Ordered New Pirelli Trofeo R Tires turned out its 3 years old

they are probably classified by the manufacturer as new. In indoor moderately protected storage they are not exposed to UV or excessive heat or cold. Most tire suppliers will replace them if pushed. Your argument is that they will most likely not be removed for tread wear but age.. US DOT recommends replacement after 6-10 years from the stamped date

most high end car manufacturers say six years. Not sure what Ferrari says.

If you are going to track the car a lot, you could try to get them replaced by the tire shop that sold them to you. If you drive normally most of the time and you keep the car indoors in conditioned storage.. you can probably ignore it.

If you are worried about resale in a few years... again push back with your tire supplier. they will be costing you money at resale

Since they are most likely out of dry, conditioned storage... you shouldnt have issues. Make it a habit regardless that you inspect your tires at least weekly or any track day. its a good idea if you keep them or replace them

 

Some one told me that some states will fail inspection if the tires are 8 years old. True?

 

I have not heard that, as you could have a low-mile tire on a car that has been stored in a responsible way for 10 years which is still good. Most states with an inspection regimen have a section just for the pass/fail requirements for tires. Typically, these are inspecting tread depth and wear, as well as dry-rotting and irregularities in the sidewall. As I mentioned above, there is no rule I know of that requests that the DOT code has to be less than 8 years ago.

My company (Continental) says that tires should be fine for 10 years, provided annual inspections are performed for years 5-10.

As far as the OP, since these are tires that will be used for track days, and I would wager that you'll use them up well before the 8 years stated above, which would be 2023. On one Audi R8 forum, I was able to see that OEM Pirelli PZeros were getting 12-15k miles, and the equivalent Trofeo R (for street use) is 3-5k. I'm not sure you would get anywhere near that with track use.

TLDR; those tires are just fine. A production date that 'old' on a low turnover tire is expected. Plus, it appears you've already got them mounted to wheels, so it might be a hassle trying to swap them at this point.

 

I think that’s a good offer/deal. You still have 5 years to track the tires to death and by then we’ll either be 3D printing our own, or banned from using cars anyway!!


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