Wear Code

…Equipment (OE) tires with symbols or codes branded on the sidewalls that confirm the tire's original use. The vehicle and tire manufacturer's goal is to make it easier for the owners to identify and select exact replacements when the Original Equipment tires wear out because matching the original…

…mounted and inflated tire on a machine that does NOT scuff in the tire or cause tread wear. Our mechanical heat cycling service will not remove mold flashing or even the tread stripes/or printed codes often used to identify the extruded tread slabs before they are assembled in the tire manufacturing…

…as they conform to the track's surface and maximize traction. All of these conditions make competition tires more susceptible to tread compound wear and tear (the operative word to remember here is "tear"). Many drivers have experienced that their car's power is able to spin the tires as the vehicle…

…designed to wear at a rate similar to the tread rubber with the tungsten carbide pins wearing a little slower than the metal housings around them. This retains the stud's effectiveness to continue to chip into the ice as the tire wears. However, as with all tires, once studded tires wear down to…