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Old 11-19-2023, 5:11pm   #1
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Flat spot prevention???

Is it just me or are all of these people being sucked into a product that has no merit?

Physic demand that the only way to prevent them is to move the tire often or take the weight off of it.
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I agree. Seems bogus to me.

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$78.00 !!! I think $7.80 would be a better price .
Drive a little bit more and problem ( if there is one) is corrected.
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Flat spots on tires disappeared with bias ply tires. If radials, especially run flats, are kept at proper inflation there are no flat spots that will be noticed.
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Flat spots on tires disappeared with bias ply tires. If radials, especially run flats, are kept at proper inflation there are no flat spots that will be noticed.
Frankly i have not heard of flat spots on tires, in years.
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Frankly i have not heard of flat spots on tires, in years.

I have, but they were 40” bias ply off-road tires on my Bronco that I ran under 10 psi. After sitting more than a few days it was brutal, but it was fine after a couple of miles.
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