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Originally Posted by Gate Keeper
Thanks Steve, I bought 2 new tyres recently and the fitter said he would do the dot codes for me. After the date, he said to throw out the tyres.
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New or New old stock? Quite a difference, I been at autojumble and seen piles of "new old stock" tyres - judging by the dust on them and they have names like John Bull on them they are more than a few years old...
Thing with tyres is you have no idea how they have been stored, that can have quite an effect on their life.
I'm not sure what the recommended shelf life for tyres is. I work in the railway industry and rubber hoses usually have a 5 year shelf life and 7 or 8 year life from fitting, as I went to the stores for a hose that was already passed it's shelf life.
I've go to bus rallies and you see the tyres on the older buses there and you think - just how old are they, just by looking at the condition of them and some of the names.