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redpoint5 · 12-01-2020, 12:11 PM

My hunch is the newer tire would have held up, though I haven't researched how the plies are different from OEM and what I'm going with this time (FIRESTONE WEATHERGRIP).

12-01-2020, 12:11 PM	#25 (permalink)
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