Linglong tyres

ION08

Does anybody know where I could pick up a linglong L668 tyre in or around Dublin?

215/45/17

Cheers

Matt Simis

ION08 wrote: »

Does anybody know where I could pick up a linglong L668 tyre in or around Dublin?

215/45/17

Cheers

This for some sort of safety report??

Nissan doctor

ION08 wrote: »

Does anybody know where I could pick up a linglong L668 tyre in or around Dublin?

215/45/17

Cheers

Here's hoping you don't find one...for your safety and everyone elses....:eek:

Mycroft H

I can guarantee those tyres are as crap as the name sounds funny

ION08

Haha. Yes I'm aware that they're made from condensed Chinese newspapers but I already have 1 brand new one and I'm just looking for another one to match it up with.

Eric Cartman

ION08 wrote: »

Haha. Yes I'm aware that they're made from condensed Chinese newspapers but I already have 1 brand new one and I'm just looking for another one to match it up with.

youd actually be better off with bald khumos

Nissan doctor

ION08 wrote: »

Haha. Yes I'm aware that they're made from condensed Chinese newspapers but I already have 1 brand new one and I'm just looking for another one to match it up with.

You are aware that if you have to swerve or brake hard on a wet surface you will loose control....interesting.

unkel

Apparently they are popular in the Netherlands with drifters. The tyres have very little grip but do last a long time.

The nickname of the tyre is "Live Longs"

Maybe the OP is a drifter who wants the tyres for the track. But honestly, they should never be fitted to a road car...

Nissan doctor

unkel wrote: »

Apparently they are popular in the Netherlands with drifters. The tyres have very little grip but do last a long time.

The nickname of the tyre is "Live Longs"

Maybe the OP is a drifter who wants the tyres for the track. But honestly, they should never be fitted to a road car...

Its a common misperception that low grip is needed for drifting, quite the opposite is true especially at the higher levels of competition.

ION08

Yeah ok, I'm aware that they're not bridgestones but spare me the lectures please lads.

The way it is at the moment I've 2 tyres approaching legal limit wand I've one brand new L668 in the shed, so my options are buy another matching tyre for 50~euro or buy 2 name brand tyres for 180~euro and continue having the L668 gathering dust in the shed.

I realise they're not the most high performance tyre but at end of the day they are E approved and I'm not gonna be rallying around mondello.

partyatmygaff

Linglong tyres on an old 72HP Benz...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7C9In-ul8c

Looks fun to drive... anywhere except on a public road that is.

Matt Simis

ION08 wrote: »

Yeah ok, I'm aware that they're not bridgestones but spare me the lectures please lads.

The way it is at the moment I've 2 tyres approaching legal limit wand I've one brand new L668 in the shed, so my options are buy another matching tyre for 50~euro or buy 2 name brand tyres for 180~euro and continue having the L668 gathering dust in the shed.

I realise they're not the most high performance tyre but at end of the day they are E approved and I'm not gonna be rallying around mondello.

Man, just buy some brand name part worns if you want to save cash. Cost the same or less but with nothing like the death tempting antics those tyres are offering.
Just bin the "brand new LingLong", its worthless. And yes I have tested Chinese tyres myself, bought a car with newish "Triangles" and had to have them removed within a few weeks, just too dangerous.

A part worn place wont take in/sell Chinese tyres btw, for obvious reasons.

unkel

Nissan doctor wrote: »

Its a common misperception that low grip is needed for drifting, quite the opposite is true especially at the higher levels of competition.

I don't think the drifter lads I was referring to are at the higher levels of competition

coolbeans

Just get a set of part worn Michelins or Continentals. Things are tight and I picked up a pair of 225s for E90 fitted. Chinese plastic tyres are scarily dangerous on Irish roads at any speed. Honestly, decent tyres could easily be the difference between avoiding a smash or not.

Fishtits

OP get yourself some second hand/part worn decent brand tyres.

Some of the crap that is coming out of Asia at the moment is hair raising to put it mildly. The CE stamp means sod all.

Matt Simis

Fishtits wrote: »

The CE stamp means sod all.

Yes indeed, I highly suspect the E mark on Tyres is self-certified but couldnt confirm.
I know from working previously in an importer from Asia that we could self-certify electrical equipment.. self certify means no testing just a Fine if its tested and failed or found to be unsafe after the fact. So basically useless.

challengemaster

ION08 wrote: »

Yeah ok, I'm aware that they're not bridgestones but spare me the lectures please lads.

The way it is at the moment I've 2 tyres approaching legal limit wand I've one brand new L668 in the shed, so my options are buy another matching tyre for 50~euro or buy 2 name brand tyres for 180~euro and continue having the L668 gathering dust in the shed.

I realise they're not the most high performance tyre but at end of the day they are E approved and I'm not gonna be rallying around mondello.

New tyres might cost you ~180, but how much would it cost if you put the car in a ditch? Or how much of an insurance hike if you run into someone else?

Coming into winter, and you're contemplating putting shíte tyres on your car... driving on normal summer tyres is bad enough, nevermind chinese crap.

Tea 1000

Tell you what's the best thing to do with that linglong in your shed... go down to the nearest boat club and sell it to them for €20 for fending off their boat from the pier. It's the best place for that piece of muck waste of planet resources that some clown calls a tyre. I'll probably be replacing two Firestones which you can have for free on the front of my car that are still legal, but guaranteed to be infinitely better than those Chinese things.

ION08

Ok fair enough, I might just bin that linglong and go for 2 part worn name brand tyres instead

I thought it would be a shame and a waste to bin a "perfectly good tyre" but evidently not!

MugMugs

ION08 wrote: »

Ok fair enough, I might just bin that linglong and go for 2 part worn name brand tyres instead

I thought it would be a shame and a waste to bin a "perfectly good tyre" but evidently not!

In the event that this were a "perfectly good tyre" then it would be a downright shame.

Good job it isnt and it's not.

I'm sure you like being able to log on to Boards.... We kinda like having you here. Buy some decent rubber and we can enjoy your company for a bit longer.

unkel

ION08 wrote: »

Ok fair enough, I might just bin that linglong and go for 2 part worn name brand tyres instead

I thought it would be a shame and a waste to bin a "perfectly good tyre" but evidently not!

Fair play to ya!

Is the ling long actually brand new (unfitted)? You might find out where they sell them and try do a part exchange for 2 part worns?

ION08

Yeah it's brand new, got it free when I bought a set of alloys off somebody to have as a spare

ION08

Well, following everyones, advice I got a pair of literally new Pirelli p-zeros for the front and two Goodyears for the back.

Now I can approach wet roundabouts with some degree of confidence!