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Keeping the orignal tires?

kidsixpack

kidsixpack

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Alright the tires are getting pretty old. My car is at 32K with the original Gatorbacks. They still have lots of tread and absolutely no dry rot. Should I hang on to them after I replace them or is there a market for them? I Know that I will likely never put them back on the car. I have heard on multiple occasions that people hang on to these. Does keeping the tires really ad to the value if I ever sell? That is the real question I guess?
Opinions please?
KID
 
Well even though there is no visible signs of dry rot, when the tires are removed from the rim they will literally shred at the sidewalls when depressed to get off rim. If you want to preserve them they must be left on the rims. My hardtop car came with an extra set of OEM rims with tires for driving and the originals with oem tires for show.
My ttop car had about 6k miles on it and was only 12 years old with no signs of cracking when I had the tires removed and this happened with them so at 23 years old there is no way to get them off rims and still be usable.
 
We will see if this holds true? If so they will be completely useless regardless of any want or need for them.
Thanks
KID
 
Fwiw the guy a bought the HT car from had a 73 or 74 SD 455 TA with the original rims and tires, hence why he acquired another set of rims to put driving tires on. So for some fanatics it is important I guess, how many other SD TAs will you see with the factory tires and not repops.
 
kidsixpack said:
Alright the tires are getting pretty old. My car is at 32K with the original Gatorbacks. They still have lots of tread and absolutely no dry rot. Should I hang on to them after I replace them or is there a market for them? I Know that I will likely never put them back on the car. I have heard on multiple occasions that people hang on to these. Does keeping the tires really ad to the value if I ever sell? That is the real question I guess?
Opinions please?
KID
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I am in the same boat with my 2002 35th Camaro. The tires are now 10 years old and starting to crack. I will keep them in the loft, but I don't think original tires make any difference to the value of these cars other than to help prove the condition of the car. I'd never run older rubber on a car, just gets to the point where they are unsafe to run on the road at speed.
 
I actually thought of a different way to ask this question. Would you rather buy a 30,000 mile car with the original tires or new tires? I guess for me I would rather have new tires.
KID
 
kidsixpack said:
I actually thought of a different way to ask this question. Would you rather buy a 30,000 mile car with the original tires or new tires? I guess for me I would rather have new tires.
KID
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If you are wanting to drive it, then new tires all the way. If it were a show only car, then the originals. I was amazed at how many TTA's at the reunion had the OEM tires, not necessarily the ones that actually came on the car, but exact replacements. I think the tires were disco'd around '99 or maybe '01.
On a side note, I just bought OEM replacements about a year ago for my '99 TA, they had been disco'd for about 10 months but Discount tire had 7 in their nation wide system and they had 4 of them shipped to my local store. But trying to find a second set of rims for it that match in color is impossible.
 
I can see why someone would want to keep them, maybe put them on for a show but driving all the time on them would be like running the original oil that the car came with, not a good idea...:crazy: common sense has to kick in at some point
 
robert lee said:
I can see why someone would want to keep them, maybe put them on for a show but driving all the time on them would be like running the original oil that the car came with, not a good idea...:crazy: common sense has to kick in at some point
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Rob for alot of ppl in my town common sense just doesn't kick in. I have a friend who simply does not change his oil in his work truck?? It's his work truck for the company that he owns!!!, so he owns the truck and paid for it. You would think he would change the oil, but he does not even check it. He also was too lazy to winterize his boat and the engine block of course had water in it and the block cracked when it froze. So I don't think common sense "has" to kick in, it only does sometimes.... lol

True story.

Jarred
 
jarredsoon said:
Rob for alot of ppl in my town common sense just doesn't kick in. I have a friend who simply does not change his oil in his work truck?? It's his work truck for the company that he owns!!!, so he owns the truck and paid for it. You would think he would change the oil, but he does not even check it. He also was too lazy to winterize his boat and the engine block of course had water in it and the block cracked when it froze. So I don't think common sense "has" to kick in, it only does sometimes.... lol

True story.

Jarred
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Seem's like common sense ain't very common anymore, used to have a old man come into a gas station i worked at in the 70's and he would alway's change the oil but never the filter, he firmly belived it was a gimmick by the oil company's to make more money...:rolleyes:
 
Yeah I know someone that has had their boat motor replaced twice now because they were too lazy to winterize it thinking they would use it one more time before it freezes.... Thing was he never used it but a few times when it was warm...so each motor was used less than a dozen times each!

As far as tires if they are more than 15 years old, I can assure you they are at least very hard and won't stick to the road very well which by itself is not a good idea with a car that can accelerate quickly unless you are grandmaing it everywhere. Most likely they are dry rotting from the inside out with no cracks on the outside unless kept at a constant temp all their life. Originals are good for show only, and maybe only concourse showing then, and I think they help for resale if for show only.
 
Yeah my hard top has original tires and I would not trust them in boost that's for sure. My tires do not show any signs of wear or rot but I'm not gonna take any chances.
 
robert lee said:
I can see why someone would want to keep them, maybe put them on for a show but driving all the time on them would be like running the original oil that the car came with, not a good idea...:crazy: common sense has to kick in at some point
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u r right robert:explosion:
 
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