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Re: Tire Deterioration-The Life Span Hagerty Article (7/17)
 3/31/14 11:49am
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Just for information but I found this website advertising Goodyear Eagle GT tires.
They also advertise in the "NCRS Driveline" Magazine.
 


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Re: Tire Deterioration-The Life Span Hagerty Article (8/17)
 3/31/14 1:03pm
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Haggerty article said: "For example, a serial number ending in 4905 tells you the tires were made during the 49th week of 2005. If there are no recognizable serial numbers, you already have your answer – the tires were made prior to 2000 and need to be replaced."


That statement is misleading at best, and an outright lie at worst.
Tire made BEFORE 2000 also have date codes on them....it has been a standard for many years before the  Gobment got involved. Date codes before 2000 simply do not include a specific serial number....just the date itself. The older coding did not allow for the decade of production because tire manufacturers dint expect tire to be in use that long, so they dint put what decade the tire was made on it, just the last number for the year/
First example(below) is coded for the 51st week of 2007.





Next example is the earlier coding, and shows a build date for the 40th week of the 8th year, but no decade....so it could be from '78, '88, '98.....who knows? Ermm





|UPDATED|3/31/2014 10:03:53 AM (AZT)|/UPDATED|


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Re: Tire Deterioration-The Life Span Hagerty Article (9/17)
 4/6/14 5:16pm
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Mine are from March(11th week) 1995 or '85 or '75 or...

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Re: Tire Deterioration-The Life Span Hagerty Article (10/17)
 4/6/14 6:55pm
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That article never actually tells us how old those tires were.

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Re: Tire Deterioration-The Life Span Hagerty Article (11/17)
 4/6/14 6:57pm
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CCasey said: Just for information but I found this website advertising Goodyear Eagle GT tires.
They also advertise in the "NCRS Driveline" Magazine.
 


I would never pay that much for a 15" tire.


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Re: Tire Deterioration-The Life Span Hagerty Article (12/17)
 4/6/14 8:01pm
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I always babied my tires. I now realize they rot faster then I can wear'em out. I need to change my ways.

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Re: Tire Deterioration-The Life Span Hagerty Article (13/17)
 4/6/14 8:53pm
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I seen this type of article last year and decided to change my 10 year old tires. I gave the old ones to my brother, still a lot of wear on them. He put them on his truck and 2 of them blew out within 3 months. DON'T TRUST OLD TIRES.

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Re: Tire Deterioration-The Life Span Hagerty Article (14/17)
 4/7/14 7:22pm
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So where is the code supposed to be imprinted?  Inside or Outside?  I can't locate any on the outside of my tires.
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 4/7/14 8:22pm
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eldredjames said: So where is the code supposed to be imprinted?  Inside or Outside?  I can't locate any on the outside of my tires.

It's the DOT ID#.............Joel actually shows it better above.




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 4/7/14 11:04pm
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You will normally only find the date code info on the inner side of the tire. Depending on if it is a whitewall/white letter, or blackwall, of course. Some manufacturers do put it on both sides. Just gotta look...

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Re: Tire Deterioration-The Life Span Hagerty Article (17/17)
 4/8/14 3:55pm
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Took the wheel off to see what was up with the brakes.  Tire serial # is BEVENX7335.  So I guess my tires are from 1995, 1985 etc.  Its funny, no cracks, no checking and lots of tread left.  Oh well, see my post about brakes too.
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