Tires - To Sipe or Not to Sipe Toyo M154s
Hey gang, I'm leaning a certain direction, but I'm interested in your opinions without the influence of my research. Normally, I would not consider siping in favor of buying the right tire for t...
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KendallP wrote:
The point here is... they appear to have opted for some kind of siping... that looks a bit like aftermarket siping... for these tires targetting the motorhome market.
The question is, should one consider trying to mimic that with aftermarket siping... if... like many... you are not confident in the OEM Michelins... and you know there are very few options for replacement of this proprietary tire size.
No, on should not try to mimic the Michelin patterns.
The Michelin tire already has that siping done PRE-market. For whatever reason, they feel it is good for THEIR tire. If you buy their tire, you get the siping.
The Toyo tires are NOT the michelin tires minus the siping. They were developed and manufactured independently of the Michelin tires. So trying to reproduce the siping of the Michelin onto the Toyo is ignoring all the development that Toyo put into their product. You would be wrongly assuming that because Michelin siped their tires that any tire put on the MH should be siped.
That you have voiced several times a dissatisfaction with the Michelin tires, just makes all this seem silly. Why would you even consider trying to duplicate a tire of which you think so poorly?
