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How long can slicks sit under the car's weight w/o flat-spotting them?

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Old 04-28-2004, 09:36 PM
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Default How long can slicks sit under the car's weight w/o flat-spotting them?

Any thoughts? Is it possible to "flat-spot" front runners such as Mickey Thompson ET Fronts as well?
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when i had 28" et drags if the car sat for a week they would be lumpy and the back of the car would bounce for a couple miles till they rounded back out.

26X11.5X15 et streets this year and pretty much the same deal. i wouldn't let them sit for more than a week, i always made it a point to at least move the car or drive it around the neighborhood if i had to so as to avoid potentially messing them up
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These are new 28x10.5W's and I think I flatspotted them a little.

Am I correct in assuming that a healthy "first-time" burnout would round them back out?
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well if you drive and they don't round back out after awhile then you might have a problem, i dunno.

mine always are fine again after like a few blocks away from the garage.



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