Bob;
Unfortunately, many of these older 'trophy' tires are unsafe. Last year,
ABC News
did a 20/20 investigation revealing that tires more than six years old
should be
thrown away (recycled) as they have started to dry out, become less
elastic, and
could have their tread separate at any time. Doesn't matter how much
tread is
left or how many miles are on them.....
See http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4826897
My Yokohama Avid Touring tires are date code 4302 (43rd week of 2002) and
are almost seven years old. They only have about 5,000 miles on them and
LOOK
great but it's time to buy a new set. Far cheaper than replacing my car
and/or
risking my life... Let the buyer beware....
Dave
'74-Six
robert fabie wrote:
>Jim:
>I have a set that I bought about 6 years ago. You can have the "red-lines"
>vulcanized to most any tire they carry. They also give you the option of
>having the usual lettering on the outside of the tire removed during the
>vulcanization process to create a clean look and enhance the appearance of
>the red lines. That's what I did. The tires still look new. Very happy with
>them.
>Bob
>
>On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Jim Jones <jimjcmo@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>>Has anyone had experience with redline tires from Diamondback Tires? Is the
>>quality of the redline application good?
>>
>>Jim
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