tire age

[hllon4whls]

How long are tires good for? I have some remmington 265/50/r15's that were on my car when I got it. I never drove it with them and they have a bunch of tread left (to me they look almost new). I dont see any dry checking or evidence or any rot.

They are currently unmounted.

Any thoughts if they are worth anything or not? Should I try to sell/donate or just trash them?

 

[HISSIN50]

Hllon, I would check with someone in the tire business. I seem to recall a loose rule of thumb about not using tires which are more than 5 years old (ozone eating at them and all that). Down in the desert here it is hard to get them to last that long.

Perhaps Yount will chime in - his brother is in the tire business as I recall.

Sorry to not have a good answer bud. Bump.

 

[bsedwebt70-5.0]

I heard recently 7 years is the max to be safe from 2 different tire manufacturers.

 

[maverick0716]

I work at a tire shop. If there's no light cracking or anything on the tire, it will most likely be fine....the worst that would happen is maybe the steel belts would start to seperate once you've been driving for some time....not life threatening or anything.

 

[89MustangGX]

I would agree -- if there's no evidence of dry rot, the environment probably hasn't gotten to them. I have heard that if stored incorrectly tires will never balance right though. I think they are supposed to be stored in plastic bags in their side.

 

[HighMileage]

Age of the tire isn't anywhere nearly as important as the brand and price of the tire. I had an unknown brand for a long time and had nothing but handling problems. Now with Goodyear it's a whole other story. They sure don't need any tire treatment to look good. They make a ton less of chirping sounds. During braking they really grab the pavement. It's almost like I have new brakes. The cheap tires just kept sliding and burned, they didn't stop. Plan on spending $100 per tire on a long known brand and you can't go wrong. Btw, the cheapo tire I had looked real great, tread and all. They just performed awfully.

 

[hllon4whls]

I work at a tire shop. If there's no light cracking or anything on the tire, it will most likely be fine....the worst that would happen is maybe the steel belts would start to seperate once you've been driving for some time....not life threatening or anything.

Is there a way to tell the age? Is there a production date stamped somewhere on the tire that would tell me exactly how old it is?