tread depth
VX Hatch with 431,500!
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 560
Likes: 0
From: Missouri
Lighten up Mr. Four door. It's all in good fun. I love it, you got me laughing tonight. SI got on me so I had to comment. We're all just guys talking cars. 
Somone please find out how deep the bars are. I know we are all curious about it now. Grab a ruler, the one on your nightstand will do, (couldn't help it, geeze, I don't even know you! how could you take it personally?) and look at 2/32nds... It ain't shit. It would make a great, lightweight racing tire (here we go with a big long thing on racing tires...) but not a safe street tire. I'm sure we all assumed that the original question was about safe street tires.
holla
Somone please find out how deep the bars are. I know we are all curious about it now. Grab a ruler, the one on your nightstand will do, (couldn't help it, geeze, I don't even know you! how could you take it personally?) and look at 2/32nds... It ain't shit. It would make a great, lightweight racing tire (here we go with a big long thing on racing tires...) but not a safe street tire. I'm sure we all assumed that the original question was about safe street tires.
holla
VX Hatch with 431,500!
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 560
Likes: 0
From: Missouri
Just did some half-assed research... Do what's best for you and the safety of those around you. Before I found this, I remembered the Lincoln penny tip and measured. It looked to be 3/32nds to me (as in this article).
http://trucks.about.com/cs/tires/ht/...tm?terms=tires
A quote from the article here...
3. Look in the grooves between tire tread for raised patches of rubber called wear bars. These 2/32-inch tall patches will help you identify a worn out tire. (In most states 3/32-inch is the mimimun legal tread depth.)
4. If tread is worn to a level where wear bars are flush with the tread it indicates that tread depth is 2/32-inch or less. Replace worn tires.
5. If your tires do not have wear bars, place a US penny into a groove between tread, with Lincoln's head down. If tread is at or beyond the top of Lincoln's head you have at at least 3/32-inch of tread left, a satisfactory level.
http://trucks.about.com/cs/tires/ht/...tm?terms=tires
A quote from the article here...
3. Look in the grooves between tire tread for raised patches of rubber called wear bars. These 2/32-inch tall patches will help you identify a worn out tire. (In most states 3/32-inch is the mimimun legal tread depth.)
4. If tread is worn to a level where wear bars are flush with the tread it indicates that tread depth is 2/32-inch or less. Replace worn tires.
5. If your tires do not have wear bars, place a US penny into a groove between tread, with Lincoln's head down. If tread is at or beyond the top of Lincoln's head you have at at least 3/32-inch of tread left, a satisfactory level.
Honorary Moderator Alumni
Joined: Sep 1999
Posts: 8,735
Likes: 0
From: Someplace with cones=AUTO
Originally Posted by Highmile
Ok, maybe my reply wasn't all thought out. I maybe a "newbie" in your little club here but, I have plenty of experience from diving my two civics a combined total of 570,000 miles personally. Let's see, how many tires is that? 
Anyways, I'd bet that the bars are higher than 2/32nds. Use them as a indicator ("indicator bars") but mostly, go with what feels safe to you. If you are near the bars, be extra carefull in water and stuff. Since you live in New York (I've never been but always see the snow reports)... if you're even concerned about it, Replace the tires. It's not worth the risk to get a few bucks more wear out of them. If you are trying to squeeze a few bucks, put the better ones on the front to clear the path for the rears in the water.
If you're Mr. civic racer and don't know when to let off the gas pedal in water... you beter keep new tires on your car at all times.
Anyways, I'd bet that the bars are higher than 2/32nds. Use them as a indicator ("indicator bars") but mostly, go with what feels safe to you. If you are near the bars, be extra carefull in water and stuff. Since you live in New York (I've never been but always see the snow reports)... if you're even concerned about it, Replace the tires. It's not worth the risk to get a few bucks more wear out of them. If you are trying to squeeze a few bucks, put the better ones on the front to clear the path for the rears in the water.
If you're Mr. civic racer and don't know when to let off the gas pedal in water... you beter keep new tires on your car at all times.
Miles you have driven means nothing really. Some tires can last 80,000 miles so you've driven on 7 sets of tires. I've been autocrossing for 8 years and I go through 2-3 sets a year, and this doesn't include how long I've been actually driving.
__________________
Sponsored by: KAM Racing Sports, Falken Tires, Progress Technology, Brady's High Performance, Taggart Performance Engineering, Rotora Brakes
Autocross is: 90% driver, 5% car, & 5% CRAZY MOJO!
Autocross Help Page
Sponsored by: KAM Racing Sports, Falken Tires, Progress Technology, Brady's High Performance, Taggart Performance Engineering, Rotora Brakes
Autocross is: 90% driver, 5% car, & 5% CRAZY MOJO!
Autocross Help Page
Honorary Moderator Alumni
Joined: Sep 1999
Posts: 8,735
Likes: 0
From: Someplace with cones=AUTO
Originally Posted by '98 EX RED
GET SNOW TIRES!!!! I live in Buffalo, NY, and dude. $400 for a set of tires and steelies from tire rack.com and omg, there is NO comparison. NIGHT and DAY between snows and Radials.
__________________
Sponsored by: KAM Racing Sports, Falken Tires, Progress Technology, Brady's High Performance, Taggart Performance Engineering, Rotora Brakes
Autocross is: 90% driver, 5% car, & 5% CRAZY MOJO!
Autocross Help Page
Sponsored by: KAM Racing Sports, Falken Tires, Progress Technology, Brady's High Performance, Taggart Performance Engineering, Rotora Brakes
Autocross is: 90% driver, 5% car, & 5% CRAZY MOJO!
Autocross Help Page