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Tire : Dot quality grade
Rudy - 15/11/08 at 10:33 AM

Hi friends,
can anybody expain what does tyre "treadwear" means in simple words? I did not understand. Attaced there is a label that was on a tire.
Thankyou in advance

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prawnabie - 15/11/08 at 10:48 AM

Federal safety requirements won't apply to you in Italy.

The higher the treadwear rating, the harder the tyre compound, and therefore the slower it will wear.

HTH

Shaun

[Edited on 15/11/08 by prawnabie]


Mark G - 15/11/08 at 02:50 PM

yep. So you're 400 tyre would wear 4x as well as a 100 rated tyre.


Rudy - 16/11/08 at 06:08 PM

Thankyou !
Now I understand