Great tips, Milan! What I usually do is instead of removing center caps I write the position of the wheel on their back sides (front right, rear left etc.) and when the time comes to mount them back I just swap them and thus rotating the wheels. Obviously, it only works for square setups, but still
1) Clean tires and wheel 2) Dont use tire shine products 3) Dont store tires on vehicle 4) Over inflate to tire max if on vehicle, empty if not 5) Keep away from sunlight and weather 6) Store white walls facing together 7) Keep tires away from electrical equipment to reduce exposure to ozone 8) Inspect before reinstallation
Smart tips, great speaking pace. Started to watch 2 different tire tip/storage videos but a whole lot of babbling about really nothing and wasted words stating zero interest so only watched for a few minutes. Yours is far superior with quick paced valuable info.
Good tips and general way of storing tires. I would like to mentions one thing. After cleaning the rubber with tire cleaner, simply wash with pure water again to remove the residual chemicals. Mine dried up considerably more over winter when I forgot it once
Well, yes but easier said than done, huh? Depending on where we live(temp.extremes for me😤) because i live in the rust belt, and my daily drivers, Focus and Edge have winter studded tires for the Focus front and rear, because front wheel drive is just not enough!🤬, and aggressive big(enough) grippy lugged tires for my all-wheel drive Edge. Both are highway rated D.O.T. approved but of course i have all season tires for spring, summer, and fall that came with the vehicles. So i store my tires off season in plastic bags in my non-temperature controlled garage, they're out of the weather, u.v.rays, etc., 03 trioxygen, but i'm not going heat my garage unless i have to work on something, or air condition it. I just wish there was some kind of preservative that i could apply to help a little, 'ya know? 🤔🤨🙁🥶🌨🥵🏜👍
Dude. I've been subbed since early mods to the accord, and I just got wheels that are mounted and didn't know how to store them and your video popped up! I really appreciate it! Also, I didn't know why I kept needing an alignment after storing my bare tires! Now I know... lol
This is all great. Now I just need a heated garage that is big enough to store the tires, our cars, bikes, gardening stuff, tools, and all of the other stuff in the garage. Unfortunately, garages are rarely that large up here, near Canada. Unless you have a very large house.
i have purchased one adv motorcycle. runs a tubed 60-40 road biased tyre compund. however now i have the urge to purchase one rear rim and buy an offroad rear tyre to take my bike in muddy trails. the problem is i use the same bike mostly on highways. so i have to do this occasional swap. maybe six times a year for three days or so at a stretch when i do trails. these offroad tyres are block pattern and soft compound. they wear out after six thousand kilometres if u use them on highways. i live in a humid climate where temperatures run 43 celcius in summers. and its very humid during pre and post monsoon. is there any thing other than what you have mentioned that i should keep in mind?
Don't lower the pressure in your tyres! Tyres aren't sentient, they don't need to relax. Changing the pressure in the tyres causes a lot more stress and fatigue than keeping them at a constant pressure, about 3 times as much! Leaving a car on jackstands is a good idea, but not like you did with the Mini. Again: constant stress is better than "relaxing", put the jackstands under a strong part of the suspension arms as close as possible to the wheels, keeping the suspension under tension as if the car would sit on its wheels.
Good too know I have like 8 continental tires with like 80% tred outside summer and all season tire set for my saab ....How do I fix a small dent in the rim where the lip touches the wheel their aluminum casted small bits of curb rash around it
My family has always stored our tires under our patio with plastic bags, and they have gotten exposed to crazy cold canadian winter temperatures. Nothing has happened ever. Our large truck that stays parked 7 months per year also gets no flat spots on its tires Seriously they are just tires meant for all kinds of weather and temperature what makes them so fragile after dismounting them lol
milanmastracci Yea stupid amount of snow in my area and we live in the county lol. Snow drifts left and right haha! Running some all-season performance tires and they help me slide like an idiot lol
If I have aftermarket wheels/tires that are a different size than factory. Will it change how much psi it should have compared to the psi the factory recommends for its stock tires
Great video. My question is more about mags and wheels for winter storage. I have found that especially the REAR side of the mag that is unfinished like at the hub or other non finished areas tends to corrode and sometimes affect the front finish. I’m wondering what I can do to protect it especially in storage. I was thinking beeswax or something non-solvent based? I store my wheels in bags and stack them vertically but on some wheels and some mags I have seen corrosion damage. Thanks for your help. Subscribed.
