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[Chris]

How do you decipher the date code on the tire?

[Aurora40]

Originally Posted by Chris

How do you decipher the date code on the tire?

The "277" is the date code. They started doing it in the 90's. So it's the 27th week of 1997. For newer tires, they are 4-digit, like 4905 for the 49th week of 2005, which is what my new GS-D3's have on them.

[Chris]

Originally Posted by Aurora40

The "277" is the date code. They started doing it in the 90's. So it's the 27th week of 1997. For newer tires, they are 4-digit, like 4905 for the 49th week of 2005, which is what my new GS-D3's have on them.

What do the rest of the code stand for? Does any one know when they started this?