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  • george graves
    I waste 90% of my day here and all I got was this stupid title
    • Oct 2003
    • 19986

    #4456
    ^good call. I forgot tires have date codes!
    Originally posted by Matt-B
    hey does anyone know anyone who gets upset and makes electronics?

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    • DrJosh
      R3VLimited
      • May 2009
      • 2011

      #4457
      Okay so here is the date code for my tire.

      528. So it was made the 52nd week of X8. It could be 98 for all I know. BUT the wheel has a date stamp of 88. The tire also has the "Made in W. Germany" Stamp. I doubt, but don't know for sure, that they still used the West German stamp 8 years after the reunification of Germany. The tire is a Michelin MXV and it also has "Radial X" stamped on it, whatever that means.

      My car is also a 01/89 build car. Also the wheel shows no ware other then a couple dings on the back from the looks of handling. It has 0 road grim on it when I purchased the car. The tread also looks unused with crisp lines on the tread blocks. But who knows if it has even been run, or if it is original or not. If it is I think thats pretty cool and its just something neat to have. I may buy a second basket weave and put a spare on it incase I need one. If not, no big deal!
      Originally posted by Sonny
      I am a meme for our community.

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      • Justin B
        Sikky Nar Nar
        • Mar 2005
        • 4273

        #4458
        Sounds like they're the originals, the original MXV tires were made around that time.
        Google search for Michelin MXV came up with...
        A question for the tire guru's out there...(maybe Luke would know?) Does anybody know what years the ORIGINAL Michelin MXV tires were in production? I


        Thats pretty cool.

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        • DrJosh
          R3VLimited
          • May 2009
          • 2011

          #4459
          ^ Thanks. I am about to do some googling as well to see what I can come up with. I am also going to check the owners manual to see if it mentions anything about the tires on the car.

          Here are a couple pictures.





          Originally posted by Sonny
          I am a meme for our community.

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          • bmwm42
            R3V OG
            • Nov 2010
            • 6300

            #4460
            Ill post I up my original spare tire up tomorrow
            Originally posted by bmwm42
            PNW vulture pm me for parts
            Strategic nw e30 command

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            • DrJosh
              R3VLimited
              • May 2009
              • 2011

              #4461
              ^ Do it.

              I am not finding much on the MXV. I didn't find anything in the manual stating what tires came equipped other then the sizes. I am feeling pretty confident though that this is original. I think that it is really cool to have something like that still be original with the car. What are the odds?
              Originally posted by Sonny
              I am a meme for our community.

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              • AbeSonic
                Price check on Vagiclean, aisle five. I repeat: price check on Vagiclean, aisle five. That's Vagiclean. We've got a customer down here with a full-on fallopian fungus. I'm baking a loaf of bread and I think it's sourdough.
                • Sep 2010
                • 3635

                #4462
                I have a mint spare too lolz

                out dated sig is out dated

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                • Twelvizm
                  R3VLimited
                  • Oct 2009
                  • 2108

                  #4463
                  I had the original spare for my '81 E21. It looked like a zero mile tire. When I went to use it, it formed a huge bubble within days and had to be replaced. On closer inspection, 25% of the tread had separated. Scary.

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                  • DrJosh
                    R3VLimited
                    • May 2009
                    • 2011

                    #4464
                    Yeah tires dont last as long as you would think. They may look good but can be ticking time bombs. Now that I know when this tire was made I would never run it unless at was an absolute emergency. And even then it would be at a low speed and a short distance.
                    Originally posted by Sonny
                    I am a meme for our community.

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                    • IronJoe
                      R3VLimited
                      • Oct 2010
                      • 2275

                      #4465
                      On modern produced tires, don't go more than 7 years.
                      '89 Schwarz E30 M3 Cabriolet Build

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                      • george graves
                        I waste 90% of my day here and all I got was this stupid title
                        • Oct 2003
                        • 19986

                        #4466
                        Originally posted by DrJosh
                        Yeah tires dont last as long as you would think. They may look good but can be ticking time bombs. Now that I know when this tire was made I would never run it unless at was an absolute emergency. And even then it would be at a low speed and a short distance.

                        Chicken.
                        Originally posted by Matt-B
                        hey does anyone know anyone who gets upset and makes electronics?

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                        • DrJosh
                          R3VLimited
                          • May 2009
                          • 2011

                          #4467
                          Originally posted by george graves
                          Chicken.
                          Whatever keeps me out of the deep fryer ;)
                          Originally posted by Sonny
                          I am a meme for our community.

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                          • kid325e
                            R3V OG
                            • Sep 2007
                            • 6421

                            #4468
                            Lukebox goin in today!

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                            clutchCTRL!
                            Move with a purpose.
                            - 1991 325iX 4dr/5spd
                            - 1976 2002 SlickTop/2.7i M20/G260
                            - 2000 323i AT
                            2016 Mazda CX3 Sport AWD

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                            • 5Toes
                              Banned
                              • May 2010
                              • 9836

                              #4469
                              Car started... then two minutes later I come back and hop in and it dies right when I do... I really hope the ECU will figure out its job after I can actually drive the car

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                              • e30austin
                                I waste 90% of my day here and all I got was this stupid title
                                • Sep 2010
                                • 15382

                                #4470
                                I'm sick of working on my car. Makes it that much easier to sell it.


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