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Old 04-21-2010, 01:57 AM
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Over the last few months i have had a full spool in my car my rear tires have been eaten like ive been burning rubber everyday. i love my rearend its tough as ***** but damn lol, im going to be buying used tires for it cuz i dont want to buy new ones only to replace them in 3 months. i drive 84 miles roundtrip m-fr. anybody else go thru this?? my et streets seriously have more tread left than my regular tires:O(
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sounds pretty damn normal, I will trade my tru trac for it haha.
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Why did you put a spool in your daily driver??? There comes a point to where a car becomes so modded that it just becomes really annoying and a total PITA to drive every day. Sounds like you're getting there.
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After researching, i just had to have a spool. i knew it would eat tires but figured awww heck want be that bad.........Boy was i wrong
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Spools eat away at regular tires how is it driving with drag radials?
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yeah i'd prolly just DD with Drag radials on my spoool haha. Not sure where your located but if it's warm you might want to try a DR as a DD tire.
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Did you put a spool in your 10 bolt? How much did it help your 60ft. times?
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Originally Posted by WS6Power
Did you put a spool in your 10 bolt? How much did it help your 60ft. times?
A company makes spools for 7.5 10 bolts?




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