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how old is too old? #2369224
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my front tires date from 05, 12 years old. they have 1/2 the tread or much better, do not seem to be cupped or worn badly in any way, and I can see no signs of cracking or checking.

are they still good? is 12 years too old for a tire regardless of how it looks? would you run them or get new ones?

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Re: how old is too old? [Re: mickm] #2369231
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If there is no cracks I would continue to run them. Just know that if you see cracks in the sidewall that the tires are DONE! Those cracks go all the way through the sidewall.

Re: how old is too old? [Re: mickm] #2369233
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If you do much highway driving I'd replace them.
12 years is a long time on todays tires.
Theoretically they should have been worn out in 5 or 6 years, tops.

Re: how old is too old? [Re: mickm] #2369237
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Here's a pretty good test: On a new or relatively new tire, push on a tread with your thumb and attempt to compresses and bend it. Note the feel, appearance, and how much deformation is possible. Do the same on the old tire. If the old tire does not compress or bend nearly as much, it may be too hard and brittle for high speed driving, and the risk is fender damage or worse from flying pieces.


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Re: how old is too old? [Re: kentj340] #2369302
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I recently removed some tires I thought had no cracks.
Once off the van, I noticed they were cracked right by the rim on the back side. No idea how long I was driving on borrowed time.
I would say if your not sure better to be safe then sorry. 4 tires are gonna be cheaper then body work, or possibly worse if on the highway...


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Re: how old is too old? [Re: mickm] #2369307
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I can verify that a Sears Snow Commander from 1977 will not survive a 3 hour drive home on a road runner in modern times. lol.

Re: how old is too old? [Re: mickm] #2369310
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My old tires had 70% tread, no deformation, and always properly inflated. Never noticed a problem, they looked great, up until one of them capped themselves and took my rear quarter out at 35 MPH. Now I need tires and a quarter panel.

Get rid of them old tires!

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Uuugh, you guys are killing me,
Just looked at my tires, 10yrs old and still have 50% tread left.

From now on I'm buying the cheapest tire I can find, definitely will age out out before wear out.

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Yes tires age no doubt but unless they are out in the sun or in a high ozone laden atmosphere they are still good I will no scrap a tire unless I see cracks or it is abnormally hard or The side wall is damaged I just bought a new pair of Nitto drag radials and they have a warning about driving in temps below 15*F say they will crack

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Originally Posted By cnxt
Uuugh, you guys are killing me,
Just looked at my tires, 10yrs old and still have 50% tread left.

From now on I'm buying the cheapest tire I can find, definitely will age out out before wear out.
I know what you mean cnxt. My Goodrich T/A's are 17 years old and have maybe 2000 miles on them. So I just ordered a set of new Firestone Wide Ovals (not cheap) for my car.

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Well, the evidence does seem to suggest new tires, except for one thing: these tires have been garaged their whole life, apart from the time they have been driven. So they haven't seen the usual baking in the sun and weather every day of their lives.

I most likely will replace them, but also will do a closer inspection of them first, most notably see how/if the tread compresses.

Thanks all!

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You'll get answers all over the place, but here's my second-hand experience: Several years ago my Dad's Ram 3500 lost the front tire while running 80 mph down I-10 driving from the Dallas area to NW Florida. His tires were 6 or 7 years old. He said he picked up a vibration somewhere in Louisiana, but kinda ignored it with the intent of getting it checked out when he got here. When it went, the tire disintegrated, completely and violently throwing that big @%$ truck off the interstate into the (luckily) grass. He was able to hang on and get it stopped. He's driven alot in his life, as a truck driver for about 15 years, and that rattled the $&!% out of him (almost nothing does). By the way, he lost an inner fender, headlight and some other small plastic stuff around the front right corner. Do what you want, but don't ignore ANY warning signs.

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If your lucky enough that when one blows it only takes out a fender or quarter panel your repair costs will be low vs if you ditch the car or hit another car.

But hey, 540 inch hemi 70 Road Runners are beater cars an can be fixed or replaced in short order, right?

Please buy some new tires.

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I have blown out on two occasions tires that were bought new within the last 2 months> My son was ina new Jeep grand Cherokee that blew out a rear tire and I was told that the one that blew out on my one car and took park of qtr panel spun on the rim! Wrong the bead was st.ill stuck like Iron and tread and side wall were in pieces..

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Originally Posted By mickm
Well, the evidence does seem to suggest new tires, except for one thing: these tires have been garaged their whole life, apart from the time they have been driven. So they haven't seen the usual baking in the sun and weather every day of their lives.



(I ran a set of Eagle ST's for a long while that were 'garage and Tire Shine' protected...

Finally had a belt separate...

I think today, I'd err on the side of caution...

Re: how old is too old? [Re: RSNOMO] #2369405
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Alright, I get it!

You guys are right, new tires it is! up

Re: how old is too old? [Re: mickm] #2369414
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I too had a tire come apart on my daily driver.
But it had given me warnings that I ignored, isn't there usually some indication before it goes?

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Originally Posted By cnxt
isn't there usually some indication before it goes?


Sometimes... just enough time to think...."what the hell is that...."

I've had older tires blow out just sitting in the driveway. One of the rears on my F250 did that...sounded like a shotgun. Didnt see any cracks/splits in the tire before it went boom.

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Flip to the next page in this magazine and there will be an ad for Radial T/A's. tonguue

Brother. rolleyes

Send all your "expired" tires with 2000 miles on them to me.

I'll wear 'em out since you guys are too Chicken to do it.

While your're at it send your "expired" oil on the shelf and one-month old gas that gets thrown out on here too: I'll find a use for it.


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