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Old 11-17-2014, 05:51 PM
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You realize I watch them doing this.

I'm using the frenchie tires too. At least they're going on American steel

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Most likely Chinese steel....
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Most likely Chinese steel....
Maybe the tires too.

http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/n...risk/index.htm
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Old 11-18-2014, 06:32 AM
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Somewhere on the 'net is a list of the DOT tire numbers, that will tell you where they were made regardless of whose name is on the tire.
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Old 11-18-2014, 08:27 AM
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Somewhere on the 'net is a list of the DOT tire numbers, that will tell you where they were made regardless of whose name is on the tire.

I would think numbers could be counterfeited just as easily as brand names,
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