bear in mind also that the X5 tires or your SUV tires are on a much harder compound... performance tires such as S03s on the M3, the PS2s on my M5, and PZero Neros on the Boxster S are sticky by nature. Just because something is heavier or has a larger contact patch will not necessarily lift epoxy based paint even with full painstaking etching which I did and priming and multiple coats. My dearly depart X5 with the sport package NEVER lifted anything... and try using a pyrometer... no much how much I beat on the X5, it will still never get as heated as the performance tires in the other cars.. Just a thought....
BTW.. did Brentwood or the Delta ever get up to 110 last year??? Pleasanton here gets hot but definitely not 110..
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Originally Posted by RealShakaZulu
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Without getting into a discussion on thermal dynamics... You are correct I do not park my Formula 1 car in the garage after a series of qualifying laps, but after driving from Santa Clara, SF and Palo Alto to Brentwood (as we do daily) in our SUVs (which are considerably heavier and generate more heat at the contact patch) our tires are as warm/hot as any performance tire on a 2 seater Boxster.
That said, I don't know why your paint lifted... but mine, my neighbors, my dad's (who drives a CL55) in S. Carolina nor my brother's (who drives a ZF1) in Salt Lake City have moved an inch. Coincidence? Maybe, but I doubt it.
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05-27-2005, 12:08 AM
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