Making studded tires?

[cbcbd]

Has anyone tried making studded tires in a ghetto fashion?

I have some beat up summer tires that I'm going to trash anyway and was wondering if that was a good idea or if I'd probably just give myself many flat tires.

 

[chuyler1]

Studds alone will not help you in the snow/ice. You also need a decent amount of tread on your tires and preferablly a soft compound and aggressive tread...aka snow tires.

 

[toucci]

if the blocks are thick enough you could put some screws with knobby heads in them

that's what we do with bike tires, not sure if they hold up in cars as well

 

[cbcbd]

Studds alone will not help you in the snow/ice. You also need a decent amount of tread on your tires and preferablly a soft compound and aggressive tread...aka snow tires.

I'm not really looking to use them on regular roads. I was just thinking in case I got to go up to VT or NH for some ice racing.

 

[Protege52003]

I'm not really looking to use them on regular roads. I was just thinking in case I got to go up to VT or NH for some ice racing.

you would be put into a crazy class if you had studded tires......just keep what you have for better competition.

check this tire out....!

these guys don't mess around......

-R

 

[cbcbd]

haha, ok, I guess I'll keep to my all seasons spinning out of control

 

[Protege52003]

haha, ok, I guess I'll keep to my all seasons spinning out of control

it's all about control.......

 

[Mad Hatter]

like this??

 

[cbcbd]

like this??

That is Excellent!!! Exactly like that!

Off to Home Depot for some screws

 

[noclue119]

That is Excellent!!! Exactly like that!

Off to Home Depot for some screws

he's goign to come back with 4 flat tires (cryhard)
btw i'm kidding let us know

 

[Gbourdon]

No, Like these.

These are teh same tires that Protege52003 posted. I like this pic better though

It took 4 people 10 hours to make these with some old Kumhos. Used a bunch of fix a flat.

 

[Protege52003]

he's goign to come back with 4 flat tires (cryhard)

that would suck.......

 

[SciFiMan]

Holy Sh*T ! I could climb Everest with those.

 

[cbcbd]

No, Like these.

These are teh same tires that Protege52003 posted. I like this pic better though

It took 4 people 10 hours to make these with some old Kumhos. Used a bunch of fix a flat.

Ooooh, that's looks good, but seems much more complicated. Fix a flat is a good idea in case of leaks. Prob is that I don't want to demount the tires and can't really do it myself. Anyway, at least I know it's been done (thumb)

 

[Gbourdon]

He has to swap the tires when he gets there since he drives the car to the lake and then swaps back. I am sure they are no where near balanced.

That car has 0 issues running on glare ice.

 

[mazdaspeedpower]

if the blocks are thick enough you could put some screws with knobby heads in them

that's what we do with bike tires, not sure if they hold up in cars as well

Is that all it takes, just screw it into the blocks, I've been looking to stud up an old tire(it's not worn, just old, so I replaced it cause it was cracking, and I wanted a better design for my style of riding). I'm always afraid if I ever did it that'd I'd get a puncture. Like, explain in detail, how I would go about studding an old mud tire, which has chunky blocks, so as not to cause myself an assload of punctures...this isn't for everday, this is for when I decide to ride the trails round here in the winter, which get really icey, if it was just snow I'd be fine cause my current tires handle snow really well, but ice they loose their integrity on.