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ppad



Member Since: 16 Nov 2012
Location: now, UK S Coast
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United Kingdom 2005 Defender 90 Td5 HT Caledonian Blue
Tyre age
There's a thread running in general section on swapping out tyres for age reasons.
I'm extending this to tyre age / identification and putting it here, if you tyre experts can help.

It's often said that tyre age / year of manufacture is on the sidewall and BFG have a DOT (date of manufacture) code

Well, this is what I've got. I bought the truck with these tyres 6 yr ago so have no purchase info.



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We can assume they are genuine .. so what does DOT: BFG OR UH 21 mean as an age !! Rolling Eyes Sold the much modified 110 2.8, in Oz
Brought the 90 home from Switzerland ...
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Retroanaconda



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See if there’s another DOT code on the other side. Tyres made since 2000 have a 4-digit numerical code at the end of the DOT sequence which denoted the week and year of manufacturer. So 1209 would be week 12 of 2009.

Tyres made before 2000 have a 3-digit code which denotes the same but with a single digit for the year.
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United Kingdom 2015 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Aintree Green
My BFGs have the date code only on the side with the white lettering.
Took me ages to find it, as they're fitted correctly white on the inside.
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spudfan



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Location: Co Donegal
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The age is listed in a four digit number i.e. 4516. This means it was manufactured in the 45th week of 2016.
It will be big so it is easily found. Over here you get an advisory notice at the annual road worthiness test when your tyre reaches six years of age. So when I am getting new tyres I always get new ones ordered in and not stock that has been lying in stock.
If you want a photo of the age number I'll put one up.
Here is a Dunlop tyre tyre the manufacturing date is clearing visible as 2614 after the word "pair". This means it was manufactured in the 26th week of 2014.
https://www.dunlop.eu/en_gb/consumer/learn...kings.html 1982 88" 2.25 diesel
1992 110 200tdi csw -Zikali
2008 110 2.4 tdci csw-Zulu
2011 110 2.4 tdci csw-Masai
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