OK .how do I prevent tire drying .do I need to send it back to manufacturer so they can whatever do they usually do to make rubber plyable or there is no solution?tire is brand new but it's cracking like a 200 year old sage
I meant almost no millage.only thing it face damage wise is the sun.they have two years .it isn't a defect it's just that I don't know how to prevent sun from drying my tire to nothingness
Originally Posted By: Miller88
This is the norm for Michelin tires
Girlfriends Civic has Michelin Harmonys on it, they are dry rotted mostly around the bead as well. The tires ride great and grip fine but are pretty rotted. No leaks yet.. I think we'll replace them after this season despite having lots of tread left..
Originally Posted By: Bandito440
How old is the tire? There's likely a manufactured date stamped on it. We need a photo to make judgement.
The date is actually in the picture he posted of the weather checking. Its showing the 49th week of 2008, so regardless of purchase date, the tire is 8 years old.
Tires also crack from not being driven very much. Something about the wax or something in the tire coming out. CapriRacer will probably let us know here.
Originally Posted By: surfstar
Originally Posted By: yvon_la
The picture I supplied is just an example .it isn't what's on the car. But two years ago they looked perfect.
That's because two year old tires were brand new two years ago!
I definitely looked 2 years younger 2 years ago too.
We definitely need the DOT code, maybe they were 3 year old NOS at time of purchase, and are now 5 years old?