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necromax

11 April 2001 02:06 AM

I have never seen a new tyre (or an old one ;)) with 10mm on! What tyres are these? I know Toyo's come with 8mm when new. I would have said (IMHO) that 7-8mm would be an average.

Edited for late night creative spelling :)

[Edited by necromax - 11/4/2001 2:10:19 AM]

Hel	03 November 2001 06:17 PM

Does anyone know how much tread (in mm) there is in a new 205/45/17 tyre etc. I know that it may differ for different manufacturers, so figures along with manufacturer of tyre would be handy

Hel

RB5SCOTT

03 November 2001 06:48 PM

New tyres have around 10mm of tread unless you buy some Michelin Pilot Cups, then you get only 4mm ;)

Scott

Mike Owen

04 November 2001 10:03 PM

Yep... 7-8mm is average.

The reason (by all acounts), is much more than this and your tyres flex too much and you get rapid heat build up etc.

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