Hey Steve! My biggest advice to you is giving the wheels a thorough cleaning prior to storing them, in addition, ensure they are dry before you put them away in bags. The bags have the possibility to hold the moisture in there and will actually expedite the corrosion on the bare aluminum. I hope this makes sense 👍
Great video milan i have a question my dad has a blazer and it sit's outside most of the time in cold and hot weather i noticed the front tires are starting to crack above the around the edges of the side walls how can i prolong the life of the tire ? I'm thinking of getting him a new set of tires for his birthday!
At this point, they're pretty much done. When they begin to crack, they've weathered and have deteriorated. There isn't really anything you can do now unfortunately..
Great video. I have a question. A Subaru BRZ as stock 215/45/R17 and want to upgrade to a bigger tire like 225 or 235 with Enkei RPF1 17 inch wheel. If you run a +35 offset will the face stick out or in and also with a +42 and +45 will it stick in or out. With a 17x7.5 or 17x8 can you run a +35. Sorry for the long answer. Great video btw
It depends what the offset of the stock BRZ wheels is. If the RPF1's are 17x8.5+35, and the stock wheels are a 17x7.5+35, they stick out an additional 12mm outwards, and 12mm inwards. This video should help :) ua-cam.com/video/0WCHHR8Lhes/v-deo.html
So if you went with a 17x9+35, it would extend 38mm's past where the stock outside part of the wheel is, and inside the wheel well, the wheel would be 12mm's closer to the strut.
at least 2 pieces of misinfo here: 1) over inflating can help reduce flat spotting to a certain degree but wont totally prevent it. it is possible but in rare cases some unknowingly over inflate too much and the tire explodes 2) at 6:05, stacking tires on top of each other places the most weight on the bottom tire. simple physics. as u like to use examples, think of a dog pile...and adding those cushioned dividers WILL NOT distribute weight evenly no matter how thick they are other points were ok overall
Sure can buddy!! My car actually handles really nice in the winter. My tires are getting to the end of their life, as next year I'll probably need some new ones
I know it's late to say anything but the car's suspension should be under load especially when stored for long periods of time. Put the jack stands on the suspension
Depends on how cold it gets in the shed. If you can keep them above freezing temperatures, you're good!! But if you have to leave them in the shed, its not going to be the end of the world
Bad recommendation. Putting the car fully on Jacks will put pressure and possibly deform the chassis. Cars are designed to be sitting on the tires and suspension. Better lift the car up and rotate the tires every 2-3 months.
I'd just say most of these tips just don't make any scientific sense at all. Like recommending to deflate the tires, which will definitely put more stress on them, than leaving them inflated - because expansion and contraction is a greater stress, than keeping a static state. Or recommending not to coat the tires, because it supposedly "reacts" with the rubber - when in fact a coating does the opposite: it hinders environment factors from reacting with the tire material. Etc.
7:09 Not trying to put you down, but why do you speak so objectively about this? Are you a mechanical engineer? Well I'm a mechanical engineer, and just knowing about the material properties of tires: nitrile-butadiene, styrene-butadiene, stainless-steel, and polymer fiber matrix, I can tell you that the tires are fine if stored at operating air pressure. The mechanism failure you're trying to refer to is called "creep," which is a time-dependent failure mechanism in which a material will still fail (or permanently deform) even if exposed to a stress below it's yield strength. This is not the case for tires when in normal operation pressures and will not experience permanent deformation because the tires should be engineered to not fail by this mechanism. 9:08 It is true that nitrile butadiene deteriorates when exposed to O3; however, you're over-generalizing motors, akin to fear-mongering. Not "any" mechanical motor; brushed motors generate O3 by sparking. Quality tires contain detergents that protect against UV and O3 which is why they turn brown over time. Sidewalls are the most vulnerable part of the tires so a quality tire dressing, or wax, can provide a protective-like barrier. Thus, 2:27 is misinformation. leaving them next to brushed-DC motor appliances for a season is unlikely to cause any damage out of the ordinary, especially if they have been properly maintained/ dressed, in a well ventilated space, and the fact that those motors aren't producing _that_ much ozone. The UV rays from the sun reacting with the oxygen in our atmosphere is the main cause of ozone and there's no escaping that. 2:38 what does "solvent" based mean? I thought water is a solvent? (In fact, it's the universal solvent). Do you mean petroleum-based? nitrile butadiene is resistant to petroleum; however, styrene-butadiene appear to be weak. It really depends on the quality and condition of the tire. 4:53 true, but _what_ temperatures? nitrile butadiene is generally safe from -30°C/-22°F to +100°C/212°F.
