How old ya say them tires are?

[dietz99vcross]

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.

[AK Falco]

very good find. informative. ....................... checking tires now.

[circmand]

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.

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.

[Riff Raff]

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).

[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.