Aged Tires = Death ?

[sneakypete]

I'll go more into this and say that not all tires are created equal, and they don't age at the same rates.

Depends on climate, air used in the tire (nitrogen doesn't oxidize the rubber), the compound used on the tire, ect...

But, most tires give warning signs (dry rotting isn't hard to see, not to mention cracks in the sidewall), but who really inspects their tires?

where can you get nitrogen to fill your tires? i know we've talked about this a while back, but ive been wanting to do this for a while....
-pete

 

[super.secret.supra.club]

yey! ihave something to impress friends with now....just gotta go find some first.

ed.d.

 

[jd_kittle05]

Just bought a BFG G-Force sport tire from Discount Tire Direct and it is dated the 44th week of 2007.

 

[JDMMA70]

The Michilen Pilots on my car now where on the car when I got it last year in June 07. Don't know when the tires were changed but you can tell they were driven on for quite some time.
Rear were made in 2002
Front were made in 1998

Spare tire says (238)
So im going to gues 1st week of June 1988.

 

[bmoss85]

where can you get nitrogen to fill your tires? i know we've talked about this a while back, but ive been wanting to do this for a while....
-pete

when i was at the jeep dealership the other week they were using nitrogen to fill tires. they said that they are using nitrogen in their vehicles now.

 

[Justin]

Quite interesting.

I'll go find out how old my year old tires are

 

[TurboToy-R]

The Michilen Pilots on my car now where on the car when I got it last year in June 07. Don't know when the tires were changed but you can tell they were driven on for quite some time.
Rear were made in 2002
Front were made in 1998

Spare tire says (238)
So im going to gues 1st week of June 1988.

According to the "code"

238=
23rd week
1998 ( i don't think the codes were in effect in the 80's)

 

[SupraRon]

Tire rack has this helpful link to decode the date stamp for pre and post 2000:

Here

 

[johnathan1]

Just went out and checked, and the tires I bought for the front of my Supra say 2005, when I bought them last year. -_- Rears say 2007.

On my Mercedes, the fronts say 2007, but the rears say 2000 O_O, and they are showing signs of cracking, but still have plenty of tread left...interesting. Guess my car hasn't been driven a whole lot in the last ten years.