How old are your tyres?

1303Steve Scirocco Rare

8,650 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 13 Jul 2008, 11:15 am

#657300

Hi

I saw this posted on GermanLook.com, very interesting viewing.
Tyre video
Steve

trickysimon 100km/h is only 9 seconds away

1,473 posts · joined Dec 2007 · 13 Jul 2008, 1:27 pm

#657319

Hmm the ones I've got on there were made 23rd week of 2003.
Even worse is the tyres I got with my jelly beans, 3rd week of 2000.
I reckon that story is just over exagerated like most of A Current Affairs stories though.
Simon

MickH Hairy Gutted Sloth

3,389 posts · joined Sep 2003 · 13 Jul 2008, 1:55 pm

#657324

I think you will find it's not exagerated....When I was doing roadworthy certificates a lot of cars failed as the tyres were too old....more than 10 years and they are no good.Insurance companies loved it...less payouts...old tyres,car not roadworthy...

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trickysimon 100km/h is only 9 seconds away

1,473 posts · joined Dec 2007 · 13 Jul 2008, 3:14 pm

#657334

Were the tyres failed simply because they were 10 years old? Or were they hard and stiff and looked old?
Simon

MickH Hairy Gutted Sloth

3,389 posts · joined Sep 2003 · 13 Jul 2008, 3:20 pm

#657336

age.

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vwjon Fahrvergnugen

914 posts · joined Jul 2006 · 13 Jul 2008, 5:05 pm

#657358

when i got my 69 notch, it was still running its origional cross plys, the treads were all exactly the same with the same amount of wear. the side walls were very perished, and the cracks between the treads were almost as deep as the treads themselves!
i reccon those tyres must have been about 40 years old!! the notch is running on radials now!

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2,036 posts · joined Dec 2004 · 13 Jul 2008, 5:30 pm

#657364

my ovals tyres have the dates on them the same as the year I purchased them 05 on front and 07 on the rear all good I'm safe.

greedy53 Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,062 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 13 Jul 2008, 6:04 pm

#657376

very early tyers were rubber new stuff are made from everything but rubber and crack

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baybuscamperkid prince of insufficient light, ruler of heck

4,316 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 13 Jul 2008, 8:19 pm

#657420

vwjon wrote:when i got my 69 notch, it was still running its origional cross plys, the treads were all exactly the same with the same amount of wear. the side walls were very perished, and the cracks between the treads were almost as deep as the treads themselves!
i reccon those tyres must have been about 40 years old!! the notch is running on radials now!

same with my latest toy, came with 4 crossplys, 2 of them recaps I think 😀

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VWCOOL 23 Windows of Awesome

5,158 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 13 Jul 2008, 8:42 pm

#657428

Good find Steve, I had a tyre fail (tread began parting company) on my HQ Holden near Byron Bay while cruising to Qld in 2001. It was pretty scary... They were VERY old and I knew it. I bought new tyres straight away at Nerang, but now THEY are 7 years old... but done only maybe 5000km. Also had a tyre let go on a low-kay 'grandma' Ford laser. Done 50,000km in 8 years and the tyres were like dried mud...

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68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 13 Jul 2008, 8:59 pm

#657441

the four tyres that came on My wide chromed wheels that had plenty of tread but they cracked around the side walls..

I have 4 new tyres on now...

many years ago, [in the 70s] someone gave Me a vw wheel with a good michelin tyre on it
I put it on My superbug [on the front] [???]
and it blew out while doing 100kmhs on the highway..
it was very old and self destructed while throwing the beetle off the highway...

so, any cracks and its goodbye old tyres...

Lee

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blutopless2 DAMSLO

2,457 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 14 Jul 2008, 7:38 am

#657497

greedy53 wrote:very early tyers were rubber new stuff are made from everything but rubber and crack

nah.. still got rubber in em.

see.... air and water do mix 😉

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ian.mezz I never said, I could write or spell

3,913 posts · joined Sep 2004 · 14 Jul 2008, 8:18 am

#657502

the only numbers that i can find
made in Taiwan Nankangs 2210 and 2310 ???
made in New Zealand firestones 286 and 276 ????
maybe me tyres are really old
on my new cars its 2206 and 2204 easy ones

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5,158 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 14 Jul 2008, 10:33 am

#657512

this may help:
http://www.crashprevention.com.au/enews_14/retyrement_14.html

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MickH Hairy Gutted Sloth

3,389 posts · joined Sep 2003 · 14 Jul 2008, 1:37 pm

#657538

I had to buy a replacement tyre in February for our Mazda 6 (sorry folks..wifes idea) and it's a 2004 model.I wanted the factory spec tyres which had to be ordered as they were not a common type. A week later the tyre arrives and I checked the date.The tyre was 5 years old!! They got upset when I refused it and they had to get another. It ALWAYS pays to check the date.My last TOYO buggy tyres were 10 years old this year and even though they had 90% tread on them they were "out of date" and I replaced them....
Better safe than sorry.

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VWCOOL 23 Windows of Awesome

5,158 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 14 Jul 2008, 2:11 pm

#657541

Tyre failure is a BIG problem for trailers and caravans

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HWY728 Casual Dubber

31 posts · joined Feb 2008 · 14 Jul 2008, 9:57 pm

#657688

ian.mezz wrote:the only numbers that i can find
made in Taiwan Nankangs 2210 and 2310 ???
made in New Zealand firestones 286 and 276 ????
maybe me tyres are really old
on my new cars its 2206 and 2204 easy ones

Nice set of tyres, 😎 tried to get Nankangs for my Beetle and were not avaliable.

Replaced all the tryes on my cars as a matter of course so nothing older than 2006, the 63 was running of light truck tyres that were so hard and cracked they would stay up with no air in them, the Spitfire had 30 year old Dunlops and the other triumph had tyres the wrong size on so they were replaced!

ian.mezz I never said, I could write or spell

3,913 posts · joined Sep 2004 · 15 Jul 2008, 1:23 pm

#657801

HWY728 wrote:
ian.mezz wrote:the only numbers that i can find
made in Taiwan Nankangs 2210 and 2310 ???
made in New Zealand firestones 286 and 276 ????
maybe me tyres are really old
on my new cars its 2206 and 2204 easy ones
Nice set of tyres, 😎 tried to get Nankangs for my Beetle and were not avaliable.

Replaced all the tryes on my cars as a matter of course so nothing older than 2006, the 63 was running of light truck tyres that were so hard and cracked they would stay up with no air in them, the Spitfire had 30 year old Dunlops and the other triumph had tyres the wrong size on so they were replaced!

yes its a great combination firestone on the front and nankangs on the rear it feel like your driving in the rain all the time 😂😂🤪

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11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 15 Jul 2008, 1:31 pm

#657803

VWCOOL wrote:Tyre failure is a BIG problem for trailers and caravans

You can drive around highways on Sundays and you always see boat trailers with flat tyres or wheel bearings gone...

trailers go OK with flat tyres - no air

but as soon as you put a load in it...
there really go flat but only on the bottom.... lol

LEE

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