Good to know, thanks. Sometime later this year you'll get to say "told
you so", I'm sure. ;)
Barry Oliver wrote:
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> The sipes roughly cut the blocks into thirds.
>
> I have a 31x13.50 [325/60r15] spare hanging under my truck right now,
> so yes, it will fit.
>
>
> Matt Beazer wrote:
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>>
>> Interesting... well, considering these are "play tires" (I'd much
>> prefer some more middle of the road A/T tires but you take what you
>> can get when you have a wife who is stuck in bed due to a car
>> accident and 2 kids) I'll have to let the list know what I experience
>> when I self-sipe them. I can see why it would wear faster, though,
>> especially if you do a lot of hard braking or cornering causing the
>> tread to "Squirm" more.
>>
>> Do you remember how tightly spaced the sipes were on the tread
>> blocks? Were they the "zig-zag" sipes or just straight sipes?
>>
>> And as you're the guy with the tire experience, do you know if a
>> 31x10.5x15 tire (or even a 30x9.5x15) spare will fit with no
>> problems? Mine has the "Factory full size" spare which won't help my
>> limited slip rear end at all if I have to use it considering it'll be
>> 2" shorter... :)
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> MattB
>>
>>
>> Barry Oliver wrote:
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>>>
>>> Well, I tried the pro-comps *because* they came siped on the center
>>> tread blocks. On paper it seems like a tremendous idea, but the
>>> reality of it is that the tread blocks on a mud tire just don't
>>> have the lateral support that the tread blocks on a passenger tire
>>> have, so the only thing they have is their size. Siping allows the
>>> rubber to flex in smaller pieces, compared to the original and gives
>>> you extra biting edges, however, the few extra edges you get reduce
>>> the tire life wholly out of proportion to their effectiveness. As
>>> an example, if you were to gain 5% traction, at the cost of 40% of
>>> your treadlife... would you consider it worth it? On a competition
>>> machine where that 5% is the difference between 1st and first
>>> looser, absolutely, on a daily driver, not so much.
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