What are the little rubber hairs on tyres?

What are the little rubber hairs on tyres? …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>

NEW tyres have little rubber hairs called vent spews.

Vent spews are scattered around the outer edges of new tyres but what are they and are they beneficial?

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Tyres hairs are the way a motorist can tell if a tyre is brand newCredit: getty

What are vent spews?

Vent spews are the small rubber hairs or rubber spikes that appear on the tread of new tyres.

Although vent spew is the technical name, these tyre hairs are also referred to as sprue nubs, tyre nibs, gate marks or nippers.

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