Has anyone ever siped their tires out there? I just got off the phone with Discount Tire and they'll run all 4 tires for $48. According to them it should increase traction by 30% or more without adding any road noise on dry pavement.

My question is for anyone that has had their tires siped is, have you seen any performance loss on dry pavement? I've got some very aggressive all weather falcons that are pretty bad on the snow. They're sweet for water but on snow the grooves get packed and they are worthless.

Dan
2001.5 A4 Avant
Sport Package

 

Isn't that where they cut small diagonal grooves into your tires?

No, I haven't had it done, but this is an interesting questions.

 

what the **** are you talking about?

 

I've siped all my truck tires for years. I definately see an improvement in dry, wet traction.

If it's a winter tire i'd probably sipe it. if it's a summer tire... I'd probably skip it.

 

http://www.conti-online.com/generato.../4x4lx_en.html
hope this explains what siping is

 

I'm going for it. I'll warm up my tires and thrash them before and after. I'll let you know if I see any difference on dry pavement and on snow.

 

Here's a better write-up for siping: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siping

Here is a decent picture:

 

oooooh yea ive always had my ttruck tires siped, it actually quiets the ride down (in MT truck tires) and believe it or not made the tires last longer, i say go for it, thats a good deal... usually they charge a bit more than that on used tires because they have to remove all the little bits of rocks and debris out of the tread, i guess that stuff will ruine the siping machine??

 

MY bf goodrich alterain tko's lasted 97k siped with about 3/8" tread left on them before i blew two at once in the hills of broadwater county Mt.

I siped them at about 1600 miles.

 

Never heard of this siping until this post. Interesting stuff. Might look into doing this myself. What does the average cost run at to do this?