Re: John's 41 120 Convertible

Posted by JWL On 2019/7/12 12:59:39

The tires may look good, but if 10-years old or more may be going bad from the inside. How old are the tires? Tires nowadays have a date code that tells when they were manufactured. An example would be "1519" which would indicate the tire was made in the 15th week of 2019. Older tires have a different coding, or maybe none at all.

I recently saw what an old tire can do when driven on the highway. The tire had a blowout and sidewall was completely destroyed due to aging material. The thread look like new. The tires were more than 10-years old.

I recently bought a 1999 BMW Z3 Roadster with less than 29k miles. The tires were not the originals but were made in 2007. They were 12-years old with almost full depth tread and looked great on the outside. The first thing I did was get a new set of tires fitted. We looked at the tires that came off of the car and they were cracked and beginning to fail.

For what it is worth. JWL