Determining Tire Age

[Castle Bravo]

46th week of a pre-2000 ending in 7 year.

Possibly
1997
1987
1977
etc

 

[gringeltaube]

On that first tire I would exclude the decade 90-99 because at that time it was already mandatory for all tire manufacturers globally, to use the 3 digits, plus the triangle to differentiate the 90's from the 80's. Manufacturing date code then would have been (487<)

As for being safe... well, maybe in a museum, filled with foam...? .
Seriously, I would never run a tire older than 10 years on a steer axle. Put them on the inside, rear axles, only.



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[FrankUSMC]

The 1965 dated jeep tires I posted about at the beginning of this post are still on my 1943 WWII jeep. I put them on in the mid 1990s. They still look great.
One of the few, Frank USMC RET.

 

[VPed]

in my experience, old school tires fair better than the new ones. Not saying I would hit the interstate with some.

 

[mobileauto2000]

(I would never run a tire older than 10 years on a steer axle. Put them on the inside, rear axles, only.)

I agree with the steer axle but on my deuce they go on the outside dual. The odds of a 9x20 coming apart is slim but if they do I don't want them anywhere near the brake lines.

 

[Flyboy207]

Strange considering I thought both of those Titan tires were the newest of the batch, I guess I'll run all the 1999/2000 ones on the back, get rid of the armstrongs from 1989 and buy two new fronts from Coker... Unless anyone knows where to get them less than $320 apiece

 

[Alexsha]

Thanks to this thread I now know 5 of my xzl tires were made in 2011 and 1 in 2008.