Rubber compound become less flexible with time due to UV/temp change/Ozone/Oxygane/Chemicals... Old tire may be slippery and cause traction problem in colder day, even in summer. Lifespan is estimated around 5years...
but you must know that low life lasting tyres are made that way by design. 5 years is nothing. and its absurd not to use something when its new but 5 years old and never driven. you guys just advocate on behalf of the greedy bastards. so you are not protecting your interests but wallets of fat greedy bastards, you ought a think about that. it is perfectly safe to drive with old but new tyres as long they dont have cracks in them.
but you must know that low life lasting tyres are made that way by design. 5 years is nothing. and its absurd not to use something when its new but 5 years old and never driven. you guys just advocate on behalf of the greedy bastards. so you are not protecting your interests but wallets of fat greedy bastards, you ought a think about that. it is perfectly safe to drive with old but new tyres as long they dont have cracks in them.
Great tips, Milan!
What I usually do is instead of removing center caps I write the position of the wheel on their back sides (front right, rear left etc.) and when the time comes to mount them back I just swap them and thus rotating the wheels. Obviously, it only works for square setups, but still
Thats very good advice!! Thanks Rauf 😊
1) Clean tires and wheel
2) Dont use tire shine products
3) Dont store tires on vehicle
4) Over inflate to tire max if on vehicle, empty if not
5) Keep away from sunlight and weather
6) Store white walls facing together
7) Keep tires away from electrical equipment to reduce exposure to ozone
8) Inspect before reinstallation
Smart tips, great speaking pace. Started to watch 2 different tire tip/storage videos but a whole lot of babbling about really nothing and wasted words stating zero interest so only watched for a few minutes. Yours is far superior with quick paced valuable info.
i wish my girlfriend cared about me the amount you care for your tyres
lol !
Are you licking your plate Clean.
Get a new girlfriend.
Good tips and general way of storing tires. I would like to mentions one thing. After cleaning the rubber with tire cleaner, simply wash with pure water again to remove the residual chemicals. Mine dried up considerably more over winter when I forgot it once
Holy Molly I am so thankful I watched this video..... Just bought $4000 rims and I wanna take care of them properly As I store them in the Winter
Very good video, I was just cleaning my tyres and wheels to store for winter.
Good tips! I have 4 tires and I just order but I won't be installing them until 4 months later so this tip helps.
5:24 If you're cold, they're cold, don't forget to bring your tires inside!
Well, yes but easier said than done, huh?
Depending on where we live(temp.extremes for me😤) because i live in the rust belt, and my daily drivers, Focus and Edge have winter studded tires for the Focus front and rear, because front wheel drive is just not enough!🤬, and aggressive big(enough) grippy lugged tires for my all-wheel drive Edge.
Both are highway rated D.O.T. approved but of course i have all season tires for spring, summer, and fall that came with the vehicles.
So i store my tires off season in plastic bags in my non-temperature controlled garage, they're out of the weather, u.v.rays, etc., 03 trioxygen, but i'm not going heat my garage unless i have to work on something, or air condition it.
I just wish there was some kind of preservative that i could apply to help a little, 'ya know?
🤔🤨🙁🥶🌨🥵🏜👍
Omg video quality is insane!!
Dude. I've been subbed since early mods to the accord, and I just got wheels that are mounted and didn't know how to store them and your video popped up! I really appreciate it! Also, I didn't know why I kept needing an alignment after storing my bare tires! Now I know... lol
You make it seem like the tires have feelings lol jk you always come up with good tips
#blacktiresmatter
milanmastracci 😂😂
milanmastracci did you fast forward to 2020😂
This is all great. Now I just need a heated garage that is big enough to store the tires, our cars, bikes, gardening stuff, tools, and all of the other stuff in the garage. Unfortunately, garages are rarely that large up here, near Canada. Unless you have a very large house.
Bring them in put in closet
Hi Milan my preference is stacking them just like you showed but I wrap them in plastic bags...thanks for the great tips
Very good way to store them!!
