a shitbox, a car im selling or a truck i have no issue putting on used or retreaded tires, but i wouldnt even consider it for anything sporty or that i want to drive hard