Dicky68 Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Looking to buy a spare wheel for the wife's new S-max. Seen a couple but don't understand what part of the description means. This is the description below: FORD GALAXY MK3 S-MAX 2006-2014 ALLOY WHEEL R18 WITH VERY GOOD TYRE LV07-4 What does LV07-4 or EN07-2 and similar terms mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMX Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Those are the tyre DOT codes, which tell you when the tyre was made, and by whom (as in which factory), not necessarily the brand of tyre which can be different. The two letters are the code for the manufacturer. The first two numbers are the year, for example 2015 would be 15 The last number after the hyphen is the week of manufacture, for example this week would be -51 The two examples you've given LV07-4 was made in the 4th week of 2007 by GENERAL TIRE CANADA, LTD. in Barrie, Ontario, Canada EN07-2 was made in the 2nd week of 2007 by QINGDAO YELLOWSEA RUBBER CO., LTD in Qingdao, Shangdong, China If you're buying either of these for the alloy wheel and plan on getting a new tyre for your spare, that would be ideal Both those tyres are quite old, and not far off their recommended life for replacement, which is 10 years from manufacture Whilst spares are seldom used, you would want to have a tyre that is unlikely to fail, when you need it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicky68 Posted December 14, 2015 Author Share Posted December 14, 2015 Thanks Ghana that's really helpful. You must be one of the few people in the country who knows that. I've been on to ford dealerships, tyre suppliers, garages, friends Forums and Google, no one knew and I couldn't find any info on Google....RESPECT... Thanks for the effort you have obviously put into your reply, I appreciate it. I can now bid with confidence and can go to bed so much cleavourer than I was when I got up this morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMX Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Thanks :) If you need any more DOT codes deciphered, let me know 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford_Man Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Wow love this info! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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