Are chinese tyres good?

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Thanks. I asked in order to raise the issue.

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All tires in the US have a ‘UTQG’: Uniform Tire Quality Grading. Wikipedia tells me there’s a global system of tire codes. The UTQG includes a number, in the hundreds, of the expected amount of wear the tread will last through. Tire shops advertise super-cheap tires with low ratings, as low as 100; they go up to 650 or so.

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In my area dry rot is a bigger problem than tire wear. Even major brand tires can dry rot in 4 years so there is no assurance that a more expensive tire will last longer.

The poor fitment of your wheels is a bigger issue, if you had proper fitting wheels those tires should last 50,000 miles.

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Tires with wear ratings that low are generally for racing applications and more expensive.

Less expensive tires are often made with harder rubber and last longer than higher quality tires.

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Then they can be salvaged when your car skids off the roaĂ° in the rain and into a tree. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

As was mentioned, a lot depends on where they will be used and under what conditions. Around here, hard tires is not good


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Consumer Reports said these tires lasted 35,000 miles in their tests. I’m guessing that they didn’t run them for a full 35,000 miles but measured wear over the period they tested them and extrapolated the end of life mileage.

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That’s really bad, imo

These sound like very low-quality tires

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I my humble option, all season tires are rarely high performance, much less ultra-high performance.

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I needed a set of white walls to last about a year until I junked the car. The tire shop got me a set of unknowns. I have no idea if they were Chinese or not and could never find any information on them. I think I paid a little over $100 for them. At any rate they proved to be a good tire, quiet, good snow traction etc.

So rather than worry about the brand just rely on the advise of a good tire shop, not a discount dealer.

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A set of 4 tires for $100?

Two thoughts . . .

The tires were probably not a very large/wide size

This was probably a few years ago

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Sorry, but that sounds about like someone comparing his OBD1 Corolla to a new Corolla, lots of changes in tech and prices since then
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Tires were much cheaper back 20-30+ years ago

I remember seeing 4 for $99 sales all the time, I have also been involved with 4 for $99.00


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I’m no expert. I used to see ads in the ‘Penny Waster’ from some big chain tire store that had ridiculously-cheap tires, less than $30. I wondered how they could be so cheap, checked the treadwear rating from the UTQG, found price correlated with treadwear. Of course these were all aimed at bargain shoppers, not racers.

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Ultra low-cost tires, such as those made by Chinese brands, fill an important niche in the market. They are intended for lower-income people on a tight budget, who need to replace worn-out tires. If this lower-cost alternative were not available, and the only option to buy new tires were a top-tier manufacturer, these people would either continue driving on old/unsafe tires or purchase used tires. So for this market segment, these low-cost tires are a good deal. For those who can afford something better, not so much.

One must also consider the age, mileage, and condition of their vehicle. If I am buying tires for a vehicle with 100,000 miles, in good condition, and running well, a 50,000 mile tire from a top-tier manufacturer might make sense. If I am buying tires for a vehicle with 230,000 miles, I don’t need 50,000 miles of treadlife. If the vehicle is seldom driven, the tires will dry-rot before the mileage is reached. If the vehicle is driven every day, it will wear out before the tires.

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Yeah that was about 2007 or 8. But they were 15 inch. Can’t remember exactly how much but pretty cheap. I had close to 500,000 miles on the car so wear was not an issue.

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Back to the original question “Are Chinese tyres good?”

I see no ‘Chinese’-brand tires listed as ‘recommended’ by Consumer Reports. So I wouldn’t consider them ‘good’.

I bet some of the name brand tires that are recommended are made in China, plenty of quality goods are.

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I took into consideration that the OP has a sub-compact car, roughly half the weight of a full-size car or mid-size SUV. Tire wear is slower on light-weight vehicles.

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The traction rating is A and that rating is for wet roads. Now our US government tire rating system has not been upgraded since the ratings came out 47 years ago. Back then an A rating was superior. Today nearly all tires are at least A rated so an A today is just average. The best are rated AA. So A is not bad but not good either by today’s standard. But they’re adequate.

Note these tires are not marked M&S. So they don’t meet the minimum industry standards for mud or snow. Don’t use if you ever get snow where you live.

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The Pirelli Pzero Neros I had on my Focus ST beg to differ. But yes I would agree there are not too many that truly qualify.

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Not a surprise. Look at the pictured label tread rating. 340. I multiply that rating by a 100 when I buy tires. Gives me a good estimate.

And yes that’s low by today’s standards. Usually 500+