Tianming Zhang

Hi Everyone,

I am about to take delivery of a 2019 911 and I found it has 2017 tires. The production data of this car is early 2019. Is it normal to have mid 2017 tires on it? If not, what should I do?

Thank you so much guys.

LexVan

What week are the tires for 2017? And tires are produced in large campaigns.

Your car was made in 2018.

Tianming Zhang

Really? The car arrived at the dealer May 2019 or April 2019. I think the DOT of tires are either 1116 or 1117. I cant quite remember, I have to go tomorrow and check again.

PCA1983

My 2017 was built in June 2016 and I believe it has tires built in 2015. Aging of tire rubber is a function of temperature and time, plus number of high temperature heats, if you are a track rat.
Unless you park outside every day in dessert heat and drive only a few miles, you shouldn't worry that much. Spending on how you drive it, it's unlikely the rears will last more than 6000-10,000 miles and fronts more than 12,000-15,000 miles, unless you drive it like a slow Greenie drives a Prius.

subwoofer

FWIW, when I bought a set of winter wheels and tires from the dealer (ordered from the factory ) they were already 18 months old. If Porsche has tires that are less than 2 years old, they will use them on an ordered car. What my dealer told me.

Tianming Zhang

Thanks! But how do I know if the dealer replaced my new tires with old tires to make more profit?

Tianming Zhang

Thanks! But how do I know if the dealer replaced my new tires with old/used tires to make more profit?

Bob Z.

No, they have much easier ways to take our money.

Jack F

So you are asking if the dealer took delivery of your car with fairly recent production tires, then took those tires off the wheels, did the same with an older car, then mounted the old tires on your car and rebalanced everything? Are there any marks that show where previous wheel weights were? How would the dealer be making money on this?

LexVan

Your tires are fine.

DBH

There's no $$ to be made swapping tires. Make sure you've got the dates right. Car manufacture date is on the door jam and is month and year. Tire manufacture date is on the sidewall and is week and year. For instance my model year 2018 911.2 was build during 10/17 (October 2017) while the tires were made 3717 (week of September 10-16 2017).

LexVan

The good news, is all the mild release is gone. So, giddy-up.

SKM

Common to have old dates especially with Michelins. Even from Tire Rack.

koven

is it possible to order michelins w/ the most recent production date possible or is it a lottery?

Bob Z.

No, one cannot even specify Michelins or Pirellis let alone the production date.