…General Exclaim UHP for only $72* each. And if you're considering adding some color to your ride, take a look at Sparco's Assetto Gara wheels. They're offered in bright silver and a rainbow of other color choices: Blue Assetto Gara $136* Green Assetto Gara $136* Bronze Assetto Gara $136*…
…as sticky and responsive as they are, these Michelin performance tires provide a great ride quality and quiet ride. I've only noticed a little tread noise on certain surfaces such as chip-and-seal, but a good tire won't hide bad road repairs. My one observation is that it's important to…
…winter conditions without them. Developed featuring a compound to enhance cold weather flexibility and wet traction, the compound is molded into a tread design with a Center Stability Rib and directional pattern to combine straight-line stability on dry roads with water evacuation and hydroplaning…
…pitches/placement of Pirelli Cinturato P7 All Season Plus tread blocks are highlighted by different colors. In order to keep that from happening, tire designers use computers to sequence multi-pitch tread designs that subtly vary tread block size and shape to randomize the road contact and resulting…
…or various colors around the tire's circumference) and/or alphanumeric codes to identify the exact type and size tire for which the tread slab is intended. Because the tread identifying stripes/letters/numbers are printed on the flat tread slab before the tire is assembled and its tread design is…
…tire's tread, they are formed by raised pins strategically located in the curing mold. There will be occasions when a tire being removed from the curing mold will lightly drag its tread across the tread depth pins. This may cause shallow lateral nicks in the tread surface just outboard of the tread…
…Michelin's FleX-Ice silica-based winter tread rubber compound provides firmness at higher temperatures for wet and dry road stability while it remains flexible at lower temperatures to enhance packed snow and ice traction. It's molded into a directional tread design that helps evacuate water…
…tread depths, studs are manufactured in different lengths that must be matched to the depth of the holes molded in the tire (see illustration below). Stud sizes are identified by their Tire Stud Manufacture Index (T.S.M.I.) number or the stud's overall length in millimeters (mm). New studs are color…
…ice* Deep tread block tread pattern with zigzag sipes to provide maximum bitting edges and enhance winter traction with out the use of winter studs Light Truck Studdable Winter / Snow Firestone Winterforce LT * An economical option featuring deep tread blocks molded into a directional tread pattern*…
…tire against some of its competition, and it came through with flying colors! Not only was the ENVigor excellent in wet and dry traction, it also was a very comfortable tire to ride on. Even though it has a directional tread pattern, the road noise was lower to my ears than any of the other tires…
…on the specs page and in search results. As noise reducing tire technology continues to spread, we see multiple variations of style, width, color, continuity and even placement of the foam. While this disparity may seem like random execution, it is intentional, with each manufacturer determining…
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