Thread: Tire opinions?
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Old October 1st 03, 05:35 PM
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Hrm... it's sounding like retreads are a pretty popular choice. I
can believe that a retread with a good compound can be the same price as a
cheaper compound new. I think that the stigma associated with retreads is
from truck retreads that tend to sluff off rubber shrapnel on the freeway.
I would hope that a certified aircraft tire wouldn't do such a thing.

Any trouble on the size of retread tires and fitting in wheel
pants?


I had some retreads awhile back -- Goodyear and McCreary casings. The
Goodyears were fine, but the McCrearys didn't fit into my wheelwells, so
I gave them away. IIRC, I had problems fitting the McCrearys originally
-- one wouldn't fit into one well but went into the other OK, so I used
them that way.

I have had no problems with Condors and have used 3 sets of them.

ALWAYS do a retraction test when you mount new tires!