tire has no date code? and cracking
07-06-2017, 07:38 PM
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tire has no date code? and cracking
Maybe I'm missing something, but this tire has no date code. Unless that barcode thing is encoded with the date? I know it needs to be replaced but curious how old it is.
07-07-2017, 10:08 AM
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all tires have DOT code for it. the crack on them appears to be normal unfortunately caused by Ozone rubber rots. I have brand new Michelin tires after two months I noticed the sidewalls of my tires are cracking look like it was going to separate so I took it back to discount tires and asked for replacement, and it cracked again two months later, that was caused by ozone rots. Seem like certain brands of tires do not hold up well, like I had Kumhos they held up very well, seem like Discount tires do not carry Kumhos anymore.