How old is this tire?

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This tire was the spare for my Dart when I bought it in 1993. Just wondering how old it is, it is a Toyo "E-31" bias ply, size 155-13/6.15-13. the code in the oval is W53379. No I don't plan on running it, just curious. What does one do with such a tire that has never seen a mile? It is too nice to throw away but too old to use. I am thinking about cleaning it up good, and finding a tire display stand and using it for garage decoration.
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Aaron
 
Need to know the 3 or 4 digit number at the end of the DOT on the tire. It will look like it was cast in the tire casing. What ever it says if it is 25 years old it is no good!
 
Would have been a 3 digit code, if the code in the oval is w53379 then the last three, 379, means the 37th week of the 9th year. They didn't plan on the tire being around more than a decade. If that's the code and it was on a car in '93, that would mean '89. Info here Determining the Age of a Tire

Point is pretty much moot, if it's over 10 years old you shouldn't run it.
 
I for the most part will not run a tire that is over 5 years old! Where this information is very nice to have is when you see a nice set of ralley wheels and very nice tires at a swap meet for a fair price. Then you discover the tire code says they are 8 years!
 
Most of the manufacturer recommendations run between 6 and 10 years, depending on the manufacturer. I won't run anything older than 10 years based solely on age, but tires newer than that can get dry checking and once that shows up they're junk regardless of how old they are.

So up to ten years I go off condition, after that they're junk regardless of condition, no matter how good they look. But that's for tires I know most of the history on. I wouldn't buy any tires 2nd hand that are older than 5 years.
 
SGBARRACUDA said:
Need to know the 3 or 4 digit number at the end of the DOT on the tire. It will look like it was cast in the tire casing. What ever it says if it is 25 years old it is no good!
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DOT CXE6. Plan on using it for garage art, put one of my 13 inch hubcaps on it and stand it in the corner.
 
Would it have been so difficult to put the date on the tire like this 10/05/79 or 100579? Maybe its like the old "secret" codes that used to be put on milk and other perishables that us consumers could not figure out.
 
That great. you buy some MT steamroller tires for your open wheel T-bucket that gets 6 rides a year and after 60 rides, you end up with $900 worth of 500 mile 'junk' tires that still have the nibs on them. Makes you wanna buy some used NASCAR tires to run...
 
pishta said:
That great. you buy some MT steamroller tires for your open wheel T-bucket that gets 6 rides a year and after 60 rides, you end up with $900 worth of 500 mile 'junk' tires that still have the nibs on them. Makes you wanna buy some used NASCAR tires to run...
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Rubber doesn't last forever, just the way it goes. Put more miles on your T-bucket or burn more tread off your tires when you drive it, problem solved. :D Beats the crap out of ending up on your lid because you blew out one of those old steamrollers 'cause of dry rot.
 
Around here I have seen t-buckets using Hoosier Dirt Boss tires, or similar dirt track racing tires. Not sure if they are DOT legal, or how long they last on pavement, but I think they run right around $100 a tire.
 
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