Tire Softeners?
10-24-2003, 06:35 PM
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Tire Softeners?
Does anyone have any experience of so-called tire-softeners. A guy was telling me that they work great, but I was wondering if any of you had any experience of them.
I did a search on thirdgen which yielded zilch.
A search on the web yielded a few threads and products:-
http://www.dragrace.com.au/viewtopic...rumid=6&id=357
Tyre softener.....does it work?
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slot-list/message/1772
Re: [slot-list] Tyre softener
This one claimed that some tire softeners/solvents will "remove surface oil build up from the tires. But prolonged use, or soaking will actually accelerate the aging, and drying out process".
http://www.demon-tweeks.com/catalogu...&action=detail
Demon Tweeks Hot Lap "LMT"
Any comments or help folks?
I did a search on thirdgen which yielded zilch.
A search on the web yielded a few threads and products:-
http://www.dragrace.com.au/viewtopic...rumid=6&id=357
Tyre softener.....does it work?
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slot-list/message/1772
Re: [slot-list] Tyre softener
This one claimed that some tire softeners/solvents will "remove surface oil build up from the tires. But prolonged use, or soaking will actually accelerate the aging, and drying out process".
http://www.demon-tweeks.com/catalogu...&action=detail
Demon Tweeks Hot Lap "LMT"
Any comments or help folks?
10-24-2003, 07:23 PM
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To my knowledge, none of our local racers use any sort of "softener". If your tires are too hard then they're old and dried out. Buy new tires.
10-24-2003, 08:29 PM
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When I was younger I used to race go karts on dirt and we would all use tire softner on our slicks. It worked, but that was for dirt racing, i dunno about asphalt.
10-25-2003, 09:48 AM
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I couldn't find anything on it either. Buy some and try it. Keep us posted.
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