How to clean off road tires?

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Originally Posted by slimthelineman

personally i dont run holes in my tires. just a way for dirt to get in and unbalance your treads. definately dont submerge them but like the others above said use a stiff brush(i use a tire scrub brush from pep-boys) and a bucket of water and simple green. just scrub the tire real good and rinse the tire by spinning the tread through the water.

Holes are actually a very good idea. Without holes the tire will act like a basketball and not allow your suspension to work most effectively. Also any moisture that does seep in has no way to get in. I have found that a 1/8" drill bit in my dremel tool makes a nice clen hole, I make two per tire 180* from each other. As long as you don't submerge the tire there's no problem, and if you do get them relly wet drive at moderate speed for a minute and watch the water get rung out of the tires then open it up, if you just give it full throttle with wet tire the unbalance of them is likely to rip them off the rims.