Unsafe 6 year old tires, Aged tires |
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Unsafe 6 year old tires, Aged tires |
restore2seater |
Nov 30 2008, 11:00 AM
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Future 914 copilot. Group: Members Posts: 311 Joined: 30-October 04 From: Dunlap,IL Member No.: 3,037 Region Association: None |
Saw this on another forum I go to and thought it would be a good idea to post it here.
Tires that are sold as new. Opinions about this? |
KaptKaos |
Nov 30 2008, 07:22 PM
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Family Group: Members Posts: 4,009 Joined: 23-April 03 From: Near Wausau Member No.: 607 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
It's not BS. My tires were sold as new to me in 2006. Less than 10 months later, all four had started to delaminate. There was a weird feeling in the front end, a shimmy. Here's a link to the thread I posted at the time: http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...c=60376&hl=
The tires were 5 years old by that time. Bridgestone warranties the tires for 3 years iirc, and told me that because of the date code, they were out of warranty. WTF was that?!?! These were less than a year old! Lastly, I am quite sure that not all tires are made the same. Some may last longer, some less. Bottom line is that the date code needs to be made simple, and there should be a standard that the industry applies and sticks to. |
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