Like any other used part, you have to use your head. Slicks are no different. Look at the person you are buying them from. and the appearance of the tires.

The tires we bought came off of a car my Son has seen in magazines (they are top contenders in the 10.5 tire class), and we had a long conversation with the guy, so he came across as a straight shooter. The slicks had very good depth on the inspection holes, and the rubber had a "live" appearance to them , with no sidewall cracking, etc. His reasons for selling them seemed very logical to us. He finds that consistancy starts to slip after so many runs, but if he sells the tires after 5 or 6 runs, they are still not so torn up as to be not sellable or unusable.

They came off of a 7 second car, so they will work great on my Kids potential 11 to 12 second car, and he got the set for $ 100.00. I'm not opposed to using whatever used parts we can get, and have usually gotten great deals.

I've run used slicks on 3 or 4 of my own drag cars over the years, and they have all been fine.

Don