Is a 2009 production drag radial too old to use?

[Kalstar]

I can purchase (2) brand new BFGoodrich DR for under $300.00 for both shipped to my door. They have been stored indoors their entire life. They will be going on a 400whp car if that matters. Is 5 years old something I should be concerned with (safety and or performance)?

Thanx in advance for the advise.

[Boz1911]

My personal opinion is that if they have been stored indoors and haven't been exposed to sunlight and they should be fine.

[first time builder]

Was just looking on line and depending on size, BFG's are reasonable and that might not be such a great deal. Yes you will save $$ but not that much. I would look into new price.
first.

Kenny

[Kalstar]

Thx for the advise. I will look into the prices of brand new as well.

These tires are being sold as old stock from a tire dealer.

[RM1SepEx]

Old tires get hard... Formula V (GRM did an eval) can bring them back but I'd look for newer date coses

[Greg G]

2-3 years is generally as old as you want to go with performance tires. Especially so if they were not bagged/wrapped since new. Being stored indoors is good, but they will still continually outgas the natural oils and get harder over time. Once they get to a certain point, they will never soften up again as a good drag radial should...especially when you will be heat-cycling them on every run. They may work ok, but you will run out of heat cycles long before usable rubber :)