Siping has been around since the first man, John Sipe, kept slipping on the slick floors of his job. Somehow, he figured out that a few shallow slices across the soles and heels of his shoes would ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you're anything like me—and heaven help you if you're too much like me—buying tires for your car is a tedious chore you'd rather get over ...

Modern tires may seem like a single piece of uniform rubber, but they consist of many parts. Some — such as the beads, radial cord, inner liner, and belt plies — are behind the curtain, so to speak, ...

When talking about the sipes on a tire, car owners typically refer to the process of adding more thin cuts, slits, or kerfs in the tread blocks. The siping process involves a machine that rotates the ...

It’s becoming somewhat of a lost art at local tire stores but a few remain that can sipe a tire for you. One of the shops where the service is available is Tire King on South Nevada Avenue. Manager ...

Tire makers take tread to new levels through advanced siping, improving traction and longevity. Modern tread designs are complicated affairs. Ribs, intervals between tread blocks, and hairline slits ...

Tire siping sounds like something a workshop made up to upsell to you during an oil change, but it's actually a legit procedure. It involves cutting tiny slits into the tread blocks to help your tires ...

Is it worth getting or is it just another bullshit waste of money? Went to a tire place and they wanted to sell me on this..the guy was about as bad as a car salesman . I probably wouldnt get siping ...

The practice of siping, or cutting extra slits into tire treads, is supposed to improve a tire's snow and ice-biting ability. Tire dealerships typically charge around $15 or more to sipe tires. To see ...

A Pueblo man who describes himself as a 20-year auto mechanic is challenging the effectiveness of tire siping, a process that KRDO NewsChannel 13 reported on Wednesday. Michael Legnetti contacted KRDO ...

There is no place better than Duluth, with its steep hillside avenues, to test how tires work in a snowstorm. With only a little bit of planning, I happened to be driving to Duluth in the midst of ...