Getting gunk off DOT Cmpd tires
04-26-2007 | 01:41 PM
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Getting gunk off DOT Cmpd tires
How do you guys get track/pavement asphalt gunk that has attached to your DOT Cmpd tires OFF?
04-26-2007 | 01:45 PM
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From: Crash Platz
Same way it got in there....on-track.
04-26-2007 | 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Professor Helmüt Tester
Same way it got in there....on-track.
YEP...
04-26-2007 | 02:05 PM
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From: Altered States of America (B'ham)
My step-daughter will no longer touch my track tires after I told her that the blobs were in fact "track boogers".
04-26-2007 | 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Professor Helmüt Tester
Same way it got in there....on-track.
I really resemble that remark!
The build-up is substantial, I might have to get the hacksaw blade out.
04-26-2007 | 03:35 PM
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Unless you spent the day driving offline or in the grass, cant imagine the build up being bad enough to go for the haxsaw.
04-26-2007 | 04:35 PM
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From: Damascus, MD
Autocrossing gets the boogers off.
04-26-2007 | 04:39 PM
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From: Mill Creek, Wa
I peel it off, put it in a plastic wrapper with Finnish words on it and sell it as Licorice
04-26-2007 | 05:34 PM
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04-26-2007 | 08:38 PM
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04-26-2007 | 09:00 PM
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From: yorba linda, ca
Heat gun and a putty knife works best. It takes a lot of time, but it will get them clean.
04-27-2007 | 02:11 AM
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04-27-2007 | 10:05 AM
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Umm, what's it matter?
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04-27-2007 | 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Greg Smith
Umm, what's it matter?
Honestly I agree. Tire pick up has never been concern. I just am sure to do a little bit of side to side driving to ensure clean tires before the start of race and try not pick up too much crap at the end of a session, but that is about it. I have NEVER seen any one picking rubber off their tires. Is the rubber build up causing a problem.
04-27-2007 | 11:14 AM
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From: yorba linda, ca
pickup can cause wheel imbalance. once you scrape a set of tires, you'll quickly learn how much weight in rubber comes off tires.
04-26-2007 | 02:46 PM
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