Goodyear date code ?

[CH.CRAFT]

Originally Posted by fed 387

you will need to know the d code number on the tire, the size, and that number letter code when you talk to gyear---they no longer use a date code like years past---the new way of coding tires has the "code" you found and will tell you the number of tires produced in that batch,the date of manufacture, construction and compound characteristics of that batch of tires etc---you can no longer tell the production date of a g'year race tire by a date code as in years past they went away from that more than 2 years ago---make sure you have that info handy when you talk to the gyear race tire guy---that is the only way to tell any dates etc

you are exactly right ! Carter-maxwell said they did not know how to read the code and gave me the number to an engineer, (chad), who retuned my call and stated that you can not read the new code. He further stated that "they stopped the old numerical codes to stop teams from picking through tires to get the newest dated tires". He told me that my slicks were made "in the middle of april 2011". Super secret squirrel crap !

[FED 387]

Call Competion west in Michigan their guys "seem" to be a little more knowledgeable when it comes to the "sportsman" tires--not saying that your guy is not but its worth a call- FED387

[CH.CRAFT]

Originally Posted by fed 387

call competion west in michigan their guys "seem" to be a little more knowledgeable when it comes to the "sportsman" tires--not saying that your guy is not but its worth a call- fed387

i will contact them, thanks.