8 year old winter tyres. Would you?
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Just been searching for tyres for a mate as he's just bought a new Boxster and needs new rubber all round.
Whilst browsing for tyres for the rear of mine, I came across Porsche rated Nokian winter tyres in 295/35/18 for a bargain £49 each. Brand new but manufactured in 2006.
Would you consider fitting them to your car for the winter? It's a bargain price but they're 8 years old. But given the high silicon content of winter tyres, would they have perished that much?
Whilst browsing for tyres for the rear of mine, I came across Porsche rated Nokian winter tyres in 295/35/18 for a bargain £49 each. Brand new but manufactured in 2006.
Would you consider fitting them to your car for the winter? It's a bargain price but they're 8 years old. But given the high silicon content of winter tyres, would they have perished that much?
KungFuPanda said:
Just been searching for tyres for a mate as he's just bought a new Boxster and needs new rubber all round.
Whilst browsing for tyres for the rear of mine, I came across Porsche rated Nokian winter tyres in 295/35/18 for a bargain £49 each. Brand new but manufactured in 2006.
Would you consider fitting them to your car for the winter? It's a bargain price but they're 8 years old. But given the high silicon content of winter tyres, would they have perished that much?
They are a Bargain certainly...Whilst browsing for tyres for the rear of mine, I came across Porsche rated Nokian winter tyres in 295/35/18 for a bargain £49 each. Brand new but manufactured in 2006.
Would you consider fitting them to your car for the winter? It's a bargain price but they're 8 years old. But given the high silicon content of winter tyres, would they have perished that much?
I would definitely be tempted at that price...
I'm no Rubber expert but surely 8 years old is a bit much, bit of cracking here and there or maybe lost a bit of shape that you would know about till fitted...
BritishRacinGrin said:
8 year old tyres? I'd use 'em if I already had them, but there's no way I'd be paying 49 quid a corner plus fitting for somebody else's. Doesn't sound like a bargain to me. I'd expect new tyres to perform much better.
Considering they would be something like £300 new, £49 is a bargain.Assuming they'd been stored out of direct sunlight and inside a building, I'd probably run them for a year or two purely due to the price.
Bridgestone's view:
"How old is too old?
This is a subject of much debate within the tyre industry and no tyre expert can tell exactly how long a tyre will last. However, on the results of experience many tyre companies, including Bridgestone, warrant their tyres against manufacturing and material defects for five years from the date of manufacture. Based on their understanding a number of vehicle manufacturers are now advising against the use of tyres that are more than six years old due to the effects of ageing."
http://www.bridgestone.com.au/tyres/passenger/care...
"How old is too old?
This is a subject of much debate within the tyre industry and no tyre expert can tell exactly how long a tyre will last. However, on the results of experience many tyre companies, including Bridgestone, warrant their tyres against manufacturing and material defects for five years from the date of manufacture. Based on their understanding a number of vehicle manufacturers are now advising against the use of tyres that are more than six years old due to the effects of ageing."
http://www.bridgestone.com.au/tyres/passenger/care...
paintman said:
Bridgestone's view:
"How old is too old?
This is a subject of much debate within the tyre industry and no tyre expert can tell exactly how long a tyre will last. However, on the results of experience many tyre companies, including Bridgestone, warrant their tyres against manufacturing and material defects for five years from the date of manufacture. Based on their understanding a number of vehicle manufacturers are now advising against the use of tyres that are more than six years old due to the effects of ageing."
http://www.bridgestone.com.au/tyres/passenger/care...
The general consensus seems to be 6 years on the car, or 10-12 years if they've been stored properly for the majority of that time."How old is too old?
This is a subject of much debate within the tyre industry and no tyre expert can tell exactly how long a tyre will last. However, on the results of experience many tyre companies, including Bridgestone, warrant their tyres against manufacturing and material defects for five years from the date of manufacture. Based on their understanding a number of vehicle manufacturers are now advising against the use of tyres that are more than six years old due to the effects of ageing."
http://www.bridgestone.com.au/tyres/passenger/care...
I bought a job lot of winter tyres that were 10 years old. The Bridgestones worked just like other winter tyres, the Pirellis delaminated after 50 miles of normal road driving (no high speed or enthusiastic driving).
I'm assuming there were stored differently despite being stored by the same people. I wouldn't want to risk it for significant money (they were £6 each) or on a car with nice paint (delaminating tread can do a lot of damage).
I'm assuming there were stored differently despite being stored by the same people. I wouldn't want to risk it for significant money (they were £6 each) or on a car with nice paint (delaminating tread can do a lot of damage).
Yep pretty sure these tyres will have some ageing of the tyre compound. Its just like a bike helmet apparently, too many UV rays breaking the material down. Thats why you should be careful which tyre detailing products you use as they need to be firenly to the UV protective layer manufacturers apply. I could be wrong...
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