What I did on my DS Neon with my (then) new Kumhos was to deflate the fronts
to 20 psi and the rears to 18 psi and gor for a nice 30 mile trip up the
highway. I stopped, bled the tires back down to 20F/18R and went back home.
I then took them off and let them sit for several days before I used them.
I know they got plenty of heat into them as when I stopped half way to bleed
them down they tossed a buttload of gravel up into my fender wells.
2 gallons of gas at (at the time) about $1.25/gallon and about an hour of my
time versus $15 per tire from the Tirerack. You decide how much your time
is worth but I had two sets of tires to heat cycle and $120 buys a lot of
gas and event entries.
Eric Linnhoff in KC
1998 Dodge Neon R/T
#69 DS #13 TLS
eric10mm@qni.com
"I ask sir, who is the militia? It is the whole people...To disarm the
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-----Original Message-----
Some one said that driving on the tires (assuming street car) for at least
100 miles them putting them away for 24-48 hours was an acceptable method.
Is this one method recommended? Lets see, 100 miles, average 50 mph. 2
hours. You just have to decide how much your time is worth I guess.
So the consensus is heat cycling by the Tire Rack is a recommended service,
assuming you don't have time and resources to do it yourself.
What are some of the accepted "manual" heat cycling processes?
Joe T
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