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[T3] Tire Date Code
- Subject: [T3] Tire Date Code
- From: jadney at vwtype3.org (Jim Adney)
- Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:08:26 -0600
- In-reply-to: <CAN8eaV9xj-CkSBeC=4f18vdKgzD=73rp3kqt9Vci7rJyAzJeLA@mail.gmail.com>
- References: <CAN8eaV9xj-CkSBeC=4f18vdKgzD=73rp3kqt9Vci7rJyAzJeLA@mail.gmail.com>
On 5 Feb 2012 at 13:11, Gary Forsmo wrote:
> Jim A. wrote:
> Also, the date marking on tires just has the last digit of the year,
> so an 8 there could mean '78, '88, or '98, or did this get changed in
> the last few years?
>
> Yep Jim, changed.
>
> Since 1/1/2000 tires have a 4 digit code. Ala 4600. That tire was
> produced in the 46th week of 2000. A newer tire that has a code 0112 was
> manufactured in week 1 of 2012. This system is meant to identify tire age
> for 100 years.
Okay, that's what I was afraid of. I don't think any of my Type 3s
have tires with 4 digit date codes....
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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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