Run 'em or Don't run 'em? >15 yr old tires!?!!

[HiTempguy1]

Originally posted by Sugarphreak
Serious question.... has anybody ever actually had a blow out on a passenger car? Because I've actually never heard of that happening to anybody I know, ever.

And this is coming from somebody who used to buy tires from the junkyard for $20, then pay another 5$ for mounting with no balancing at all, and run them until they bubbled out between the cords

Really if I bought a car as a casual DD and it had 15 year old tires, so long as they were not cracked, I'd just run them without even worrying about it.

Originally posted by Sugarphreak


I find tires are usually designed with pretty high safety factors... I've driven home on corded tires a few times from Fort McLeod and Red Deer, haha

All of this. The liability for tires is so high (relatively speaking) that they can't be crap. I have never blown a truck or car tire at highway speeds, in order to have an honest-to-god blowout versus the tire just going flat and shredding itself, you REALLY have to work at it.

[ZeeBass]

Made it the 600km without any issues. A couple of surprises though - truck is a 1998 not a 2000 and it has under 60,000km on it. Now the fun begins - will get it into the garage this weekend and see what I'm working with. Thanks for all of the comments.

[ExtraSlow]

Zee, you should start a build thread and post some pics.

[ZeeBass]

Will try and get some pics this weekend. Not much of a build - just gonna get it cleaned up, get it through an OOPI, correct the stance with some 2-inch drop coil springs, some 1 or 2-inch lowering blocks in the rear (don't wanna go very low as this is gonna be my winter vehicle), install winter tires likely on some old school steelies, get the front bumper painted, and just drive it.