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Tyres: What are those crack marks?

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  • siliconbits
    siliconbits Posts: 389 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    edited 2 March 2016 at 12:26PM
    So an update. Did my MOT this morning. The guy in charge of the test told me that there was at least 12 months left but that I would have had to check the tyres every week for cracks for the white layer underneath. These started to appear on the outer side of the tyre as well. I didn't fail the MOT.

    The tyres got changed a few minutes ago (£90 for a pair from tyresonthedrive, replaced them with Delinte). They were the original ones on the car, from 2007! So no wonder did they fail after 9 years. Also the correct pressure according to the chaps is 32PSI.

    Look for a 4-digit on the wheel to determine the date of production of the tyre. So 4113 = 41st week of 2013
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  • Joe_Horner
    Joe_Horner Posts: 4,895 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    Good advice from the tester, and a good decision to change them anyway at that sort of age - the whole "5 year" thing is a bit OTT but, after nearly a decade, they certainly wouldn't have been at their best.

    Still, interesting to note that, despite popular belief, you hadn't actually fallen off the road with them yet ;)
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