Determining Tire Age

46th week of a pre-2000 ending in 7 year.

Possibly
1997
1987
1977
etc

On that first tire I would exclude the decade 90-99 because at that time it was already mandatory for all tire manufacturers globally, to use the 3 digits, plus the triangle to differentiate the 90's from the 80's. Manufacturing date code then would have been (487<)

As for being safe... well, maybe in a museum, filled with foam...? .
Seriously, I would never run a tire older than 10 years on a steer axle. Put them on the inside, rear axles, only.



G.

The 1965 dated jeep tires I posted about at the beginning of this post are still on my 1943 WWII jeep. I put them on in the mid 1990s. They still look great.
One of the few, Frank USMC RET.

in my experience, old school tires fair better than the new ones. Not saying I would hit the interstate with some.

(I would never run a tire older than 10 years on a steer axle. Put them on the inside, rear axles, only.)

I agree with the steer axle but on my deuce they go on the outside dual. The odds of a 9x20 coming apart is slim but if they do I don't want them anywhere near the brake lines.

Strange considering I thought both of those Titan tires were the newest of the batch, I guess I'll run all the 1999/2000 ones on the back, get rid of the armstrongs from 1989 and buy two new fronts from Coker... Unless anyone knows where to get them less than $320 apiece

Thanks to this thread I now know 5 of my xzl tires were made in 2011 and 1 in 2008.