10+ year old Old discs and tyres? - Bin them?

[Struggler]

So I am getting to work on restoring my old clio and I'm wondering if the old tyres and discs can be saved or if they need to be binned.

 

[Struggler]

Managed to post this without any context!

So, here are the discs, i went at them with a wire brush drill attachment to get the surface off, there is a bit of pitted rust you can see in the close up. Last used ~2013 before the care was laid up.

The tyres are a slightly more complicated story. These are from ~2010 on my mk1, used for a year before i scrapped it and they were sat in a garage for a year, then came out again for about a year months before the car was put in a garage in 2013. Car was lifted off the floor and the air let out, there it stayed until 2023. Then they sat on the street in London for a year before coming back to another garage. Fast forward to today. There doesnt appear to be any visible sign of the rubber degrading but i dont really know. Seems a shame to scrap them, theyve got a lot of tread left.

If anyone can help me to find a manufature date from the writing on the tyre, that might also help.

 

[Matt Cup]

I’d probably look at replacing the tires no matter how much tread is on them. I had to bin a full set of 10 year old PS3’s even though they had loads of tread.

 

[Cads]

The date will be in an oval and 4 numbers. Week and year.
I’d not be taking a chance on old rubber.
Discs may clean up with some use.

 

[Short Norman]

Old hardened tyres are dangerous, god knows why we don’t have an age limit for tyres in the mot

 

[Chocice]

Tyres will be like plastic, on the plus side when they go like that the tread never goes down.

 

[helpimonfire]

Discs will be fine I reckon, a few stops and they'll clean up nicely, the tyres should be replaced though. I'm now replacing the 5 year old tyres on my X5 because I don't know what they're realistically like.

So discs should be ok.
Tyres go in the bin.

 

[16v_paddy]

I'd be binning the tyres on the basis of them being Parada Spec 2's because they're deffo old as f**k

Discs are fine, a few good repeated stomps from 50-60 mph or more will sort them out

 

[Pauleds]

Personally I would just bin the tyres and the discs.
Tyres are old shite.
Discs and pads are cheap enough to replace.

Out of curiosity, look at the manufacturing date stamp on the tyres as they are probably older than you think. (Box with 4 numbers in - 0525 would be May 2025, 0109 would be January 2009)

 

[Struggler]

So i double checked the date stamp, it was 3410 - so August 2010, i must have got them pretty fresh out the mold... 15 years ago.

Sounds like the tyres definitely need to go, I agree with the above that it would avoid any confusion if there was simply a legal requirement to scrap tyres over a certain age, easy when you litterally have the date of manufacture stamped on there.

I might keep the discs for now, will see what happens when i try and use them and if i get uneven braking i will just change them.

 

[Patrick Bateman]

10 year old tyres with full tread are still the biggest no brainer to bin.

 

[Louis]

Get some tyre softener on them and they'll be fine.

See more cracks on new tyres ffs.

 

[Martin_172]

my 197 has 4yr old PS4s on it and they are goosed! fit for the bin, plenty tread left. tyres would be going in the bin.

discs probably ok but given the price of a new pair id be sticking a new pair on as the discs will still be pitted and a bit s**t

 

[Matt Cup]

my 197 has 4yr old PS4s on it and they are goosed! fit for the bin, plenty tread left. tyres would be going in the bin.

discs probably ok but given the price of a new pair id be sticking a new pair on as the discs will still be pitted and a bit s**t

Is the car left outside and being in the elements affected them? I’m wondering if I’ll get more life out of mine now it’s garaged 99% of its life.

 

[imprezaworks]

How much are new discs? Just re read the restoring part. See below.

Replace it all.

 

[Struggler]

Get some tyre softener on them and they'll be fine.

See more cracks on new tyres ffs.

first vote for the tyres being OK! It does sound like UV is the big tyre killer when it comes to the rubber hardening and these have been inside pretty much their whole life. Still, I'll probably replace the tyres to be save.

 

[Martin_172]

Is the car left outside and being in the elements affected them? I’m wondering if I’ll get more life out of mine now it’s garaged 99% of its life.

Yeah outside, the ones inside seem to fair better but still the rubber degrades

 

[Matt Cup]

Yeah outside, the ones inside seem to fair better but still the rubber degrades

Thought so. My Dads cross climates suffered similar but only on one side due to the direction of the sun. I wonder if some of the tire shines offer UV protection?

 

[Chrisgti6]

Out of curiosity, look at the manufacturing date stamp on the tyres as they are probably older than you think. (Box with 4 numbers in - 0525 would be May 2025, 0109 would be January 2009)

Not quite how it works, the first 2 digits are the week number so 0525 would be week 5 of 2025 not the 5th month, but close enough when we are talking about 15 year old tyres!

 

[Pauleds]

Not quite how it works, the first 2 digits are the week number so 0525 would be week 5 of 2025 not the 5th month, but close enough when we are talking about 15 year old tyres!

my bad, thank you for correcting me

 

[Darren S]

One half of these parts stops the car and the other provides four small contact patches with the road.

When combined and (potentially) past their best or too old - I'd be binning the lot. In the grand scheme of things, a new set of rubber and brakes isn't that much.