What is an acceptable date code for new Tires?

I dealt with this on a pals 993tt Porsche. He received tires with date codes well past that. The distributor told him "sorry, that is all we have" and he used them.

I know that referring to date codes has become quite popular, but in reality I think some leeway may be acceptable on a tire that has not been mounted or has even seen the light of day since production.

 

I thought the rule of thumb was no more than 3 years old? so you have a year to burn through them, get moving

 

I say cancel the order and order your own. Tires are very important on these cars and not worth the risk.... Also probably not worth what the deal will charge u

 

2 years for street tires is unacceptable.

Tires start aging as soon as they are made. Tires are not supposed to be used when they are 5 years old or older.

I had an accident years ago, when I installed a perfect unused brand new tire 7 years old, tire exploded on a highway, car flipped, car totaled, fortunately my passenger and myself were fine with no injuries.

I have learned plenty about tires running SCCA Solo events for almost 10 years.

Return them and get something else.

 

I thought most manufacturers recommend 6 or 7 years - your old tires lasted four years so if you put 2 year old tires on now they will probably be worn out at 6 years old

Thinking about it you're might be unlikely to get any Potenzas with a 2011 date code due to the Tsunami in other words your only choice could well be four new tires of another brand

 

I lately needed 4 tires... i was faced with the same problem... I prefered less than a year old Hankook Evo 12 over other brands that either were old or did not match front and rear... They are half price by the way !

I recommend not to install the 3 year old Potenzas because tire rubber gets old and hard... 3 years are too much in my opinion. So unless you are getting an exceptional discount >50%) + you drive daily and slowly, i recommend getting other tires.

On another note, and to be honest, i had changed my tires 2 times so far with 35000 miles on my car that i drove myself. Nothing matches the Pirelli i had on initially, and now I like the Hankook ten times better than the Bridgestone... so i am biases somewhat against Bridgestone to start with.

Best