Making tyres better in the wet - any tips???

**big guy** · 12th June 2009, 07:21 PM

Yep--I read your post.
Read it well also.
Buy better tyres!!!!!!!

Off road tyres are exactly that and should not be used on the road for the exact reason you just asked us.

Big fat tyres should be taken off the market unless used for beach driving.

I also read your tyres are 50-60% worn, for MTR's thats probably beyond their effective wear.
I sell or give my tyres away after they reach 40-50% and only use ATR's at the most aggressive especially on the bitumen as that is when I hit the skids I want my tyres to retard the vehicle so my insurance will cover me should there be a crash.

In the wet is when 80% of 15km/h or less accidents happen.
tyres play a major role.

My suggestion is buy road worthy good quality tyres to suit the medium you are driving on.

Or, drive a hugely lifted Hi-lux with the biggest tyres available, look like a hero and fall into the category my tiler just got himself into.

After his uncontrollable skid, he ended up in a shop window and his tools in the back of the ute smashed through his window and cracked his skull, he lost sight in one eye due to internal bleeding, uncontrollable shaking in his arms now and unable to work.

insurance not paying for his truck, hospital or any of his personnel expenses.
tyres not suitable for the application they were used in.

Its in court now and even the tyre fitter is in trouble and could potentially change the way off-road tyres are sold.
I can keep you posted.

case still pending, been going 19 months now and he is unable to work as tiler.

get some new tyres that are not too hard and intended for use on the road.

My advise since you asked.

**Blknight.aus** · 12th June 2009, 07:58 PM

keep me posted...

its a very game insurance agency to try that line....

there is no regulation on the type of tyre or tread so long as its above the minimum legal requirement, of the right size, load and speed rating for the vehicle its fitted to its legal in australia.

**Dave_S** · 12th June 2009, 08:35 PM

Ben, I remember you having a scary moment on crap old tyres in the middle of a far flung land a few years back

Hope you're not having flashbacks

**big guy** · 12th June 2009, 08:51 PM

Australia and its tyre laws and lack there of.

He has been there already and the whole thing really stinks the long and the short of it is they wanted and escape and that is the tack they are following.

My new Golf has tyres on it that are not available for purchase in australia.

They have similar but not exactly same, they will never be sold here yet they do not brake any laws. Quite bazaar, the kids capsule designed to a much higher standard by Audi/VW do not comply but are designed for the exact vehicle can not be imported and or used.

I figure and many others do that tyres are equally important but laws are very loose.

Tyres are one of the single most important part of any vehicle, add water and everything can turn to crap.

I lived in Europe for some time, most places have summer/winter tyres, mainly for snow but also for water and flash flooding/aqua planing.

My current Cooper ATR's on my Disco are 50-60% down now, sure they are still legal but in the recent rain they did let go in the back and the old Tdi is no rocket ship.

I will replace them very soon.

Money well spend and let some one use the old ones on a farm or for off roading where the going is slow yet still need good tyres.

I wish him well with his hard and half worn tyres but really, its a no brainer.

Lets let no one else get hurt on the road.

**big guy** · 12th June 2009, 08:54 PM

Oh and of the right size!
Would that be referring to the recommended one by the manufactureer on the inside of most doors.

Who on here has those?

**rick130** · 12th June 2009, 09:27 PM

Ben, pump them up above normal dry pressures.
It makes quite a difference, it's an old racers trick

I also used to lock the hubs and slip the CJ6 into 4WD when it rained. It definitely helped.

mike 90 RR · 12th June 2009, 10:05 PM

Let some air out of the tyres ... Takes the roundness off the "contact surface" of the road

**B92 8NW** · 12th June 2009, 10:21 PM

Originally Posted by rick130

Ben, pump them up above normal dry pressures.
It makes quite a difference, it's an old racers trick

Originally Posted by mike 90 RR

Let some air out of the tyres ... Takes the roundness off the "contact surface" of the road

Keep the pressures the same. It won't make any difference as nothing will have changed

mike 90 RR · 12th June 2009, 10:24 PM

Originally Posted by rick130

Ben, pump them up above normal dry pressures.
It makes quite a difference, it's an old racers trick

I also used to lock the hubs and slip the CJ6 into 4WD when it rained. It definitely helped.

Originally Posted by mike 90 RR

Let some air out of the tyres ... Takes the roundness off the "contact surface" of the road

Originally Posted by B92 8NW

Keep the pressures the same. It won't make any difference as nothing will have changed

Choices man ... choices

**rovercare** · 12th June 2009, 10:50 PM

Originally Posted by big guy

Oh and of the right size!
Would that be referring to the recommended one by the manufactureer on the inside of most doors.

Who on here has those?

Pffft

Drive accordingly

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