WOW would you rock these tires on your runner...
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SIKHILUXSURF
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hell to the no.
cj80cruiser
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If you never plan on airing down then that wouldn't be a bad idea. As long as it delivers the same or better ride as a conventional tire.
T4R_Finally
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So, they are coming full circle back to the rubber coated wagon wheel? Looks about as good as it probably rides.
Brignola85
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I'd "test" them on my wrx.
ChildrenOfBodom
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cztheman64
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i sure as hell wouldnt pay for em but id test to see how they do if they had a mudterrain
fightman80
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I saw those a couple of years ago somewhere....I wanna say Cardomain.....
Baja Runner
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WTF have you guys been living for the last 5 years? 
Nelsonmd
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Actually, off-road military vehicles is one of the main applications that airless tires have been researched for. These came about partly out of the need to have tires that can survive things like IED's and other stuff like that. Lots of research over the years on that kind of thing.
These are pretty far from being available on the market though, especially as a consumer item. I think you will see them spend alot of time in the industrial sector before you see them on production vehicles.
Ok, I was referring to things like rock crawling and certain kinds of mixed or heavily rutted trails. You just don't do that sort of driving in the military, at least we never did. We air our tires down so that they can conform to a surface and in some cases the sidewall itself helps provide traction enough to help get you through.
The idea of anything like this surviving an IED, well someone got a general to give them some money, with a smile and a few good lines of BS. Let them make the tire survive, it won't matter, when you have an IED go off that close to your vehicle for the tire to be a concern, it removes the suspension and all.
They might do well at surviving weapons fire and shrapnel, so that's the best use case I can see for it. Current tires on combat vehicles already have a solid run flat piece inside the wheel. Unfortunately if you get your tire shot up sufficiently the tire starts to fall apart and really screw with the vehicles ability to drive along. It will still go but speed and maneuverability tends to matter too.
The idea of anything like this surviving an IED, well someone got a general to give them some money, with a smile and a few good lines of BS. Let them make the tire survive, it won't matter, when you have an IED go off that close to your vehicle for the tire to be a concern, it removes the suspension and all.
They might do well at surviving weapons fire and shrapnel, so that's the best use case I can see for it. Current tires on combat vehicles already have a solid run flat piece inside the wheel. Unfortunately if you get your tire shot up sufficiently the tire starts to fall apart and really screw with the vehicles ability to drive along. It will still go but speed and maneuverability tends to matter too.
