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Street tires won't be the same after you track them.

Originally Posted by Red__Zed It depends. Losing chunks of tires will definitely effects the characteristic of the tires on the street.

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Old 06-28-2013, 04:08 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Losing chunks of tires will definitely effects the characteristic of the tires on the street.
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Losing chunks of tires will definitely effects the characteristic of the tires on the street.
Only slightly :|



Chunking is a risk pushing many street tires hard, particularly if they've got a good bit of tread.
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Chunking is a risk pushing many street tires hard, particularly if they've got a good bit of tread.
This. There's a reason a lot of the Extreme performance tires come with 4-7/32nds worth of tread instead of 10+ like a lot of normal street tires.
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