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Old 02-26-2008, 01:33 AM
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Re: A slow, dry tire death.

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Originally Posted by willimo
Is there anything I can do to combat this? It looks terrible!
Air conditioning for your display cabinet? Keep them in a cigar humidor?

More seriously, how about making some resin copies/replacements?

Painted resin CAN look very convincing IMHO. I copied and painted a tire for my 2CV build and it is virtually impossible to tell it apart from the original rubber tire.

My 2cents

This is the first time I have heard of this problem. A real bummer for people living in those kinds of climates
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