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the same rubber compounding, quality control, number of strands in the steel belts, curing time in the mold, etc. that it would use for the tires produced under it's own brand name.
It's like going back to the days of vinyl records - Columbia could contract out it's plants to produce a run of records for a record club but, among other things, you could end up getting recycled vinyl (including little scraps of label) in the playing surface and the records were usually pulled from the presses too soon to increase the production per unit time, resulting in a noisy orange peel surface.
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Posts in this Thread:
- Off brand tires really name brand?, Scotty , Tue, 13 Apr 2004 12:30:25
- Good information guys, thanks nm, Scotty , Wed, 14 Apr 2004 14:37:54
- There's no guarantee that the plant uses, RS , Wed, 14 Apr 2004 07:55:46 <-- Viewing This Message
- not really, Bret, Wed, 14 Apr 2004 06:31:41
- Re: Off brand tires really name brand?, Rick D, Tue, 13 Apr 2004 15:54:21
- sorry--mostly, you get what you pay for (n/m), Jason 0W-40, Tue, 13 Apr 2004 14:16:20
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