Originally Posted By: CapriRacer
Originally Posted By: crinkles
I just looked up some old tires at
http://www.harriger.com/tire2.htm
the DOT code is TOUR 2P42 4205... but the tire says MADE IN AUSTRALIA. the lookup website says "2P" is a plant in Vietnam...
First, the DOT code consists of 10 to 12 letters - and the first 2 are the plant code. So you should have been looking at the "T0" - which is South Pacific Tyres, Cambelifield, Canada. Are you sure it says "Made" in Austrailia? Some tires will reference all kinds of locations - the distributor, the home office, etc. - and the pcountry of origin only has to be on one side.
Just so we are on the same page, I recognize the next 2 digits "UR" as a P205/65R15 - right?
Yes - P205/65 R15 is what they are. I mistakenly thought the TOUR ment touring - ha. South Pacific Tyres is the company who likely made them, if you look at U0 int he lookup it is the same company but in australia. So maybe they are referencing the parent company. odd! Definitely says MADE IN AUSTRALIA.
Looked up my current set too - identical brand, size and series but MADE IN INDONESIA. NLUV JADR 3109 - Dunlop tyres made by Goodyear in Bogor Indonesia. Dunlop and Goodyear are one and the same down here.
I was really disappointed when i discovered (too late) that in the 4 years between when the car was built and when i changed the tyres, manfacturing of the same tyre had switched to Indonesia. I think all tyre manufacturing in australia has been shut down recently. The camry is manufactured in Australia though.
there is an interesting pattern -
TO - south pacific Canada
u0 - south pacific Australia
v0 - south pacific new zealand