Part Worn Tyre Advice

[Pete-M]

Ooooh, I might need some 175/70/13s in the future, I'll give ya a shout if I do

[Pete-M]

205/55/16 also lots of Mondeos and Skoda Superbs...

[warren t claim]

The wholesaler told me that the 205/55/16 will be the biggest earner and biggest pain to keep stocked up with.

[skattrd]

Agree on the 205/55/16's - my VW boring uses them, so will mk4 Golfs, A3's etc.

225/45/16 is whats on my Alfa & was on the Saab as well.

 

The 13's I'd be surprised if you sold a lot of as new can be bought for £25-30

[beko1987]

I got part worns put on the back of the XM yesterday due to skintness. One barely used mitchelin pilot sport, and 1 barely used Junya on the other side.

 

£30 all in, pleased so far, even if one of the beads had to be hammered onto the rim! 

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

I got part worns put on the back of the XM yesterday due to skintness. One barely used mitchelin pilot sport, and 1 barely used Junya on the other side.

 

£30 all in, pleased so far, even if one of the beads had to be hammered onto the rim! 

 

Bloomin' heck- them Chinks are so bold nowadays, they're churning out cheap fake copies of American imperialism!

[beko1987]

Bloomin' heck- them Chinks are so bold nowadays, they're churning out cheap fake copies of American imperialism!

I think I meant Jinyu having just gone out and looked. They have a website and everything http://www.jinyutyres.com/en/ Haven't spun out int oa bus stop full of gay nuns yet in the 25 miles I've driven!

[Pillock]

How true is it that all tyres are produced in only 6 factories or summat, and WhanKyng SpamChucker OMGTI tyres are just the same as Dunlop or whatever.... is that just a myth trotted out by tyre fitters when they're trying to shift a batch of far-eastern barely-round monstrosities? "Yeah mate, these are just like Goodyear, made in the same place, but they're three quid cheaper"...

 

I can't see that massive names like Michelin would let their production lines and technology get used for all sorts of crap, but then surely all these little-known companies can't afford the production line, certification and whatnot just to bang out a couple of hundred tyres a week.

[Mr Lobster]

How true is it that all tyres are produced in only 6 factories or summat, and WhanKyng SpamChucker OMGTI tyres are just the same as Dunlop or whatever.... is that just a myth trotted out by tyre fitters when they're trying to shift a batch of far-eastern barely-round monstrosities? "Yeah mate, these are just like Goodyear, made in the same place, but they're three quid cheaper"...

 

Doubt it tbh. I've just replaced a set of 'Autogrip' (how ironic) with a set of Goodyears and the difference, particularly in the wet has been remarkable.

 

So are you going ahead with it the WTC?

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

How true is it that all tyres are produced in only 6 factories or summat, and WhanKyng SpamChucker OMGTI tyres are just the same as Dunlop or whatever.... is that just a myth trotted out by tyre fitters when they're trying to shift a batch of far-eastern barely-round monstrosities? "Yeah mate, these are just like Goodyear, made in the same place, but they're three quid cheaper"...

 

I can't see that massive names like Michelin would let their production lines and technology get used for all sorts of crap, but then surely all these little-known companies can't afford the production line, certification and whatnot just to bang out a couple of hundred tyres a week.

 

What happens is that a lot of the Y.U.NO.STOP tyremakers are either subsidiaries or business partners of Michenentalyear. When the big brand releases the PetrolSaverWithNoGrip 4, it sends the tread design of, and perhaps a bit of specialist production tooling related to, PSWNG3 to the budget brand. The maker of the cheapo tyre then goes and sources some slightly cheaper raw materials. As their R&D costs are negligible and the materials a bit cheaper, they can sell their tyres for 40% less than the big brand. The driver of the 2001 Clio would never pay £80 a corner anyway, so the big brand doesn't lose any market share.

 

I think some of the big companies have a chain that's 3 or even 4 companies long. So, when Michelin get rid of a model, it probably gets passed to BF Goodrich, when they're done with it they send it to Kormoran, and by the time it reaches Ningbo Chewing Gums Factory it's already 12 years old.

[Lacquer Peel]

I think some of these various spurious Chinese brands are knocked out of the same factory, just with different branding. A lot of the tread patterns are the same - usually some 'dynamic' directional tread pattern that looks cool.

[warren t claim]

 

 

So are you going ahead with it the WTC?

Yes I am. The problem is I'm contractually obliged to work for the next couple of weeks. If I had any spare money I'd pay for the premises to make sure that nobody else gets them but if they do get let to someone else then all is not lost because I know of other locations.

 

Sadly I have to work to cover the costs of initial stock and advertising.

[Cavcraft]

Say what? Some companies used to own others, i.e (supposedly) Michelin owned Kleber, Dunlop owned some cheap brand (forgotten who) then supposedly bought Avon etc. I don't think a handful of big companies own all the shit ones though, but they do (or did) own tyre houses. Michel did (and probably still do) own ATS, Pirelli had Central Tyres and Motorway (tyre fitters) were owned by Avon.

 

Warren: I keep seeing a BFO old yellow Daf CF with a 40ft curtainsider advertising tyre collections from 75p+VAT, I think it calls to A1 scrappy in E. Port.