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Remould / retread tyres?

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Remould / retread tyres?

Post by bruiser »

Is there a difference and if so what other version of recycle tyres are there.
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Post by ISUZUROVER »

RETREAD = new tread on the tyre

REMOULD = new tread AND new sidewall. These are more expensive but much less likely for the tread to separate like with retreads.
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Post by luxinator »

The remould is a whole new tyre skin tread and side wall glued on to an old tyre.beaut i reackon
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Post by mikmav »

After seeing a a retread peel off a car in front of me at 95km/hr and the car rolling twice down an embankment, personally I'd avoid retreads...
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Post by bruiser »

No, I would never ever buy retreads, just wondering why people think remoulds are still ok.
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Post by munga »

i think remoulds are sweet for weekend stuff, but i wouldnt choose them as my only set of tyres.
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Post by Allan Mac »

munga wrote:i think remoulds are sweet for weekend stuff, but i wouldnt choose them as my only set of tyres.


Totally agree. Would never ever touch retreads & my monoforms will only be on when I go off road.
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Post by 4by »

Got a set of monoform mudders......did a trip to Cape York with 10,000ks and not one punture.

Value for money if they get staked.....but restrictive in size.
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Post by InSanE »

motorway make a great monoform tyre i have a few mates that run motorway mongrels they are a monoform version or the simex centipeed, very good tyre offroad my mates havent missed a beat and a 33x12.5 will set u back around $200 a tyre fitted and ballanced.
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Post by Zute »

I once bought a set of retreads, they only lasted 40,000klms.
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Post by bruiser »

So does a particular brand of remould tyre use the same carcase for all it's tyres or could they be different tyres slightly with every purchase.

How and where do they get there old tyres to recycle?
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Post by christover1 »

bruiser wrote:So does a particular brand of remould tyre use the same carcase for all it's tyres or could they be different tyres slightly with every purchase.

How and where do they get there old tyres to recycle?


2 of my mongrels are desert duellers
the other 2 are overlanders.
I'm happy with performance, but don't know how they will go with time, only been on 5 months..hard months, tho.

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Post by roc box »

Zute wrote:I once bought a set of retreads, they only lasted 40,000klms.
that would be about average for a retread
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Post by Nev62 »

roc box wrote:
Zute wrote:I once bought a set of retreads, they only lasted 40,000klms.
that would be about average for a retread


So what could you expect from a monoform?
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Post by pcman »

this is what happened to one of my recaps today at 100 kays
not fun i was driving the rest of the way home (150kms) just waiting for the next one to go
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Post by bruiser »

Retread or remould?
What brand
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Post by pcman »

retread
unknown brand
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Post by InSanE »

shit that looks nasty
my mate has had his mongrels on for 2 years and he has given them absolute hell and they havent missed a beat at all
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Post by christover1 »

Although I have no doubt a new tyre has to be better and safer all round, it also has to be said that I have had tyres blow out, in a similar way, that were not retreads or remoulds. It was a very nasty experience, and only good luck prevented major damage/injury.
I am glad you are ok, it could have been a disaster.
Tyre tech these days is much better than in the beginning, tyres dont go flat, get damaged or blow out as easy as they used to.
Obviously there could be many reasons for a blow out that include or don't include retread issues.
I had a spare tyre mounted to the tailgate, that had never been on the car, one warm day it blew out in a similar way.
I guess what we do is hard on out tyres, and we should be vigilant.
But of course we don't have xray vision, and there could be faults unseen.

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