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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From a tire warehouse dealer:
Aftermarket siping can void manufacturer’s treadwear warranty. Also, while siping might provide some nominal increases in traction, you are much better off spending the extra money you would have spent on that service on better tires with appropriate siping and tread.
Aftermarket siping may decrease the tread life of your tire. The engineering, high level of construction of the rubber compound and manufacturing process ensure that pre-molded sipes in the tread do not work against the expected tread life of the tire. Siping itself also reduces dry road performance as it increases tread squirm, tread wear, road noise and reduces gas mileage.
The Michelin tires have pre-molded sipes which were designed as part of the overall tire tread.
Aftermarket siping can void manufacturer’s treadwear warranty. Also, while siping might provide some nominal increases in traction, you are much better off spending the extra money you would have spent on that service on better tires with appropriate siping and tread.
Aftermarket siping may decrease the tread life of your tire. The engineering, high level of construction of the rubber compound and manufacturing process ensure that pre-molded sipes in the tread do not work against the expected tread life of the tire. Siping itself also reduces dry road performance as it increases tread squirm, tread wear, road noise and reduces gas mileage.
The Michelin tires have pre-molded sipes which were designed as part of the overall tire tread.
