2007-01-13 04:22:48 · 7 answers · asked by jackass 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
A radial is actually a "radial-ply tire" and this is just a type of construction/design for a tire. It's the standard type of tire on all cars/trucks out on the day-to-day road. They first came out in the 1940's and since then have replaced bias-ply tires. Radials are safer and lasts longe than the old bias tires.
Antique/classic car owners may still use old style bias tires for authenticity but the standard car tire today is the radial.
2007-01-13 12:10:16 · answer #1 · answered by ziggyfoos 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Radials are just a type of tyre. Tyres are made of layers of fabric wrapped together, and in a radial these layers are aligned around the tyre, whereas the more traditional crossply tyre has them running across it's width.
Radial tyres offer more flex for absorbing bumps etc, but without losing the side-to-side stiffness required to give a good, non-mushy feel. They also tend to roll easier, and so be quieter and give more mpg.
Radials generally have a lot more lateral (sideways) grip than the usually stiffer crossplies, which is good for handling. It does mean mixing both radial and crossply tyres on a car can give some extremely dodgy handling, and so is thoroughly inadvisable.
Most tyres nowadays are radials, except for specialised stuff that needs to be extremely tough.
2007-01-13 12:57:01 · answer #2 · answered by InitialDave 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Radial tire (more properly, a radial-ply tire) is a particular design of automotive tire (in British English, tyre). The design was originally developed by Michelin in 1946 [1] but, because of its advantages, has now become the standard design for essentially all automotive tires.
Tires are not fabricated just from rubber; they would be far too flexible and weak. Within the rubber are a series of plies of cord that act as reinforcement. All common tires (since at least the 1960s) are made of layers of rubber and cords of polyester, steel, and/or other textile materials.
2007-01-14 08:15:28 · answer #3 · answered by pretty me 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think you meant radials and mud or snow tires right? radials are designed for basic driving on the road. mud and snow tires or plain snow tires are designed specifically for bad weather and road conditions. if your car is front wheel drive and you don't encounter much slushy road conditions or don't plan on offroading or mudboggind radials are fine.
2007-01-13 12:28:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
radials are tires.
2007-01-13 12:25:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the only thing they r better having a grip on the road. however the disadvantage is poor fuel efficiency.
2007-01-13 12:34:08 · answer #6 · answered by yourfreind_forlife 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
radial tyers are flate and comfortable where as tyers are not that much smoot and comfortable.
2007-01-13 12:27:54 · answer #7 · answered by suppandi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