Kingpin, a family owned business established in 1973, is widely acknowledged to be one of the largest and most respected car and light truck retread producers in the world. Kingpin is able to offer a comprehensive range of retreads, now further enhanced by the introduction of the 'Virager' V-rated high performance tyre and 'Advantage' 4x4.
What Is A Remoulded Tyre?
Retreading is the generic term for tyre reconditioning which extends the useful life of a worn tyre for its original purpose by the addition of new material.
In the majority of cases the tread rubber is the only part of a tyre to wear away. The structure of the tyre remains intact. As the tyre construction has been produced to be capable of more than one life, to use this potential by replacing the worn tread makes sound environmental and economic sense. Whilst a car tyre is retreaded only once, commercial vehicle tyres are often retreaded two or three times and aircraft tyres many, many times.
To manufacture the average car retread takes 4.5 gallons less oil than the equivalent new tyre. With commercial vehicle tyres the savings are even greater, estimated to be in the region of 15 gallons per tyre.