Check your tires! Options

[elvasoshexai]

saw this a while ago:

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4826897

always heard tires hv a lifespan but nvr really bothered to check... i think i should check now

[Valo666]

......gotta love ABC and american news. Im sorry, but tires dont have a experation date. Tires will over time decay just due to dry rot, but thats mainly because of UV rays attacking the rubber or excessive heat. The number they say to check, thats the DOT #. Its the date of when they made the tire..so if it says like for example, 2505..it means it was made in the 25th week of 2005. Tires do not expire. This is why u see guys out there with all original muscel cars from like 1968 with the original tires that still run down the road. The only time that tires will go bad is if they are dry rotted, or are bald. Thats it. For example...semi truck tires...most of the ones on the road now have over 2 million miles on them. Same set..why? they get revulcanized, in other words, retredded. I know a trucker whos been running the same set of tires since 1988. I have worked in the automotive trade since i was pretty much 15...i have worked at 3 different tire shops, i have worked as a tire installer 5 times. Tires DO NOT expire. Dont worry about it.

for claification on what dry rot is...

thats dry rot. The sidewall and or tread cracking. This is caused by improper use, long exposure to heat, lots of weather exposure without driving and long exposure to UV rays. Example of how this can happen is if you park your car for a year in your driveway under a car cover or a tarp. The UV will be hittin them in the exact same spot all the time, aswell as if it rains, the moisture will get trapped under the car cover or tarp and as the water starts to evaporate, it will take some of the moisture out of the rubber in your tires, causing these cracks.

Your best bet if you wanna keep your tires for a long time, inflate them properly (use a good gauge, not the one attached to the pump at your local gas station), dont drive too agressively, and put tire shine on. It has chemicals in it that will moisturize the rubber preventing dry rot. Its like a leather couch, u put conditioner on it to prevent it from cracking, same thing with tireshine on ur rubber.

Just because you hear somethin on the news, doesnt make it true. I seriously wanna know how many of the people or writers at ABC have ever done any work on their own car or have worked in a trade. Just be media literit

[Havok1997GT]

......gotta love ABC and american news. Im sorry, but tires dont have a experation date. Tires will over time decay just due to dry rot, but thats mainly because of UV rays attacking the rubber or excessive heat. The number they say to check, thats the DOT #. Its the date of when they made the tire..so if it says like for example, 2505..it means it was made in the 25th week of 2005. Tires do not expire. This is why u see guys out there with all original muscel cars from like 1968 with the original tires that still run down the road. The only time that tires will go bad is if they are dry rotted, or are bald. Thats it. For example...semi truck tires...most of the ones on the road now have over 2 million miles on them. Same set..why? they get revulcanized, in other words, retredded. I know a trucker whos been running the same set of tires since 1988. I have worked in the automotive trade since i was pretty much 15...i have worked at 3 different tire shops, i have worked as a tire installer 5 times. Tires DO NOT expire. Dont worry about it.

for claification on what dry rot is...

thats dry rot. The sidewall and or tread cracking. This is caused by improper use, long exposure to heat, lots of weather exposure without driving and long exposure to UV rays. Example of how this can happen is if you park your car for a year in your driveway under a car cover or a tarp. The UV will be hittin them in the exact same spot all the time, aswell as if it rains, the moisture will get trapped under the car cover or tarp and as the water starts to evaporate, it will take some of the moisture out of the rubber in your tires, causing these cracks.

Your best bet if you wanna keep your tires for a long time, inflate them properly (use a good gauge, not the one attached to the pump at your local gas station), dont drive too agressively, and put tire shine on. It has chemicals in it that will moisturize the rubber preventing dry rot. Its like a leather couch, u put conditioner on it to prevent it from cracking, same thing with tireshine on ur rubber.

Just because you hear somethin on the news, doesnt make it true. I seriously wanna know how many of the people or writers at ABC have ever done any work on their own car or have worked in a trade. Just be media literit

Agreed. However, 18 Wheeler companies dont retread. To much of a liability. its also part of most insurance companies that they have new tires or they wont cover damage. atleast thats how it is in the states

Slick. Tires do not expire. They rot due to weather and use. Drive by your local trash yard and check out how fast those tires "expire".

Same as plastic. Plastic does not expire. it will deteriorate, over thousands of years but it does not go bad.