Alhamdulillah ...Terima kasih banyak atas informasi yang disampaikan 🙏🏾
Lots of information in this video!
Thanks for the insightful vid, may I ask what product do you use to clean the tires? Currently I’m using a black magic tire cleaner.
I used 2" Polystyrene Insulation underneath the tires when storing the cars in the garage.. Never had an issue
Prepping the tires for hibernation ! 😃
What is happening with the mini
Slow progress!!
How do i store tires if I live in an apaartment??? Suggestions plzzz
How come its okay to stack on top of each other if they have rims mounted to them, but not okay they without the rims?
I watched so many videos regarding this ,your video is really more informative and well explained .🙂👍
Glad it was helpful! Don't forget to share it 👍
i have purchased one adv motorcycle. runs a tubed 60-40 road biased tyre compund. however now i have the urge to purchase one rear rim and buy an offroad rear tyre to take my bike in muddy trails. the problem is i use the same bike mostly on highways. so i have to do this occasional swap. maybe six times a year for three days or so at a stretch when i do trails. these offroad tyres are block pattern and soft compound. they wear out after six thousand kilometres if u use them on highways. i live in a humid climate where temperatures run 43 celcius in summers. and its very humid during pre and post monsoon.
is there any thing other than what you have mentioned that i should keep in mind?
Good knowledge. Thanks for passing it on. Thank you and take care.
Do you recommend using any protective agent / gel to be used on tires before storing them ?
Don't lower the pressure in your tyres!
Tyres aren't sentient, they don't need to relax. Changing the pressure in the tyres causes a lot more stress and fatigue than keeping them at a constant pressure, about 3 times as much!
Leaving a car on jackstands is a good idea, but not like you did with the Mini. Again: constant stress is better than "relaxing", put the jackstands under a strong part of the suspension arms as close as possible to the wheels, keeping the suspension under tension as if the car would sit on its wheels.
Candida, a good tip frm you, I would like to ask, would any1 pay 4 their tyres to be stored for them?
Knowledge is Power. I have more questions about storing tires. Would yog mind helping me out?
What do you do if you live in an apartment with no garage, are there places that can store tyres for you?
You can use 303 protectant as well.
I see many tire shops storing unmounted tires stacked up on their sides and people arent reporting issues once they are sold and mounted.
Good too know I have like 8 continental tires with like 80% tred outside summer and all season tire set for my saab ....How do I fix a small dent in the rim where the lip touches the wheel their aluminum casted small bits of curb rash around it
Great advice. Thanks
How to wrap store tires on steel rims outside? Can you show us how to wrap them and provide your awesome advice?
What if you do not have a controlled environment or proper storage besides outdoor shed?
Awesome video ever 😍 continue to make more videos like this one
Thanks for the tips bro
Don't matter how much care they get if tires are over 10+ year's and especially 15+ years they need to be replaced!!!
Nice tips! 👍🏽
What would you use to write on them where you took them from (front-left) etc.
Hey bro loving the beard haha
My family has always stored our tires under our patio with plastic bags, and they have gotten exposed to crazy cold canadian winter temperatures. Nothing has happened ever. Our large truck that stays parked 7 months per year also gets no flat spots on its tires Seriously they are just tires meant for all kinds of weather and temperature what makes them so fragile after dismounting them lol
storing tires outside under patio will reduce tire life, specially here in Canadian winters ! isn't it ?
Throw a new set of wheels and tires my way lol! Great Videos man keep them coming
LOL whats your address 😉
milanmastracci Lol I'm only 4 hours away from you (Windsor area) haha! 😂😂😂
Fellow Ontarian.. love the stupid amount of snow we've gotten in the past week
milanmastracci Yea stupid amount of snow in my area and we live in the county lol. Snow drifts left and right haha! Running some all-season performance tires and they help me slide like an idiot lol
milan you need to run spacers for better fitment on the 240
Heavy stuff👌, but I'm in an apartment 😟
This was a really informative vid Milan, thanks 👍👍👍👍
Not a problem 😊
If I have aftermarket wheels/tires that are a different size than factory. Will it change how much psi it should have compared to the psi the factory recommends for its stock tires
Typically no. You should keep it around the same, unless if you are REALLY changing the tire size to something much wider, or much skinnier.
Great video and NICE garage!! 😄😄
Thanks buddy :)
I just put them in the basement lol
Parents won't let me lol They say I already take up all of the garage ahah
milanmastracci fortunately i have a buddy that lets me store them at his place lol cuz im not allowed to either
Maybe it's time to leave your parent's house ...
