Anybody siped BFG MT's

BLUTO · May 7, 2004

I just got a decent set of used BFG MT's and was thinking of running them in the winter. I heard that siping can help with hardpack snow, ice, and wet handling. Any input?

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Renegade Jpr · May 7, 2004

It helps plenty on ice, but the tires will wear out much faster.

logdog · May 7, 2004

My MT's are grooved. They work about as good as a set of MTR's now on the wet stuff. Nothing will help on ice. But the sipes shopuld help on snow packed roads. I have around 20,000 miles on the grooves and I'm ready for new tires, I think the sipes will hold out a little longer, but not much.

azxjman · May 7, 2004

Renegade Jpr said:
It helps plenty on ice, but the tires will wear out much faster.

Siping doesnt cause tires to wear faster. It actually wears slower because it disapates heat better.

xj92 · May 7, 2004

I second what azxjman said. I ran my last set of tires with 2 siped and 2 not. The tread on the siped tires wore slower. The tires were rotated every 5000 miles so it wasn't just front or rear wear.

90Pioneer · May 7, 2004

I don't have MTs, but my siped tires grip so well in the rain, at times I will "skip" when braking. Reminds me of a suction cup.

But now that I've had siped tires, I'll never go back!!!

BLUTO · May 8, 2004

Thanks for your input.... Did anybody have any problems with "chunking" of the tread after siping?

BLUTO

xj92 · May 10, 2004

Pretty minimal, but you do get slightly more chunking if you peel out a lot in jagged stuff.

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