GRIP - tyre softener

16bit · Postby **16bit** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 4:23 pm

Just wondering if anyone has tried GRIP tyre softener before? I am planning on giving it a go on my do1j's as they only have one track day left in them.

http://www.griptyresoftener.com/

Postby **Okibi** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 4:29 pm

I've used Dr. Iw0nz secret formula, I could tell you but then i'd have to kill you.

16bit · Postby **16bit** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 4:34 pm

did it work? how time was it worth?

bruce · Postby **bruce** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 4:51 pm

Aren't those things supposed to make it go hard? :mrgreen:

manga_blue · Postby **manga_blue** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 3:43 am

I've used the GRIP stuff. Total disaster. It made hard tyres with no grip into slimy soft tyres with even less grip.

More importantly the stuff absolutely stinks. It took weeks to get a foul taste from it out of the back of my throat. It stank out the garage and the smell got into the wife's car as well. I took those wheels off but couldn't find anywhere in the backyard where it didn't occasionally waft in to the house. You could find your car in a large carpark by smell alone. It rose up from all round you at traffic lights to suffocate you.

These products are banned from US race tracks for OHS reasons. Try googling the words tyre softeners and carcinogenic for a bit of background.