Didtok Nan why??
GadgetHacks Because thats what you do when you grow up and become an adult.
Isn't it bad for your rubber control arm bushings to store your car on jack stands?
Very useful
When you leave the car jacked up the Springs are stretching out and are still under load
Milan, does this apply to winter tires as well? Like tires with studs in them?
Sure does buddy :)
I have a question to ask. I have a 2004 GMC envoy. What about Truck or SUV tires and rims? Are you on Facebook?
Great video. My question is more about mags and wheels for winter storage. I have found that especially the REAR side of the mag that is unfinished like at the hub or other non finished areas tends to corrode and sometimes affect the front finish. I’m wondering what I can do to protect it especially in storage. I was thinking beeswax or something non-solvent based? I store my wheels in bags and stack them vertically but on some wheels and some mags I have seen corrosion damage. Thanks for your help. Subscribed.
Hey Steve! My biggest advice to you is giving the wheels a thorough cleaning prior to storing them, in addition, ensure they are dry before you put them away in bags. The bags have the possibility to hold the moisture in there and will actually expedite the corrosion on the bare aluminum. I hope this makes sense 👍
@@milanmastracci …thanks very much, greatly appreciated!
You can buy tyre cushions if your going to leave your car parked up
Great video milan i have a question my dad has a blazer and it sit's outside most of the time in cold and hot weather i noticed the front tires are starting to crack above the around the edges of the side walls how can i prolong the life of the tire ? I'm thinking of getting him a new set of tires for his birthday!
At this point, they're pretty much done. When they begin to crack, they've weathered and have deteriorated. There isn't really anything you can do now unfortunately..
milanmastracci " ok " thanks milan just got to save up a little bit more money and buy a set of 4 .thank you milan for you'r help and advice!!.
nice garage bro
give up an update on the golf. how did the wrap go, put a video on how to wrap the car
Hi Milan
Hey buddy!!
Aloha from hawaii
Hey from Canadia 😁
It's been awhile since I checked the channel. I thought you were getting rid of the Accord
Just don't use tires. Everything will hurt the tires.
If max psi is 50 and you only put 40 to 45 psi in the tire its not over inflated.Over inflated is to exceed the tire mfgrs max psi.
@1:01 Is that a bullet hole in your garage door.
Great video. I have a question. A Subaru BRZ as stock 215/45/R17 and want to upgrade to a bigger tire like 225 or 235 with Enkei RPF1 17 inch wheel. If you run a +35 offset will the face stick out or in and also with a +42 and +45 will it stick in or out. With a 17x7.5 or 17x8 can you run a +35. Sorry for the long answer. Great video btw
Harshvir Kamoh wow 215 is tiny
Sir Williams Ikr i dont have a BRZ but i just want to know. Who knows probably will get one when i grow up.
It depends what the offset of the stock BRZ wheels is. If the RPF1's are 17x8.5+35, and the stock wheels are a 17x7.5+35, they stick out an additional 12mm outwards, and 12mm inwards. This video should help :) ua-cam.com/video/0WCHHR8Lhes/v-deo.html
the stock wheel is 17x7 +48
So if you went with a 17x9+35, it would extend 38mm's past where the stock outside part of the wheel is, and inside the wheel well, the wheel would be 12mm's closer to the strut.
when you are going to publish some mini videos ?
at least 2 pieces of misinfo here:
1) over inflating can help reduce flat spotting to a certain degree but wont totally prevent it. it is possible but in rare cases some unknowingly over inflate too much and the tire explodes
2) at 6:05, stacking tires on top of each other places the most weight on the bottom tire. simple physics. as u like to use examples, think of a dog pile...and adding those cushioned dividers WILL NOT distribute weight evenly no matter how thick they are
other points were ok overall
And again it all depends on the SPACE! A lot or a little, SPACE!
I grew up in a town called Milan....
