Red5

A buddy of mine has a pair of 335s, they are brand new, but they are from 2004. Are these going to perform as well as new ones?

Sidney004

I have used old 710's(4 years old at the time) before and chemically treated them with Formula V Tire compound(http://www.pegasusautoracing.com/pro...p?Product=3340) to soften the rubber. A lot depends on how well they were stored and Kumho rubber ages much better than some of the others(never buy old Goodyear or Michelin slicks, they have to be fresh or they are junk) but you need to look for any rubber cracking on the thread or sidewall(better seen when inflated) and whether they hold pressure when inflated; if you see any cracks or loss of pressure they are junk. Regardless, they are probably not worth more than $50 a tire.

bobmoore2

No. But they might be pretty close to new tires.

Depends on how they were stored for the last 6 years. They could have been in a tire dealer's warehouse for a year or two, and that kind of storage has almost no effect on a tire. Then they were stored by your buddy somewhere somehow. If he kept them wrapped in something like a Hefty bag inside a climate controlled room/garage, then they should still be like almost new. If he left them outside in a sunny spot, then they could have dried out so much that they will never be very sticky on the track.

I used a couple old V710s (a 2004 and a 2006) on my car a few months ago, and they still were pretty good for HPDE use. I wouldn't try to win a race with them though, because they could be several tenths of a second slower than newer tires.

I would pay your buddy $100, maybe $125, a piece for them. Then I would use them for practice tires, not for any racing requiring the best possible lap times.

rustyguns

NO

L98Terror

I've been told three years at the time I just got a "new" set of Hankooks that were over 2 years old (I did win TTA National Championship on those 2 years old "new" hankooks) so they couldn't have been that bad.