carcommander

I am thinking about putting my 17's back on my car. The tires are S02 pole's in new condition except they are 6 years old. The tires have been properly stored in cool dark place and are not cracked or damaged. Would you run them or throw them away.

I have 18" kinesis K58's on the car now and have decided to go back to the stock look and sell the wheels.

mike cap

CC,

You said the tires are "as new" and if stored as you did, I would not hesitate to put them on the car. They would suffer while stored if exposed to heat and UV. Not the case with your tires. I have 18" Bridgestone SO2's on my car and like them a lot.

nile13

Well, it depends. Mostly it depends on how hard they are (I was about to say "how many heat cycles they have, but they are street tires ). If you have a durometer, you can measure them against new tires and determine that. If not, just feel them with your fingers. If tread doesn't feel hard, if you can easily put your fingernails into it, they should be OK.

ceboyd

I think a lot depends on where you live and how they were stored...

Ideally, they should be stored in airtight bags... so that air exposure doesn't cause premature wear out...

TireRack told me shelf life is 3-4 years max even in proper storage conditions.


I think if there isn't visible dry rot, soft to the nail test and you don't plan on doing DE's or autocross events on them, then you are probably fine. Heck, my dad had the same tires for 14 years on his vw microbus LOL (except he paid the price of 2 blowouts within 10 minutes on the way back from a Florida to chicago trip)..... they were, however, dry rotted to the max!!!

ruffy

Carcommander,
*fingers crossed* First dibs?

You have a pm re: the wheels for sale