A judging question for miss-matched tires.

[Greg L.]

Lets assume that a car has 4 red stripes and a white stripe or blackwall for a spare but they are correct Goodyear repops otherwise. There are no docs to show what the car came with.

Would the car receive any deductions and if so what amount and why?

If you're wondering why such an odd question...don't ask.

[Wayne P.]

Re: A judging question for miss-matched tires.

Spare and tires on ground don't have to match. Standard deduct for repros.

[Rick A.]

Re: A judging question for miss-matched tires.

agree with Wayne - as long as the tires are correct size, etc. and the car could have been delivered with redlines, car would receive the standard deduction of 3 points - spare is judged separately and as long as all things are the same, believe would receive 1 point deduction - don't have JRM in front of me, but can check when I get home if you want the point totals verified

[Harry S.]

Re: A judging question for miss-matched tires.

The reason the spare does not have to match is to protect owners that have an original tire in their tub.

Harry

[William C.]

Re: A judging question for miss-matched tires.

Original Spare and original Wheel in the tub is no deduction regardless of mismatch with road tire/wheel combination.

[Rick A.]

Re: A judging question for miss-matched tires.

Bill,

agree - but, was responding as if the spare was also a reproduction and thought it was a 1 point deduction where the four on the ground were the standard 3 point deduction

[John H.]

Re: A judging question for miss-matched tires.

Bill,

agree - but, was responding as if the spare was also a reproduction and thought it was a 1 point deduction where the four on the ground were the standard 3 point deduction

Any deduction for the road tires (and, separately, for the spare, which doesn't have to match the road tires) would be based on the tire's deviation from original as laid out on page 21 of the Judging Reference Manual (tire standard deductions).

[Greg L.]

Re: A judging question for miss-matched tires.

Thanks guys that was what I thought but I couldn't remember where I saw it.

Now the spare in question is not my original one(just one I'm considering buying) and is in fact dated several months after my build date so what amount of a point hit would that constitute if any? The rim is also dated around the same time as the tire so it would likely take a hit as well?

The scoring sheet allows 5 for originality and 4 for condition but I can't find where it says what the acceptable date range is and if the spare could be before or after the cars build date.

[John H.]

Re: A judging question for miss-matched tires.

The date is 20% of the originality points allocated to an item, and nothing can be dated after the car's final assembly date.