Sumitomo tyres - any good? And a windscreen question

Geewhizz on 09/07/2014 - 07:18

Our vehicle lease has ended and we're in the process of transferring the vehicle, which includes obtaining a roadworthy certificate. We're up for a couple of new tyres and the place who did the roadworthy can supply Sumitomo Tyres for around $100 each ….. are these any good?

They've also picked on a couple of small stone chips, which we've been meaning to get fixed, but haven't gotten around to doing. There are already a couple of existing repairs, so it might be better to look at replacement, will have to get advice from the windscreen place on that I guess. My question here is, from the date the lease lapsed (coming up to a fortnight ago,) we took out insurance which includes glass damage. Do we have any hope at all of the insurance company paying for this or do we just have to wear it this time around?

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  • Rashed on 09/07/2014 - 07:38
    +2

    I am not sure about tyre, but i guess they should be alright, maybe some else can share their thought on this one. As for windscreen there are plenty of places who replace windscreen glass with after market ones (they are tough and looks exactly the same). It costs around $200, few will even come to your place to do the job without extra charge.

  • jparga on 09/07/2014 - 12:44
    +1

    I had sumitomo 205/50 R15 and they were ok, tread wear was acceptable, did not have a problem with them.

    • Geewhizz on 09/07/2014 - 16:21

      How did they handle in the wet jparga?

  • radicalvin on 09/07/2014 - 17:50
    +1

    I had Sumitomo HTR Z III on my 350Z. Not sure about the low end Sumitomos but the HTR Z III were quite a comparison to my previous stock Bridgestone RE40, not as good but handled well both dry and wet.

  • tonyjzx on 09/07/2014 - 19:31

    basic basic research will show you Sumitomo is a Japanese partner of Dunlop and Goodyear

    you dont have anything to worry about, they aint chinese at all

  • [Deactivated] on 09/07/2014 - 21:42

    are u talking about end of novated car lease here?

    Reason why I am questioning as I am done with mine as well few weeks back. And only one thing I have to is get car insurance from date of termination/lease end date. Car Rego was paid for another half of the year, not needed at that time.

    Road worthy definitely not as bought new and it for 3.5 yrs on lease. Not sure why you have get it done

    • Geewhizz on 10/07/2014 - 06:37

      Yes, novated lease. We extended the original lease by 2 years, and they were apparently SUPPOSED to have changed the ownership after 3 years, but didn't do it. The company has been hopeless.

      We did less km than was budgeted for and had only the scheduled servicing done (apart from an aircon repair which we paid for ourselves) and yet the account is in the red for several hundred $ each on fuel, maintenance and registration ….. if anything, fuel prices have dropped since the time the second lease started, so there's just no excuse for such sloppy estimations. Registration is a fixed charge, so in theory it should be impossible to go over budget there.

  • [Deactivated] on 09/07/2014 - 21:46

    on the windscreen topic, where you located? I can pass on the details of the battlers mate ( windscreen replacement guy near ferntreegully, VIC) depends on your car model will cost under approx $130 -$200 for JAP/Holden cars

    • Geewhizz on 10/07/2014 - 06:38

      Thanks. Nowhere near there though.

  • mmd on 10/07/2014 - 01:20
    +1

    I just recently bought the Sumitomo tour plus tyres for less than $100 per tyre. I'm not a tyre expert, but i think they're pretty good. It's a Japanese brand, but that particular tyre was manufactured in Thailand (not China :p)

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