Jinyu Tyres

Ubbquittious · 26-05-2020 06:40PM #1

They're fcuking everywhere you look these days. Why? Are they exceptionally cheap? I've not once heard a soul wax lyrical about them so I doubt it's because of hordes of people demanding Jinyus from tyre fitters so there must be another reason. Any idea?

SpannerMonkey · 26-05-2020 06:42PM

they are cheap and thats all most people care about unfortunately

PsychoPete · 26-05-2020 06:44PM

Can get them trade price for around €30 so nice mark up to be made on them

corks finest · 26-05-2020 07:33PM

SpannerMonkey wrote: »

they are cheap and thats all most people care about unfortunately

I'd avoid TBH especially in wet weather,or rural roads,had them a while back on a different car , never again, bloody slippy

bazz26 · 26-05-2020 07:47PM

They are black, round and cheap. That's the only criteria for most people when it comes to tyres

Ubbquittious · 26-05-2020 07:49PM

bazz26 wrote: »

They are black, round and cheap. That's the only criteria for most people when it comes to tyres

But there's loads of those brands. Landslide, triangle to name but a few why is Jinyu so popular?

26-05-2020 07:50PM

Be all the more common in the times we’re facing now too. Can’t really blame people in a way.

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime · 26-05-2020 07:52PM

When I bought a car not too long ago, they were on all 4 corners. And it was an auto diesel rear wheel drive.

I done multiple of tens of thousands kilometers on them. (Mostly motorway) and I couldn't wear the things down

They were slippery as ice skating and in the rain was just out right dangerous.

But bizzarely when we had that snow about 2/3 year back I got to work no bother on them !

But I was purposely wheel spinning the back wheels etc just to get them to wear down and that took a while but I was glad to get a good brand on there.

(People here will probably have a go at me for not just changing the tyres anyway if I wasn't happy with them)

Blaze420 · 26-05-2020 07:53PM

Cheap Chinese tires are great until you hit wet roads on them, it’s not worth the risk no matter how attractive the price is

bazz26 · 26-05-2020 07:54PM

Ubbquittious wrote: »

But there's loads of those brands. Landslide, triangle to name but a few why is Jinyu so popular?

Maybe they are just a common brand in tyre centres because the profit margin on them is pretty good. Or maybe it's just one of life's mysteries.

Rodney Bathgate · 26-05-2020 07:58PM

Cheap Chinese sh*t flooding the market just like the sh*t PPE. I’m surprised at the Chinese.

FintanMcluskey · 26-05-2020 08:01PM

Blaze420 wrote: »

Cheap Chinese tires are great until you hit wet roads on them, it’s not worth the risk no matter how attractive the price is

Long dry spells followed by rain can be the most lethal road surface.
One car with poor quality tyres can effect another unfortunately.

colm_mcm · 26-05-2020 08:05PM

Blaze420 wrote: »

Cheap Chinese tires are great until you hit wet roads on them, it’s not worth the risk no matter how attractive the price is

Even in the dry they can be a handful.

Whocare · 26-05-2020 08:12PM

Must say there can be a good buy Chinese tyres have linglong on back of my car still have good grip with 15000 miles on them compared to Firestone on front 8000miles and almost to legal limit but they did a good job stopping the car when a red squirrel ran out onto road if linglong was on front too it could be goodbye squirrel

colm_mcm · 26-05-2020 08:14PM

Would you rather make tyres out of plastic than rubber?

The reason the cheap tyres wear well is that they are usually a very hard compound.

On a FWD car, the fronts will wear way quicker than the rears.

8000 miles is very poor though.

Whocare · 26-05-2020 08:23PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

Would you rather make tyres out of plastic than rubber?

The reason the cheap tyres wear well is that they are usually a very hard compound.

On a FWD car, the fronts will wear way quicker than the rears.

8000 miles is very poor though.

Yeah pretty bad almost bad uniroyal tyres get 10000 miles at most out Firestone. But for rear I will stick with linglong tyres. Front tyres that are doing most of breaking cheap tyres are false economy

grogi · 26-05-2020 08:46PM

Ubbquittious wrote: »

But there's loads of those brands. Landslide, triangle to name but a few why is Jinyu so popular?

They are probably rounder, blackier or cheaper. I am not sure which thought...

