Are you not concerned about their low silica levels though? The End
19th Dec 2007 5:37 pm
AndrewS Tarquin of the Desert
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Yes I am. actually I'm very concerned. I was thinking of drilling little holes and injecting silica into the tread.In the Beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
19th Dec 2007 5:40 pm
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You could fill some of the grooves in with bathroom silicon sealer
Ok, my coats already on
19th Dec 2007 5:46 pm
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Yes ...I'd heard that Silicon mixed with cotton wool was a great combination. 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
If your tyres have an M+S symbol on them they'll be Ok.LRs are a fond memory, apart from the maintenance.
19th Dec 2007 6:07 pm
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What do you mean. Make wool snow chains that has silica embedded into the wool. You know it may work In the Beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
19th Dec 2007 6:07 pm
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You could always do a group buy with cmyers_uk for those cheap chains.... even cheaper then..... The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us yet.
19th Dec 2007 6:13 pm
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Disconutter wrote:
If your tyres have an M+S symbol on them they'll be Ok.
There you go Andrew ...nutter says that Marks & Spencer sell them 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
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19th Dec 2007 6:42 pm
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S T I read that as S&M
19th Dec 2007 6:49 pm
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Isn't silica glass? How about putting broken shards of glass in the tyres, should have the effect of lowering tyre pressures automatically too DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
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19th Dec 2007 8:28 pm
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As a geologist, I can confirm silica (really quatrz or SiO2) is the raw material for glass. However it's silicon that will be in the tyres and other things of RRSport.co.uk interest!!!
19th Dec 2007 8:32 pm
AndrewS Tarquin of the Desert
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AndrewS wrote:
What do you mean. Make wool snow chains that has silica embedded into the wool. You know it may work
I've a load of those bead things left over that I couldn't eat from those bags that say 'do not eat' on them and some sticky tape, any good to you Andrew ? and theeeeennn......???
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