I recently bought a used Toyota car from a dealer and he had agreed to change the tyre as it has done 38,000 KMS. But he had replaced with a cheap Chinese tyres called Fullway (FW300) from brand Fullrun.
Please suggest me is that okay to use this tyre for around 10000 KMS and change the tyres or go for a branded good tyres immediately.
If going for Tyre replacement is there any pointer to sell this new Chinese Tyre.
Thank you.
I would go beyond 'Chinese tires' and refuse to use any cheap tires from any manufacturer. They're cheap for a reason. My last set of tires were Bridgestone Supercats. Bridgestone is Japanese right? They wouldn't make anything poor quality? Nope. The tires squeal in the dry, it's very easy to make them lose traction, and in the wet you can feel the car is quite unstable.
The tires have been rotated and aligned regularly, but are simply poor quality. The Supercats are made in Indonesia, but Bridgestone's Potenza RE003s (getting a set this week) are also made there. Country of origin doesn't matter that much these days. Rubbish is rubbish no matter where it's made.
Agreed, but to date, Chinese tyres are either terrible, bad or at best OK.
They'll get there in the end, just as they've done with pretty much everything else.
I've only heard good things about Bridgestone's Potenza RE003s from car clubs and forums - Everyone says they have offer amazing grip.
You would need to test them out in the wet on an incline and see if they are rubbishy or not.. If they are roadworthy they are okay. Just drive them with caution and judge for yourself.
Happened to me years ago for my first car. Got Korean tyres when bought car and were really bad in the wet. Almost like driving with Teflon tyres. Didn't have much money at the time and changed only the front ones with good brand ones on another set of rims. That change was good enough. Kept the replaced set for rear only changes. Good ons at the front and bad on rears. Never had any issues when driving aggressively at all. This setup worked with a turbo fwd setup.
Actually, what are good tires for your standard econo-shit-box? The last time I had to buy tyres was when I had a turbo skyline..
For parents' cars (Yaris and Aurion), currently Pirelli Cinturato P7, I don't recommend anything below Kumho maybe KU31. On my WRX, currently Michelin Pilot Sport 3 and looking to change to Potenza RE003s in maybe 10000-15000kms.
Get some professional advice from a tyre shop.
I got stung with similar. Dealer offered a new set of tyres on a car we bought. They were the noisiest tyres I've ever heard, no dramas with handling or traction though, they just made a droning noise. I wore them out, quite quickly as it turns out, and replaced with a better brand and it was like driving with ear plugs in, so much quieter.
Lesson learnt, I should have bargained down the price of a set of tyres and bought my own. Of course they are going to fit cheap and nasty tyres for you, saves them $ but the new tyres look good for the first day or two.
I wouldn't trust chinese tires. The last beater i bought had all 4 new chinese tires, the car started sliding out as i was exiting a round-about. (~70km, big round-about) granted it was wet. Luckily enough i noticed it sliding out and being FWD accelerating helped correct it. Learnt my lesson pretty quick.
Read your own title carefully. Then go get some proper tires straight away before you run someone over.
Here are some colourful reviews for you:
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=3&f=23&t=1218…
Dangerous is not a strong enough word to use for these tyres in the wet. Dont bother with them. Rubbish.
RE: Triangle TR918 - they may as well call them Triangle Jesus or Triangle Aquaplaner 5000, because that is all they do, they walk on water and throw the car everywhere
If you looked long and hard, I doubt you could possibly put worse
plasticrubber on your car legallyTerrible avoid fullrun budgets if you value your life they are deadly in the wet!!!
http://www.audi-sport.net/xf/threads/fullrun-tyres-a-word-of…
Changed the car recently and the new (second hand) one had a pair of fairly new Fullrun Tyres on the front. In the wet they are terrible so I had them swapped to the back but I had to drive that slowly round corners in the wet (nearly lost it on 2 roundabouts at 25mph) that I've got rid of them.
I had these on my old ST200, as recommended by a tyre company as a really good budget tyre, but OMG they were really dangerous, especially in the wet, almost understeered off the road a few times…….. AVOID THESE at all costs.!!!!!!!!!!!
Ouch, personally I'd be cutting my losses and replacing the tyres immediately.
(I'm assuming that they are indeed rubbish - most of the Chinese tyres are)
I was recently shopping for cars and if I saw a vehicle with Chinese tyres I immediately knocked off $1000 from what I'd otherwise have offered to factor in the replacement cost.
Decent tyres are the number 2 safety feature of any vehicle after decent brakes. If you have both of them, you reduce the chances of needing any of the other safety features…