How old ya say them tires are?

[Ldub]

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=15

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.

[rowhard]

thought I would bring this to page 1 for those that missed last time

[BoarderCROSS2000]

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.

Thanks.

Jeff

[Riff Raff]

Just checked the new tires... two were 09 and two were 07... I think that should be fine. Still, wish I'd thought of this when I bought them.
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.

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.

[etlsport]

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.

thats the standard with many different products, including tires at many places

ive worked delivering bread to grocery stores, older bread comes to the front of the shelf so it gets sold before reaching its sell by date

same with milk

same with tires

heck even in electronics stores when there is a shift in packaging, typically the newer packaged products go to the back of the shelf so that the older ones will sell off