How old is too old, Slicks

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November 07, 2025, 06:10 PM

Eman

How old is too old, Slicks

New unused slicks that have been sitting indoors stored about 2 years. Worth using?

November 07, 2025, 08:27 PM

SlyFox

If they haven't been sitting with the weight of a car on them, and/or exposed to the sun, I'd use them.

November 07, 2025, 11:24 PM

Eman

They are new, never mounted, still have stickers on them.

November 08, 2025, 12:24 AM

Goob

They're fine.

November 08, 2025, 05:37 AM

Curly1

Run them, they are just fine.

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November 11, 2025, 08:26 PM

BP758

Some teams age them a year or two. Seasoned? There is theory saying older new slicks aren’t as aggressive as new rubber.

November 12, 2025, 11:13 AM

Goob

I had a pair of Goodyear 6303 radials that sat in a leaky trailer, flat, for over 9 years, and with a new engine, converter, and gear put up the best runs the car ever made. Turned up the 2-step until it scared me,

then turned it back down 200.

November 13, 2025, 05:28 PM

HR3377

I put a set on this spring brand new 3 yrs old stored in a basement the whole time. 1st 2 passes blew the tires off at he hit 14-32 MT's leaving at 4k on a 6.4x car turned the stop on the next 2 passes at .200 on the stop went down the track, next day turned the stop off and has been fine since, just be ready to lift at the hit.

November 22, 2025, 10:58 AM

Alaskaracer

My old slicks finished out this season. They had been on the car since 2018. I have a brand new set sitting in the trailer that are about three years old now, will be going on the car for next season.....

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November 22, 2025, 12:46 PM

RPROGAS

I put a new set of MT 14.5/32 stiff side walls on the car recently. First hit at 4600, zero spin. Second hit produced the same 60, as it did for the next 4 license passes (swapping lanes) with a friend driving the car. I started at 6.5#, never changed.

TS1 @ 1.0 (4000 rpm), shift @ 1.2, TS2 @ 2.70, slow on, slow off = same 60's and a 5.79, then a 5.80.

Happy? Oh ya!

I was shooting for a 5.80 to run the 5.80 Index, then I'm told "Sorry, no throttle stops".

Happy? N o t exactly.

Bob