That's sweet!! 🤘
Are you from Ontario, Canada?
milan can you get up a steep hill with ur winter tires on the accord? i got stuck last night in my civic getting up my driveway lol
Sure can buddy!! My car actually handles really nice in the winter. My tires are getting to the end of their life, as next year I'll probably need some new ones
Would you do a video on your thoughts about using atf in the engine as a flush and lacquer thiner in the gas tank to clean the cat.
take it off Eco Mode, thats most likely the reason why you got stuck
jasen ratnam nah fresh snow.... wanted to see the limits...I failed
Bega Films it’s 07 it doesn’t have an eco mode on lx
Molestache ftw
I know it's late to say anything but the car's suspension should be under load especially when stored for long periods of time. Put the jack stands on the suspension
That’s extremely dangerous, it’s better to buy those rounded blocks to rest the car on its tires
@@X11CHASE Same difference but I get your point
Shardd and liked ur video
I store my tires in the shed outside, is that bad?
Depends on how cold it gets in the shed. If you can keep them above freezing temperatures, you're good!! But if you have to leave them in the shed, its not going to be the end of the world
lol hawk brakes...
Bad recommendation. Putting the car fully on Jacks will put pressure and possibly deform the chassis. Cars are designed to be sitting on the tires and suspension. Better lift the car up and rotate the tires every 2-3 months.
That intro tho
Dude u get so many tires and rims
I'm a wheel whore lol
I'd just say most of these tips just don't make any scientific sense at all. Like recommending to deflate the tires, which will definitely put more stress on them, than leaving them inflated - because expansion and contraction is a greater stress, than keeping a static state. Or recommending not to coat the tires, because it supposedly "reacts" with the rubber - when in fact a coating does the opposite: it hinders environment factors from reacting with the tire material. Etc.
7:09 Not trying to put you down, but why do you speak so objectively about this? Are you a mechanical engineer? Well I'm a mechanical engineer, and just knowing about the material properties of tires: nitrile-butadiene, styrene-butadiene, stainless-steel, and polymer fiber matrix, I can tell you that the tires are fine if stored at operating air pressure. The mechanism failure you're trying to refer to is called "creep," which is a time-dependent failure mechanism in which a material will still fail (or permanently deform) even if exposed to a stress below it's yield strength.
This is not the case for tires when in normal operation pressures and will not experience permanent deformation because the tires should be engineered to not fail by this mechanism.
9:08 It is true that nitrile butadiene deteriorates when exposed to O3; however, you're over-generalizing motors, akin to fear-mongering. Not "any" mechanical motor; brushed motors generate O3 by sparking. Quality tires contain detergents that protect against UV and O3 which is why they turn brown over time. Sidewalls are the most vulnerable part of the tires so a quality tire dressing, or wax, can provide a protective-like barrier. Thus, 2:27 is misinformation.
leaving them next to brushed-DC motor appliances for a season is unlikely to cause any damage out of the ordinary, especially if they have been properly maintained/ dressed, in a well ventilated space, and the fact that those motors aren't producing _that_ much ozone. The UV rays from the sun reacting with the oxygen in our atmosphere is the main cause of ozone and there's no escaping that.
2:38 what does "solvent" based mean? I thought water is a solvent? (In fact, it's the universal solvent). Do you mean petroleum-based? nitrile butadiene is resistant to petroleum; however, styrene-butadiene appear to be weak. It really depends on the quality and condition of the tire.
4:53 true, but _what_ temperatures? nitrile butadiene is generally safe from -30°C/-22°F to +100°C/212°F.
Why would you keep a tire for more than 8yrs.....
OK scientists
I thought the thumbnail were some coke bags
It is, it's just hidden inside.
👌🏻👍🏻
I got unsubscribed?? WTF??
your last info about 11years old tire that due to thick tread and good storing, killed your credibility!
Your comment doesn't make sense..
Rubber compound become less flexible with time due to UV/temp change/Ozone/Oxygane/Chemicals...
Old tire may be slippery and cause traction problem in colder day, even in summer. Lifespan is estimated around 5years...
but you must know that low life lasting tyres are made that way by design. 5 years is nothing. and its absurd not to use something when its new but 5 years old and never driven. you guys just advocate on behalf of the greedy bastards. so you are not protecting your interests but wallets of fat greedy bastards, you ought a think about that. it is perfectly safe to drive with old but new tyres as long they dont have cracks in them.
but you must know that low life lasting tyres are made that way by design. 5 years is nothing. and its absurd not to use something when its new but 5 years old and never driven. you guys just advocate on behalf of the greedy bastards. so you are not protecting your interests but wallets of fat greedy bastards, you ought a think about that. it is perfectly safe to drive with old but new tyres as long they dont have cracks in them.