I received my two new Winterforce tires last week. The date code on them is from late 2011. The Winterforce tires I bought in late 2011 were from 2010.
I'm not sure how I feel about this.
The good news is - they are from a different batch, so I hope the issue with the bad belts has been resolved by the time the "new" batch was in production.
Also, looking at the wear on the two "bad" tires, I didn't inflate them enough. I ran them at 32PSI ... and the outside of the tires were significantly more worn than the middle. Interesting.
They are snow tires going on a 4 wheel independent suspension car, so they won't be around long enough to be considered unsafe.
I'm not sure how I feel about this.
The good news is - they are from a different batch, so I hope the issue with the bad belts has been resolved by the time the "new" batch was in production.
Also, looking at the wear on the two "bad" tires, I didn't inflate them enough. I ran them at 32PSI ... and the outside of the tires were significantly more worn than the middle. Interesting.
They are snow tires going on a 4 wheel independent suspension car, so they won't be around long enough to be considered unsafe.