993 CUP 2 WHEELS FOR SALE
07-09-2017, 08:21 PM
#1
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993 CUP 2 WHEELS FOR SALE
993 CUP 2's REMOVED FROM 97 NB COUPE AT 17600 MILES
ORIGINAL FINISH, EXCELLENT CONDITION
MOUNTED ON SET OF PILOT SPORTS WITH 30% TREAD LEFT
ORIGINAL FINISH, EXCELLENT CONDITION
MOUNTED ON SET OF PILOT SPORTS WITH 30% TREAD LEFT
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07-10-2017, 02:17 AM
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Burning Brakes
It surprises and disappoints how little mention and general knowledge exist regrading tires' dates of manufacture. Many drive on older, unsafe tires- because there's plenty of tread and they look good, endangering themselves and other vehicles.
A recent Consumer Reports lengthy article on tires, overall good data, once again made no mention of how to decode that date on the sidewall, and when to discard older rubber despite its 'good' appearance.
A recent Consumer Reports lengthy article on tires, overall good data, once again made no mention of how to decode that date on the sidewall, and when to discard older rubber despite its 'good' appearance.
07-10-2017, 08:55 AM
#9
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It surprises and disappoints how little mention and general knowledge exist regrading tires' dates of manufacture. Many drive on older, unsafe tires- because there's plenty of tread and they look good, endangering themselves and other vehicles.
A recent Consumer Reports lengthy article on tires, overall good data, once again made no mention of how to decode that date on the sidewall, and when to discard older rubber despite its 'good' appearance.
A recent Consumer Reports lengthy article on tires, overall good data, once again made no mention of how to decode that date on the sidewall, and when to discard older rubber despite its 'good' appearance.
BTW the Carrera GT accident killing the actor Paul Walker was said to be a result of driving fast on old tires.
Yes the factory used to mount the weights on the outside and inside. Not done by most shops anymore.
07-10-2017, 06:39 PM
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Where are they located?
07-10-2017, 06:58 PM
#12
Pro
The code on the side of the tire is pretty simple to decode. If it says (3214) it means it was manufactured in the 32nd week of 2014. Same as (0507) would mean the 5th week in 2007 Porsche recommends discarding tires after 6 years from date of manufacture. I would not risk driving on old tires no matter how much tread is left. I usually replace my tires with as much as 75% of the tread left on some cars. I just don't drive them enough to wear them out before they start to dry rot or worse the belts separate. You can feel it in the tires they get kind of squirrely in a straight line. I had a set on my turbo I replaced that were on the car for 7 years but only used them to go to and from shows at the time had the remounted on a set of wheels for winter storage and I ended up with bubbles in the sidewalls from the rubber being old.
BTW the Carrera GT accident killing the actor Paul Walker was said to be a result of driving fast on old tires.
Yes the factory used to mount the weights on the outside and inside. Not done by most shops anymore.
BTW the Carrera GT accident killing the actor Paul Walker was said to be a result of driving fast on old tires.
Yes the factory used to mount the weights on the outside and inside. Not done by most shops anymore.
07-10-2017, 07:29 PM
#13
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That isn't a bad price I don't follow the CupII's as much but I recently have unloaded a couple of pristine sets of CupI's for $3250 and $3750 a set with center caps no tires.