Tyres, go cheap or go with original brand

GerryDerpy

Seen some comments about cheaper Chinese tyres being grand because road cars shouldn't be driven hard enough to test a tyres limits.

A tyre is absolutely tested to its limits in crashes and near misses. A good tyre can help the result be the latter rather than the former.

Atlantic Dawn

domrush wrote: »

Anyone any experience with Fullruns?

Reviews are very poor...http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Fullrun/HP199.htm

DakarVert

Iv got Zenesis Z1 under mine...... And actually can't fault them!

Only once have they slipped, Coming up a slightly icy hill under power and that was just barely barely noticeable... Never broke traction on a roundabout or had a 'moment' with them in the rain and I'v had to brake hard a few times. Majority of driving is rural.

Have another set of alloys to fit with new Hankooks so interesting to see how they compare.



To add I'v driven another car with Sunnys and you can tell there cheap! Doesn't feel as steady and easily spins up taking off quick.

jackofalltrades

DakarVert wrote: »

Iv got Zenesis Z1 under mine...... And actually can't fault them!

Only once have they slipped, Coming up a slightly icy hill under power and that was just barely barely noticeable... Never broke traction on a roundabout or had a 'moment' with them in the rain and I'v had to brake hard a few times. Majority of driving is rural.

Have another set of alloys to fit with new Hankooks so interesting to see how they compare.

Was looking at these tyres myself, they seem to have a good fuel economy and wet grip rating.
Do you mind me asking where you got them from?

Panrich

The biggest difference I've found between cheap tyres and premium brands is in longevity. I had cheap sh!t put on my old car and they lasted less than 10k miles. That's 10k of poor performance. I could get 40k out of decent brands. My current car has 113k km and my second set of Michelin ( replaced while still legal at 71k) are still going strong. I'll definitely get another 10k out of them punctures aside. I'd hate to think what I'd get out of some of the cheap tyres especially on a fairly heavy car like mine.

What's the saying? Buy cheap, buy twice.

DakarVert

jackofalltrades wrote: »

Was looking at these tyres myself, they seem to have a good fuel economy and wet grip rating.
Do you mind me asking where you got them from?

Local tyre place.... 12000 Miles and still 6mm thread left! Although I did switch them at about 6k. Mine is a FWD so wears nothing off the backs.

colm_mcm

Panrich wrote: »

The biggest difference I've found between cheap tyres and premium brands is in longevity. I had cheap sh!t put on my old car and they lasted less than 10k miles. That's 10k of poor performance. I could get 40k out of decent brands. My current car has 113k km and my second set of Michelin ( replaced while still legal at 71k) are still going strong. I'll definitely get another 10k out of them punctures aside. I'd hate to think what I'd get out of some of the cheap tyres especially on a fairly heavy car like mine.

What's the saying? Buy cheap, buy twice.

The really crap ones last ages (unless you write the car off) as they're more like plastic than rubber.

pa990

GerryDerpy wrote: »

Seen some comments about cheaper Chinese tyres being grand because road cars shouldn't be driven hard enough to test a tyres limits.

A tyre is absolutely tested to its limits in crashes and near misses. A good tyre can help the result be the latter rather than the former.

+1
It's that 0.1% of the time that you really need them, is when the extra few quid will pay for it's self 99.9% times over.

Paddy001

Does anybody know where I can buy Jinyu tyres in Dublin? Looking to buy one to match one new one that was on the car when I bought it.

mikeecho

Paddy001 wrote: »

Does anybody know where I can buy Jinyu tyres in Dublin? Looking to buy one to match one new one that was on the car when I bought it.

https://www.eiretyres.com/Jinyu-tyres

Paddy001

mikeecho wrote: »

https://www.eiretyres.com/Jinyu-tyres

Thanks for that - unfortunately they don't list them.

mikeecho

Paddy001 wrote: »

Thanks for that - unfortunately they don't list them.

https://www.eiretyres.com/search?season=&width=&profile=&size=&speedRating=&priceCategory=all&brand=Jinyu

randombar

Sorry for the resurrection but came across this thread and thought I'd add for anyone else looking at this thread this will help with the search for Jinyu: Jinyu Tyres

Mycroft H

Are they any good, I've not heard tell of them.

randombar

Mycroft H wrote: »

Are they any good, I've not heard tell of them.

Have them myself, another fella at work has them too, find them excellent for the price you pay.

danmanw8

Mycroft H wrote: »

Are they any good, I've not heard tell of them.

I have my second set of them. They are a little more expensive (maybe about €10 more) than the cheapy tyres but they last a lot longer so very good value in my experience.

GaryCocs wrote: »

Sorry for the resurrection but came across this thread and thought I'd add for anyone else looking at this thread this will help with the search for Jinyu: Jinyu Tyres

Can you order directly from that site or is it wholesale only?

SpannerMonkey

Jinyu 46th out of 54 tyres tested for braking distances

http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Article/2013-54-Tyre-Braking-Test.htm


ya i think il stick to the better brands thanks . saving 20 quid a tyre and ending up in a ditch doesnt really appeal to me

coolbeans

Screw that. Never skimp on tyres. I found that ditchfinders last really well due to their lack of rubber but they'll not save you when mere metres matter.

randombar

GaryCocs wrote: »

Sorry for the resurrection but came across this thread and thought I'd add for anyone else looking at this thread this will help with the search for Jinyu: Jinyu Tyres

danmanw8 wrote: »

Can you order directly from that site or is it wholesale only?

You can order direct from them but they were able to put me in touch with one of their local distributors.

SpannerMonkey wrote: »

Jinyu 46th out of 54 tyres tested for braking distances

http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Article/2013-54-Tyre-Braking-Test.htm


ya i think il stick to the better brands thanks . saving 20 quid a tyre and ending up in a ditch doesnt really appeal to me

I think these are the tyres I got: http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Jinyu/YU61.htm 76% rating isn't bad IMO

I think I saved about 80 per tyre compared to Goodyear, definitely agree that you don't want to end up in a ditch but I take it handy and haven't had any skids or slides in the last two years with them and they are wearing very well.

MarkN

Add up the cost of potentially rear ending someone (and the loss of your NCB), not being able to stop in time for a kid that steps out in front of you, protecting the passengers in your car... and then come back asking if you should save yourself €70. Seventy poxy euro. So Irish.

greasepalm

And what driving alterations will be done if driving in a storm which are now getting common?

Those tyrereviews website reviews are actually opinions. If have always bought cheap tat and these are slightly less bad than the previous set you are going to give them thumbs up. Only real test is to compare braking distance, other grip, noise, fuel economy and handling against proper tyres under controlled conditions.

YU61 are rated E for fuel economy so might actually cost you more than A/B rated Goodyears in their lifetime because additional fuel consumption.

Hebegeebee

Also bear in mind that the tyre ratings are given by the manufacturers themselves and for Chinese ditchfinders I'd take those ratings with a mountain of salt - you'll find a lot of them will be "A" rated for wet use.