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#21 (**permalink**) 21 May 2005, 08:23 pm

"« Paul »" <"« Paul »"@houston.rr.com> wrote in message
news:428BD4BD.47F1B28A@houston.rr.com...
> Napalm Heart wrote:
> >
> > Interesting. I normally wear all-cotton pants and have cloth
seats in
> > my vehicles. I get a static discharge when getting out of them
unless
> > it is there is high humidity.
> >
> > Ken (MI)
>
> I bet the seats are a synthetic plastic material.
> More than likely the entire interior of your vehicle is plastic.
> Floor mats, arm rests, seat padding, etc.

That may well be, but why is this something that has just started
occurring after I put new tires on my vehicles?

Ken

#22 (**permalink**) 21 May 2005, 08:52 pm

In article <118vnkjil9pihc2@corp.supernews.com>,
"Napalm Heart" <olsonfam@iserv.net> wrote:

> > I bet the seats are a synthetic plastic material.
> > More than likely the entire interior of your vehicle is plastic.
> > Floor mats, arm rests, seat padding, etc.
>
> That may well be, but why is this something that has just started
> occurring after I put new tires on my vehicles?

This is common with the composition of some tires. They build up static
with friction with the road, and can't dissipate it. You become the
path by which it dissipates once you touch the body of the car.

#23 (**permalink**) 21 May 2005, 10:30 pm

Napalm Heart wrote:
>
> "« Paul »" <"« Paul »"@houston.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:428BD4BD.47F1B28A@houston.rr.com...
> > Napalm Heart wrote:
> > >
> > > Interesting. I normally wear all-cotton pants and have cloth
> seats in
> > > my vehicles. I get a static discharge when getting out of them
> unless
> > > it is there is high humidity.
> > >
> > > Ken (MI)
> >
> > I bet the seats are a synthetic plastic material.
> > More than likely the entire interior of your vehicle is plastic.
> > Floor mats, arm rests, seat padding, etc.
>
> That may well be, but why is this something that has just started
> occurring after I put new tires on my vehicles?
>
> Ken

I don't know. There are too many variables and unknowns
to arrive at a meaningful answer.

#24 (**permalink**) 23 May 2005, 07:59 am

"Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote in message
news:elmop-ECFA18.21522921052005@text.usenetserver.com...
> In article <118vnkjil9pihc2@corp.supernews.com>,
> "Napalm Heart" <olsonfam@iserv.net> wrote:
>
> > > I bet the seats are a synthetic plastic material.
> > > More than likely the entire interior of your vehicle is plastic.
> > > Floor mats, arm rests, seat padding, etc.
> >
> > That may well be, but why is this something that has just started
> > occurring after I put new tires on my vehicles?
>
> This is common with the composition of some tires. They build up
static
> with friction with the road, and can't dissipate it. You become the
> path by which it dissipates once you touch the body of the car.

I have read this somewhere. Something about the amount of carbon in
the tires and the tires meeting desired sidewall standards.

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