Tyre Damage

UML · Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 12:58 am Post subject: Tyre Damage

Just wanna get some info from your experiences with different brands of tyres and what was wrong with it

I heard from a tyreman that those cheap chinese brands of tyres are more or less jus as good as the expensive brand names.....the only thing is there weakeness is in the wall of the tyre...das d fault in then...the walls collapse if u allow them to get soft and run them like that......so the solution is just try tuh keep them hard...so that the wall doesnt damage

anyhow I had some Nixen 18's and well the wall would usually blow out i believe on the inside.

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sigma-turbo · Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 3:34 am Post subject:

I like my Kumho and Bridgestone for street cars and hoosiers for the fast toys

jnqaz · Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 3:41 am Post subject:

you get what you pay for Rolling Eyes

though, do your research and see who manufactures the tire. Usually big name companies (falken, firestone, michellin, etc) they carry various lines of tires under a different name. I dont want to think who does what but google is your friend.

But do note that higher threadwear = harder rubber compound = less traction
vice versa for lower thread wear

reiXmann · Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:00 am Post subject:

www.tirerack.com

thelem · Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 10:13 am Post subject:

Experience that with Linglong. The ling long was newer than the nankang and the nankang aint cutting as yet.

SNIPER 3000 · Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 11:30 am Post subject:

I run the NANKANG it works great,

I bent a steel rim and the tyre was still good.

bushwakka · Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 5:39 pm Post subject:

question: who is a tyreman?

does he have some sort of credentials making him the tyre expert on all tyres?

answer: no.....he is usually that guy that tries to convince u that his tyres are the best.....in short, the worst ppl u can get advice from is the ppl selling the tyres

i swear by dunlop sp sport maxx.....hits the sweet spot for me, ride, road noise, wet/dry grip, treadwear and price

SNIPER 3000 · Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:30 pm Post subject:

And who is you to give advice also?
Atleast the tyre man getting reviews from users.

reiXmann · Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:46 pm Post subject:

SNIPER 3000 · Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:37 pm Post subject:

WORD!

De Dragon · Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:26 am Post subject:

Fack that! I will not put any sort of untested,jackarse tyres on my car. BF,Yokohamas,Pirelli's that I have personally used and can use again without reservation.

reiXmann · Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 5:06 am Post subject:

i see the new trend locally is to use winter tyres..the last person i asked about them said 'de man in the tyre shop say dey good and de price good,so why not? Very Happy

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buzz · Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 6:09 am Post subject:

Sanctifier · Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 6:35 am Post subject:

bushwakka · Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 6:31 pm Post subject:

minipresident · Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 8:37 am Post subject:

this tyre question is one that comes up pretty often of this forum it seems.

different driving habits, type of vehicle, vehicle suspension maintenance, vehicle uses and so on will be various factors determining how your tyres work for you.

then it depends on spending power. you get what you pay for. i like sumitomo, dunlops, sometimes Pirelli and if you choose to afford it, Michelin.

Check here for some good reviews...

www.tirerack.com

~˜VëgÅ²˜~ · Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 9:23 pm Post subject:

actually running some sumitomo htr/h4's and they seem to work pretty well in both wet and dry conditions......for a threadwear of 400 it rides quite soft and isn't very noisy.........kinda was surprised at the price though---$750 for one by moti

M-Tech · Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 3:51 am Post subject: Re: Tyre Damage