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Took some new yellow minipins that i bought 3 months ago out their packet. The tyre have gone hard and slightly grey, is it possible to use some tyre additive to revive them?
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Ive seen a chap clean his using a cleaner to remove the residue from the tyre, and did surprise me how much dirt came off so maybe a wash. Have you tested a wet wipe on the side walls? Actually just found out he uses brake cleaner.
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Yeah brake cleaner works a treat, for pins, spray a load on and use a toothbrush,maybe revive then with additive?

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Took some new yellow minipins that i bought 3 months ago out their packet. The tyre have gone hard and slightly grey, is it possible to use some tyre additive to revive them?
throw them away and buy new ones if you want to get any grip at Batley.
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throw them away and buy new ones if you want to get any grip at Batley.

Agreed! I tried some good old mini pins vs bnip mini pins (mini pin2 on rear) at York last week. Totally different, I binned them and I'm a tight get!

(To get rid of the white/grey colour use a hair dryer then they can be used for a shelfer. They will be black and shinny again.)

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throw them away and buy new ones if you want to get any grip at Batley.

I guess that why i struggled with rear end grip at Batley last week.
I noticed some of the pins had sheared off as well...

I am gonna buy some new ones for the next meeting.....
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All you need is a hairdryer.

Heat them up and you will see the white colour disappear, they'll be fine with this treatment. Try it, you'll be surprised! I ran old 'revived' ones at York and they were fine.
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