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2. Tire lettering - Wikipedia

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   The stenciling method of tire lettering became popular with auto racing teams in the 1950s as a way to display the tire manufacturer on the car's tires. [3] Tire lettering made its way to production tires in the mid-to-late 1960s in the form of raised white letter tires and gained popularity with American muscle cars in the 1970s and 1980s [4 ...

3. Tire code - Wikipedia

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   ORWL: Outlined raised white lettering; OWL: Outlined white lettering; RF: Reinforced – for Euro-metric tires, the term 'reinforced' means the same thing as 'extra load' [25] RFT: Run-flat tire; Tires designed for vehicles without spare tires. Reinforced sidewalls allow the tire to be driven "flat" for a distance specified by the manufacturer ...

4. Whitewall tire - Wikipedia

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   The status of whitewall tires versus blackwall tires was originally the reverse of what it later became, with fully black tires requiring a greater amount of carbon black and less effort to maintain a clean appearance these were considered the premium tire; since the black tires first became available they were commonly fitted to many luxury cars through the 1930s.

5. Goodyear Polyglas tire - Wikipedia

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   Increased fuel efficiency and tire mileage overcame the higher price of radial construction. According to a 1976 study, more police departments used steel or fabric radial-ply tires than belted bias-ply and bias or cross-ply tires for their pursuit cars. [15] Goodyear Polyglas tires are now manufactured for owners of period cars. [16]

6. Tubular tyre - Wikipedia

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   The inner tube is covered with white talc powder to prevent it from sticking to itself. Tubular tire rolled from rim to show glue between them A tubular tyre , referred to as a tub in Britain, [ 1 ] a sew-up in the US, a single in Australia [ citation needed ] , or just a tubular is a bicycle tyre that is stitched closed around the inner tube ...

7. Tire recycling in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Waste tires used as fuel are either shredded or whole, depending on the combustion device being used. Fuel produced from waste tires is known as tire-derived fuel (TDF). There is a potential for using waste tire rubber to make activated-carbon adsorbents for air-quality control applications. Such an approach provides a recycling path for waste ...