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This information could save your life...:fyi:
I know I've seen info here before on tire age, but this vid really brings the subject into focus.
Many Thanks to Rowhard for finding this, & sending it to me...:thumbup:
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4826897
Good knowledge to have. THANK YOU.
Although, it did make me a little paranoid. Guess what I am going to do when I get home today?
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Originally Posted by Ldub
I think most of us that watch the video will be doing the same thing for sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by JAMAS
Maybe we need to turn this thread into a poll for everyone to score how old their VX tires are.
the ones i just warrantied out were 4004
and for the record (i do work at a sears auto center, for the past 6 months) ive never seen a tire over 2 years old on our shelves, but a quick easy way to tell at sears is to look at the white lines across the tread of the tires, every 4 months we are supposed to go down the rows of tires in the warehouse and put a line across the tread, that way when selling tires, we choose the ones with the most lines, that is supposed to make sure that tires dont stick around for too long, so far worst ive seen is 5 lines
just checked mine... all were 06..
however my full size spare is 02 :eek:
Just rotated my tires which are all from 07, but I used the donut spare on the first corner, and since while it is obvious to me now, I realized that it says "228" so go figure, my original spare tire on a ten year old vehicle is 11 years old. While I have never driven on it, I guess now is the time to make the leap to a full size spare.
very good find. informative. ....................... checking tires now.;)
We had a trailer tire give out while in Moab this weekend. We went to the tire store to see what was available. There was a Goodyear ("brand new") and Michelin ("used") - $60 and $50, respectively. My dad said, "I guess we'll take the new one." I asked the tire guy what year each tire was made and the "brand new" tire was 11 years old while the "used" tire was only 3 years old... guess which one we got... thanks Bubba Dub!
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Originally Posted by dietz99vcross
The donut can only be used in the front so a rear flat requires replacing a good front and then using the good front to replace the flat back tire and then you only have a few miles and at 45 mph or less to get them replaced.
Thanx Ldub & Rowhard for sharing this important info with the VX community. I knew about these tire codes, but they got lost somewhere within my brain cobwebs. Puzzling though; they mentioned six(6) years was the magic number for tire replacement, but they never specifically mentioned "why" in the video. My guess is dry-rot and/or UV damage. Speaking of "UV"; a great product with UV inhibitors that can be used on tires is SUN OF A GUN made by STP (very simular to Armor-All, but with UV additives).
Here's another option for ya Riff..http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...0&postcount=15Quote:
Originally Posted by Riff Raff
I don't know if the STP stuff makes tires shiny, as I've never used it, but the 303 mentioned in the link makes em black....just black.
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thought I would bring this to page 1 for those that missed last time
Just checked the new tires I paid almost $1 large for... two were 09 and two were 07... I think that should be fine. I guess it matters how long these last me. Still, wish I'd thought of this when I bought them.Quote:
Originally Posted by rowhard
Thanks.
Jeff
BoarderCross2000--- You're tires are fine; but yes, that's specifically why the Tire Industry has the codes "encrypted" because they don't want you to know these dates as it might hinder a possible purchase. I do find it odd that 2 were from '07 and 2 were from '09, as most tire shops receive their tires in "batch groups" with very close manufacturing dates.Quote:
Originally Posted by BoarderCROSS2000
There could be a very sharp store manager at your tire shop that purposely rotates his stock and always tries to sell the oldest tires in stock first, and routinely puts brand-new inbound tires at the extreme rear of the shelf for longivity. Thus, you could have gotten the very last 2 he had in stock from the '07 batch, and the very first 2 he had from the '09 batch (which were deliberately tucked behind the '07 models on the shelf in date sequence order). Basically; sell the oldest first, and the newest last.