worth keeping OEM tires?

[Osiris]

That's right...13 year old OEM tires...lol

The car I bought has them. They're in near perfect condition. I assume the original owner took these off pretty quickly after buying them and had them shrink-wrapped. I'm swapping the tires off today for something newer (lol).

Question is, are these worth keeping? I could always wrap them back up and store them. Just thinking about original equipment and all that....Goodyear doesn't make these anymore...

Thoughts?

 

[03 DSG Snake]

Nope.

 

[01yellercobra]

If you have room I'd wrap them and store them. Never know who might want/need them in the future for a restoration.

Just think of all the guys that threw away the stock manifolds on the Pontiac HO engines. Bet they're kicking themselves now.

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[NY03SonicConv.]

Some guys do hang on to them because of the date code. I guess someday a Terminator with the correct tires will be worth more. I don't think I'll be around to see that, so I chucked mine with 7,800 miles last year.

 

[Osiris]

Guess all it costs me is attic space, lol...So I'll hang on to them for a little while. If they were halfway melted off, I'd just ditch 'em, but they really look like they haven't seen many miles. I was wondering how the guy kept the OEM wheels looking so amazing after so long, guess now I know.

 

[modclassic]

Guess all it costs me is attic space, lol...So I'll hang on to them for a little while. If they were halfway melted off, I'd just ditch 'em, but they really look like they haven't seen many miles. I was wondering how the guy kept the OEM wheels looking so amazing after so long, guess now I know.

Hi do you still have these tires? Are they dry rotted at all? Where are you located? I will PM you my info.

 

[Osiris]

Hi do you still have these tires? Are they dry rotted at all? Where are you located? I will PM you my info.

Yes. I kept them. Not at all, in fact when I got the car I thought the tires were new until I checked the date. I put maybe 400 miles on the car before replacing them.

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[Osiris]

Located in OKC...sorry

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[Iamchris]

I'm not sure why anyone would want rubber that isnt good anymore. There is a shelf life on them.

 

[Osiris]

I'm not sure why anyone would want rubber that isnt good anymore. There is a shelf life on them.

Which is why I replaced them. But they're in teriffic shape, so good in fact I really didn't even think I needed to question their age. It wasn't until I started looking for replacement Goodyears for a staggered set of wheels I have that I realized these weren't made anymore and thought to look on the sidewall for the date of these

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[Osiris]

Some close ups...

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[PaxtonShelby]

I'm not sure why anyone would want rubber that isnt good anymore. There is a shelf life on them.

I’d definitely keep them in a manner that will preserve them. Here’s why..

Original Blue-dot Goodyears that came on ‘65 Shelby’s...go for over $2k EACH with bad tread. Find a mint one and double that number. And that was 5-10 years ago. Of course it isn’t likely that your tires will ever be worth THAT much...but the point is that someday...when people are actually restoring these cars to a high level...someone WILL want them. Be sure to confirm these are date coded to a date prior to the build date of your car.

 

[Osiris]

I’d definitely keep them in a manner that will preserve them. Here’s why..

Original Blue-dot Goodyears that came on ‘65 Shelby’s...go for over $2k EACH with bad tread. Find a mint one and double that number. And that was 5-10 years ago. Of course it isn’t likely that your tires will ever be worth THAT much...but the point is that someday...when people are actually restoring these cars to a high level...someone WILL want them. Be sure to confirm these are date coded to a date prior to the build date of your car.

Nice! Lol

My car was built in January of 2004, IIRC

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