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DOT tire codes that I haven't seen before


Beau-Kat

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I took a couple Dunlops off a customer's Shadow a while back and installed some new Commander IIs.

I still haven't gotten around to taking the Dunlops to the dump yet.

So today, I was trying to see what the date of manufacture was and ran into date codes I don't remember seeing before.

So y'all take a whack a deciphering these for me.

 

Front Dunlop F-24 stamping says:

Dot EUM5 and following that (in the oval) is LD4058

 

Rear Dunlop D404 stamping says:

DOT EUXD and following that (in the oval) is LD7058

 

When do y'all think they were made?

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Those are either pre year 2000 tires or there is another oval after the one you're reading from that has the date code.

Could be pre-2000. But I think (via internet searching) those may have only had 3 letters in the oval.

i can’t find any other oval anywhere near the dot stamp.

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I have seen that LD code on tires before but there was always still a date code which consists of three digits pre 2000 EG: 408 meaning the 40th week of 1998 and 4 digits post 2000 EG: 3208 meaning the 32nd week of 2008. I have sort of assumed that the LD code with 4 digits was either a manufacturing plant identifier or a batch number identifier. Look for 4 numbers branded into the tire rather than molded on the tire.

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How about a picture of the entire DOT code along with the one you are talking about?

 

 

 

 

:worthless:

I’ve attached two photos. The third one won’t upload for some reason, it it says this in a small lightly stamped oval in the other sidewalk: 564.

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