Check your tire dates!!

[ryanchevelle]

Had a blowout on one of mine while just sitting in the garage. Turns out the tires were from at best 1992. Took almost 9 months for the back ordered tires to arrive but that’s another story entirely.

[plumL78]

how ironic is this.in my earlier post i was saying how i almost didn't get home . Well just saturday i too the car out for a saturday night cruze. As i pulled out on the road i got that same familiar wobble. well one of the TA radials in the rear took a crap. Lucky i just started out and only got a few hundred feet and turned around. So it seems like around 20 years is max on TA radials. Like the post says check your dates. I feel lucky as no damage both times

[Formula455SD]

Seems the majority of the tires that are coming apart are BFG Radial T/A's.

I used to be a big fan of BFG T/A's. Last 2 sets I bought were off brand.

[Big Block Bill]

It's NOT just T/A's. Everyone I have met in this disease I call collecting and restoring Muscle Cars are as guilty of not being realistic with tire life. We will spend STUPID Money to get and install the perfect PCV hose, but forget completely about the age of the tires our Pride and Joy is sitting on. If you're going to drive it, and its over 7-10 years old, throw it away (Besides, Rusty needs the Money!

Unless of course you are showing a car for judging and you need the points. I have been there, and done that for sure. When I was actively showing my Corvettes I was a Hoarder of NOS tires, but I never drove on them except on and off the Judging field, repairing original fiber glass is too expensive, an it also diminishes the originality 10 fold. I will get off my Soap Box now and have a Bourbon , it is Sunday night after all. Bill

[Lynn]

Doing some work on the 04 Denali today. Don't have to worry about the tires on the ground, as I just put 4 Michelins on it.

Thought I would check the spare. I have an extra tire that is only 3 years old with 10/32 tread that I saved just for this purpose. I believe this is the original spare. I could not find the date code, as it is so nasty dirty from sitting up under the vehicle for 19 years. Once I saw this crack, I didn't even worry about finding a date code.

That bad part? The spare is a 16 inch instead of 17 like the rest of the vehicle. Given the price of tires, I just made an offer on a single 17 inch wheel that matches my other ones.

[dustinm]

Well, a relative came over yesterday to see a couple Chevelles I picked up. I moved my tool box to show the 70(barnfind hadnt moved from its spot in 30 years) and behind it was a blown out tire. Now when I drug that car out of its resting spot of 30+ years, that particular tire was the only one that still had air in it... Really its not surprising, just ironic how this thread is started and then I find one....

BTW it was an old Firestone... I think were seeing a lot of BFGs in this thread because they are the most popular tire.

[black69]

I wonder if this applies anymore. I try to keep the tire rotation on one side, and now wonder if the new tires support the x rotation pattern, or maybe do people not keep track of how this is done at the repair shop if they dont do it themselves. Maybe this keep on the same side rule not longer applies that I use, and if it does, maybe certain vendors designs are not as good as they claim to be. All the tires that have failed for me were on cars I bought and were just old (blew out from long term sitting), but who knows how they were managed before I got them.

[Andy]

I've had two BFG's do this on my 67 Camaro. When it comes time for new tires for my other rides, I think I'm going with a different brand. They should be replaced after they reach a certain age, but with all of the old cars/tire brands I've had, BFG is the only one I've ever had to do this. When it happened to me it felt like I was driving with a concrete block for a tire.

[Pro Stock John]

Seems like tires dry rot faster than they did in the past, anyone else think that? Or am I being anecdotal.

My local friend is very brave, just pumped this old spare to 35 psi. lol

[danachevroletfor1967]

I asked a guy that I know who works at a local tire dealership about tires wearing out now due to age. He said that one reason is because the tire manufacturers don't use as much real rubber in modern tires anymore. To get better mileage and wear and to make the tires stronger they use more "other" ingredients instead of the good, old fashioned rubber from rubber trees. Sounds reasonable to me.