by Zee
(Waipahu, HI, USA)
Recently a TV story was broadcast about the "real-age of tires".
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Editorial Comment:
It may be these tires are completely legitimate.
Many tire manufacturers put the DOT code on both sides of the tire with the date part only on one side. So, check both sides of your tire before suspecting that there is something wrong.
I have seen cases of tire fraud, for example, tires which were rejected from a tire factory for poor quality which were cut in half in the center of the tread and vulcanized back together. In these cases there was NO DOT code on either side, which was what raised the suspicion in the first place. After the tires were inspected in a lab it was discovered that the cords and steel belting were both cut and the tires had virtually no internal reinforcement.
TG