Retread Tires Debate

I'm pretty sure it was 200 grams...

Half the problem could have been that I took it to a Mexican tire shop...did all 4 for $40

When he put it on the balancing machine you could see that the tires tread wasnt on completely level.

 

I might try and take it somewhere else tomorrow...

What happened.s of I drive around on an improperly balanced tire? There arnt any vibes..

 

Worse case uneven wear and maybe some slop in the steering. Mine was like that the first couple of days then I made them rebalance and they removed most of the weight... But mine had been sitting in a garage waiting on me to get back in the US to mount them...

 

that equals about 7 ounces

 

just got them in

 

because they are retreads? lol and i chose them

 

I thought you got guard dogs? I haven't looked into retreads at all, just curious
Wait so they basically just take an old tire and somehow put new tread on them?

 

they are the guard dogs, they take a old tire, grind down the tread and put new tread on it, i chose the toyo sidewalls because the lugs dont come down so they look cleaner on the sidewalls

 

i see, interesting i wanna see these next week!

 

you will! they are getting mounted now.... lets hope they are okay and get balanced fine

 

Hows the side wall on those Toyos? I noticed that the side wall is way thinner on the bridgestone dueller AT than the BFG sidewall?

 

^Nice!

I was interested in knowing how these are done and i found this video. which explains it pretty well
http://youtu.be/M2_NYEvNrw0

 

they seem pretty good, my bfg sidewalls feel the same. im glad they are on toyo at sidewalls. i never go in the rocks or anything like that.

 

hey, when were your guys sidewalls made? one was 2008 one was 2007 and 2 were 2005, iirc 2005 is too old for them to use, i think im going to fill out the warranty thing tommaro, the ones from 2005 took a little more weight to balance also, but still wayyyyy less than my bfgs, the new ones from 2007+ took less than 2 ounces

 

Where can I look and see?

 

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=11

 

I just had a set of Guard Dog 285/75/16's mounted and balanced, wonder what PSI you guys are typically running these at???

 

ok i have had my guard dogs for well over a year now and have put a lil over 30k on them.......
id say they have about 10k of life left in them.....
no i have the guard dogs with kedge grip so wear about 20% faster or so they say.....
overall i have been very happy with mt choice......one tire has a lil seperation if you will call it that where the tread meets the core...from a wheeling trip when i was aired down
i have used these tires many many many times aired down to about 15 psi wheeling and i drive like an indy car racer on the street......
just my .02
i will be getting another set in the near future......

 

I did the chalk line test on mine and settled at 32psi front and rear.