Blowheads · 26-05-2020 09:35PM

So what are the better budget tyres a man can buy?
Local supplier has ones from Turkey, says they're good, the name escapes me. Have 20's on an A6 so 4x anything premium I'd have to sell a child

colm_mcm · 26-05-2020 09:41PM

Blowheads wrote: »

So what are the better budget tyres a man can buy?
Local supplier has ones from Turkey, says they're good, the name escapes me. Have 20's on an A6 so 4x anything premium I'd have to sell a child

Have a look on blackcircles.ie
Prices are fitted and supplied

Lowest I’d go would be Cooper/Avon/Toyo etc. lower end of premium.
What’s the tyre size?

Cee-Jay-Cee · 26-05-2020 09:53PM

Ubbquittious wrote: »

But there's loads of those brands. Landslide, triangle to name but a few why is Jinyu so popular?

There’s a 171 Audi A7 3.0 Tdi quattro in a dealership beside me and it’s shod with 4 of China’s best Landsail 19” tyres! If I were buying it I would be demanding a premium brand on it, not the cheapest nastiest tyres they could find!!

Cee-Jay-Cee · 26-05-2020 09:56PM

Blowheads wrote: »

So what are the better budget tyres a man can buy?
Local supplier has ones from Turkey, says they're good, the name escapes me. Have 20's on an A6 so 4x anything premium I'd have to sell a child

I recently fitted 4 x Kumho Ecsta PS71’s in 225/45/18 and they were a reasonable €110 a corner which isn’t bad. I’m very pleased with them so far, nice and quiet and great wet grip and they’re a good looking tyre too (which is quite important to me too)

pinktoe · 26-05-2020 10:00PM

Blowheads wrote: »

So what are the better budget tyres a man can buy?
Local supplier has ones from Turkey, says they're good, the name escapes me. Have 20's on an A6 so 4x anything premium I'd have to sell a child

I got 4 20" Hankooks tyres 275 rear and narrower in front for €670 before Xmas. They didn't seemed too eager to order in better tyres but they are better than the Dunlops. I know they were 20min outside Galway but thought the price was pretty good.

I'd imagine Chinese ones would be at least 400?

Blowheads · 26-05-2020 10:00PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

Have a look on blackcircles.ie
Prices are fitted and supplied

Lowest I’d go would be Cooper/Avon/Toyo etc. lower end of premium.
What’s the tyre size?

255 35 r20

Whocare · 26-05-2020 10:01PM

Blowheads wrote: »

So what are the better budget tyres a man can buy?
Local supplier has ones from Turkey, says they're good, the name escapes me. Have 20's on an A6 so 4x anything premium I'd have to sell a child

Kumho had good wear/grip out them

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly · 26-05-2020 10:02PM

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

There’s a 171 Audi A7 3.0 Tdi quattro in a dealership beside me and it’s shod with 4 of China’s best Landsail 19” tyres! If I were buying it I would be demanding a premium brand on it, not the cheapest nastiest tyres they could find!!

If you have a 4wd vehicle, is the tyre quality less important?

Also with ABS, traction control etc, nowadays, does this also render premium tyres less necessary?

CoBo55 · 26-05-2020 10:07PM

Blowheads wrote: »

So what are the better budget tyres a man can buy?
Local supplier has ones from Turkey, says they're good, the name escapes me. Have 20's on an A6 so 4x anything premium I'd have to sell a child

Or buy a car you can afford to put tyres on...

Blowheads · 26-05-2020 10:21PM

CoBo55 wrote: »

Or buy a car you can afford to put tyres on...

Or find another thread to troll

colm_mcm · 26-05-2020 10:24PM

Blowheads wrote: »

255 35 r20

Hankook Ventus at €152 fitted would be good value IMO.

Blowheads · 26-05-2020 10:27PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

Hankook Ventus at €152 fitted would be good value IMO.

Hankook would definitely be a brand I have used, and at that price are attractive.
I suppose most people want a decent tyre, we can't exactly go racing on the roads we have round here so to find a good tyre at a reasonable price is paramount

colm_mcm · 26-05-2020 10:29PM

Hankook are original equipment on some cars.

mk7r · 26-05-2020 10:52PM

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

There’s a 171 Audi A7 3.0 Tdi quattro in a dealership beside me and it’s shod with 4 of China’s best Landsail 19” tyres! If I were buying it I would be demanding a premium brand on it, not the cheapest nastiest tyres they could find!!

I worked for an upper market main dealer for a few years and no matter the car, year or value they got the cheapest of the cheap tyres. Landsails were a favourite.

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