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old tyres - ok or not?

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was reading through some of the tyre threads today and saw a post from dinkus saying that rubber that has sat around for a while will be well past it..

 

picked up some wheels recently that have not been used for 2-3 years but have good tread on their BF Goodrich Profiler Gs. will these be on their way out now or will i still get some decent use out of them?

 

cheers :)

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I think it depends, but if they've been out in the elements (sun then rain and cold etc...) then might not be very good to use...

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Was a car sat on them?

 

With the tyres deflated prod the sidewalls to try to find any hard areas.

 

If in doubt, replace with new. the last thing you want is the tyres to delaminate when you're hooning down the motorway...

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Speaking from personal experience I wouldn't use them. I had 2 tyres sitting in my garage on alloys that were only 2 months old before sitting for a couple of years. The rubber had hardened and made for some scary back end out action at very low speeds.

 

2 new tyres solved that little problem.

 

HTH

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