[Shotimes] Tire Siping

[Kenneth Epperly]

The little groves the manuf. put in the tires are sipes. Too many can cause
the tread to move too much loosing traction and generating heat in the tire.
Also a great way to loose the warranty on a tire.
        imho, Ken
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Silver Sleeper" <silversleepersho@yahoo.com>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 3:21 PM
Subject: [Shotimes] Tire Siping


> My roommate recently purchased 4 new tires over at the local tire shop,
les schwab on sunday.   Since then he's been talking up getting new tires
"siped" as in getting the tread cross-cut about every 1/2 inch horizontally
across the tread.   From what he says to me,  the tires are able to use
"fingers" created by the sipes.  Creating better grip (tire tread can move
around more), tires stay cooler,  and tire life is increased.  He had this
done for $ 11 dollars a tire.
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> I was just wondering,  anyone had any experience with tire siping?  is
there some measure of truth in these statements,  or are we talking about
another "snake oil"  or "muffler bearing" product?
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