Re: Outdated tire questions?
[Re: Vert]
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01/21/15 07:29 PM
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Fab64
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"A few months ago one of the Mopar Magazines had an article regarding date codes and how to read them etc." Do you remember which magazine? I must have missed the article. Tires on my Barracuda were on it when I purchased in 2004. Mostly garage miles.
Mopar Action, Dec 2014, page 76
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Re: Outdated tire questions?
[Re: Airgrabber]
#1735538
01/21/15 10:17 PM
01/21/15 10:17 PM
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DaveRS23
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We use a lot of used tires on our stuff and I see a lot more failures on cheap import tires than I have ever seen on aged tires. Since matching doesn't matter as much on my trailers, I usually buy old spares at the pick-a-part yards for them. Full tread tires that haven't seen much sun and are often 10, 12, 15 years old or older. I don't have any more problems out of 15+ year old tires than I do out of 3 or 4 year old tires. But on the newer cheap import tires, they often bust cords or throw their treads while still having 1/2 tread or so on our cars. Just plain poor construction. So in my experience, the original construction of the tire is far, far more important than the age of the tire. P.S. The number of tires that I mount that are not round is a real shocker. Sounds weird, but is true. Another example of poor construction.
Master, again and still
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Re: Outdated tire questions?
[Re: I_bleed_MOPAR]
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01/21/15 10:52 PM
01/21/15 10:52 PM
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Kern Dog
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Are you guys relying on the mileage on the tires instead of the age and is this safe?
Mileage.
If I changed tires on the cars by date, I would have more sets of tires than oil changes.
I've got BF's that have to be 20 years old now and I still run them up 85mph. They have maybe 1500 miles on them at the most.
Wear for me. Tires on the Charger are probably 12-13 yrs. old and still look good. Keep the air pressure checked and look them over at least once a month for cracks or bulges. Have about 20k on them.
Tim
Same here, Tim. I bought the tires for my Charger in June 2003 and have less than 10,000 miles on them. The rears have about 50% remaining, the fronts are at about 70%. They still look great because when the car isn't driven, it sits inside my shop with little sunlight inside. Last year I wanted to get the tires REbalanced and the "America's Tire" store wouldn't do it since the tires are more than 10 years old. Lawsuits and greedy plaintiffs really screw over people.
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Re: Outdated tire questions?
[Re: jose jones]
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01/21/15 10:56 PM
01/21/15 10:56 PM
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Dabee
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You guys are playing roulette with your life and your prized Mopar's running tires over 4 years old I had a set on a B-Body that were 10 years old with all their tread, On the way to a Mopar show in Phoenix the driver side front BFG threw a chunk of tread off the tire about the size of a softball and about destroyed the front fender. NEVER AGAIN will I run old tires on anything.Don't gamble with your life on old tires
Age, no more than five years for me. As the tire ages, even if stored inside, they dry out and get hard. Dry hard tires lose grip and don't handle good. I can feel the difference every time I replace the tires. I average about 2000 miles a year on the Bee.
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Re: Outdated tire questions?
[Re: Dabee]
#1735542
01/21/15 11:18 PM
01/21/15 11:18 PM
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mopar346
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Running old tires is like not believing in the after life - what if you're wrong! No harm in replacing tires prematurely or believing in the after life even if you're wrong. Time all the way for anything I care about, I cheat a little on the rear tires of the Charger cause the quarters are fubared anyway, but the fronts are new.
Careful, your character's showing!
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Re: Outdated tire questions?
[Re: jose jones]
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01/22/15 07:15 AM
01/22/15 07:15 AM
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Posts: 4,862 the frozen wastes...
Pale_Roader
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You guys are playing roulette with your life and your prized Mopar's running tires over 4 years old I had a set on a B-Body that were 10 years old with all their tread, On the way to a Mopar show in Phoenix the driver side front BFG threw a chunk of tread off the tire about the size of a softball and about destroyed the front fender. NEVER AGAIN will I run old tires on anything.Don't gamble with your life on old tires
HAH!!!!
I'm also playing with my life eating fast food and cheap supermarket meat and dairy. Why? because i'm not rich enough to own my own private farm, and farmers, that grow my own true organic meat and grain, to be prepared into daily meals by my own personal chef.
Must be nice to be rich!
Four years... hahahahahahahahahahaha.....
I think in my 25 years ov driving (bloody goddamn fast) i've owned ONE set ov tires that were under 4 years old. ONE. My POS Charger was even nice enough to break the K-member and scrub the fronts from brand blue-lettered-new to right down to the cords in 200 miles too... so yeah, owned a PAIR ov newer tires, and another for about 8 days.
Most ov my tires are anywhere from 10 to 20 years old. No helping that. I'd rather have some nice 15 year old BFG's on there than some brand new Coopers... or some 15 year old 295/50/15's than some brand new 235/70/15's.
Never had a problem... and i see more illegal speed on public roads than you (plural). Bet on that.
New tires are a luxury. The girlfriend brought brand new BFG G-Force KDW2's for her Mustang GT... damn that was nice...
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Re: Outdated tire questions?
[Re: Airgrabber]
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01/22/15 02:31 PM
01/22/15 02:31 PM
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The only tires I have personally had that failed, came apart or broke cords, have ALL been BFG T/As. Some bought new, some on the car when purchased. I see BFG mentioned in this post also ... Had a balance problem with one from new, at mounting, wouldn't balance it was so far out. I still like the looks, but the quality? I think it is questionable.
It takes gasoline to interest me.
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Re: Outdated tire questions?
[Re: VL21]
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01/22/15 02:44 PM
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Grizzly
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My hope is now that Michelin owns BF that the quality will be better. The three sets I have now seem to be good. But, in the past I've had two sets that didn't work out. Seperated 4 of them by running the car above the speed rating for 45 minutes, so, my fault. But, the other set, from brand-new they could not balance them and one of the back ones seperated. Wound up pulling them all off and put Generals on. I was really impressed with the Generals after going the rounds with BF.
Mo' Farts
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