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what’s the use?
after a flat tire, you can continue to travel some distance to repair or replace the tire repair.
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Did you know?
• This feature is also known as a “run-flat tires.” Although called run-flat tires, but it does not really prevent puncture, the tire will not only cause instant loss of support force very serious tilt tire. Of course, some special vehicles for military use or presidential car tire explosion is really bulletproof.
· When this tire to continue driving after no gas, fast speed must not, and should immediately seek not too far away from your point of maintenance treatment. Is generally defined in 80km / h, we can continue to travel 80km.
· flat tire harder, because run-flat tires have been designed to strengthen the tire wall, it may affect some comfort.
· Explosion-proof tires were slashed also very troublesome, because it is hard tire wall thickness is not easy to get down, that is too much trouble to use the machine, the operator may give a bad tire wall cause irreparable harm, so you either directly replace (relatively high prices), or go to a professional repair shop maintenance more.
· Although a relatively long life, but the use of more than 4 years, or wear a scale indicating the limit should be replaced because the rubber will age.
· ships equipped with this feature of the vehicle spare tire with tire pressure monitoring system, the weight of four flat tires and five quite normal tire.
· Because of this higher tire costs, is not popular with the original, you can if you need to buy their own late replacement.
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technical principle
zero tire pressure to continue driving this configuration is actually the role of “flat tire” in. Flat tires study called “run-flat tires.” Abbreviation RSC (Run Stability Control).
runflat even if no gas is still a strong toughness and supporting the support side walls, and a normal tire will be pressed directly serious collapse of the hub.
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Further reading
each tire manufacturers of products
on the market for car use gas shortage optional flat tire brand and size is still relatively abundant, like Michelin, Bridgestone, licensing, and other horses have their own run-flat tires.
ZP Michelin tire “zero tire pressure line continuation of” (ZP = zero pressure). Michelin ZP tire tread is not a product name, product and it must be combined mark pattern name. Such as: Pilot Pirmacy ZP, PilotSport PS2 ZP, Latitude Tour HP ZP (SUV models).
Bridgestone run-flat tires can be used for the identification RFT (Run Flat Tire), RFT Bridgestone new tires improves problems of the conventional RFT hard sidewalls, to enhance comfort. Such as: RE050A / RFT sports series, ER300 / RFT Comfort Series.
Tires SSR (Self Supporting Run-flat), Chinese called advanced tire failure endurance ensure safe driving techniques. Such as: ContiPremiumContact SSR, ContisportContact 2/3 SSR.
Note that the explosion of the tire model is not very wide, only for the mainstream size and large-size tire specification production.