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I am looking at tires and I just can't believe how expensive they are. Found these re-treads online. Anybody running retreads? Think it's a foolish buy?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/New-285x70xR17-Mud-Terrain-Retread-Tires-285%2f70R17-Jeep_W0QQitemZ160322120601QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/New-285x70xR17-Mud-Terrain-Retread-Tires-285%2f70R17-Jeep_W0QQitemZ160322120601QQcmdZViewItem
Last edited by toad; 06-06-2009 at 09:18 PM. Reason: Please no direct links to ebay. Thanks!
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I don't know if it's a negative consideration or not, but from the little I've read on retreads, they use different tire carcasses for them. So even though you get 4 new tires of the same tread pattern, you may have 1 retreaded BFG, 1 Kumho, 1 Cooper, 1 Toyo, etc.
If they all now have the same tread pattern, will they all drive/act the same? Or would the Toyo still be thicker/heavier, and maybe need a different tire pressure to give the same footprint as the others?
If they all now have the same tread pattern, will they all drive/act the same? Or would the Toyo still be thicker/heavier, and maybe need a different tire pressure to give the same footprint as the others?
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