Tire manufacture date for new Tires

B_73_M

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Hi Bros,

Need your valuable input and experience on this..

Looking at the Tire manufacturing date, what is the cut off period that you will not consider buying the set of NEW tires :-
1. > 6 mths
2. > 9 mths
3. > 12 mths
4. > 15 mths


Thanks!
 
Re: Tire manufacture date for new Tires

Hey,

Here are some articles which might help. It seems that within the 15 months range tires are pretty decent to be used. As long as the tires are not older than 10 yrs old

The British Rubber Manufacturers Association in 2001 issued a recommendation that "unused tyres should not be put into service if they are over 6 years old and that all tyres should be replaced after 10 years from the date of their manufacture."

Safety Group seeks tire expiration date
Watch out old tires
Tire Expiration Date
How to read your tire sidewall
 
Re: Tire manufacture date for new Tires

15 months is really pretty decent since they usually have shelf life of about 3 years but proper storage is more critial than looking at the manufacture date alone.

Storing in a dark cool place is more desire then placing on the open shelf like some tyre shop does, especially since tyre these days don come with wrapper anymore...
 
Re: Tire manufacture date for new Tires

At the recent ADT I attended, Keith the chief instructor, mentioned that he won't buy tyres that are more than 2 yrs old coz the tyre compound wld have deteriorated. So the tyres may look gim gim goot goot but they won't last as long or handle as well as touted.
 
Re: Tire manufacture date for new Tires

Ok! thank you all for the feedback..
Now i have a rough guide and wun get conned by expired unused tires.

Cheers!
 
Re: Tire manufacture date for new Tires

That may not be too true too.. Cos i deals with some tire manafacture/ and local distributor mention tires has a shelf life of 36 month to maintain tip top performace..
 
Re: Tire manufacture date for new Tires

Hi folks

Currently shopping for a set of new tires and got a question for the tire gurus out there....

Is it ok to buy a set of brand new tires with week 20 year 06 manufacture date? That's slightly more than 1 year old from now. Is that considered too long in terms of shelf life?

Any advise appreciated thanks!
 

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