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Chinese Tires...........

Goose

Goose

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I needed a set of tires on my Olds 88. It takes a 225-60-16, normally a high performance, high dollar tire.

Since the car has 227,000 miles and I'm looking to replace it when I find a car I like at a deal I like, (maybe tomorrow, maybe 6 months) I didn't feel like putting $500 worth of tires on it. So when Firestone stores advertised a "special purchase" on off brand tires for $45 each, cash and carry, I sprung for a set of four. Turned out they were made in China.

Last night I mounted and balanced the two front ones. I have a bubble balancer that has served me well over the years, and where the Cooper tires I took off each had 3 to 4 ounces of weights on them, when I put the new Chinese tires on the balancer they both "pinwheeled" the bubble with no weights. Coming in on I-80 this morning with the cruise set on 77 mph they ran as smooth as you could want or expect.

This reinforces my 40 year experience that the degree of sucess and satisfaction I have with tires is inversely proportional to the brand recognition and the price I pay for them.
 
I'll bet you a dollar to a donut, that the Chicrap doesn't make it past 10,000 miles.
Chinese made crap is just that, CRAP, knowingly made by them as:
A: A way of thumbing their nose at America
B: A way of attacking our country without openly declaring war.
C: Their way of proving that ''a sucker is born every minute''
D: Most Americans are too stupid to realize that the Chicoms are NOT our friends.
Anyone who thinks that the Chicoms have any semblence of quality control, or even care about the long term effects of using their JUNK, is certifiably stupid.
 
I'm not boosting Chinese stuff by any means, but it you're calling me "certifiably stupid", old buddy, you better be ready to back it up. Put up or shut up.
 
Now, assuming for a minute Cyn has a point(s), I wonder why the Chinese would harbor grudges against the West, after all the wonderful things we did for them: sent them all those missionaries, supported the Brits in their Opium War (which was fought to force the Chinese to USE opium), sent Marines during the Boxer Rebellion (which was trying to drive out foreigners monopolising trade revenues, etc), to say nothing of that paragon of democracy Old Chiang and his Missus (the prototype for the Dragon Lady of Terry And The Pirates)....
Actually, today, I think you can buy from China whatever you want: if you want cheap junk, they'll happily make it for you--if you want good stuff and will pay the price, they'll happily do that...
They do seem to have a problem with corruption: as seem as the iron hand relaxes, Old China reappears, so continuous on-site quality control is mandatory...
 
I have sold, mounted & balanced tires for years using a bubble balancer and the same at home on the farm. Sometimes they are in perfect balance and sometimes not. I'll bet if you dismounted and remounted those tires, they would balance differently. I don't think the brand has anything to do with it.

As for the Chinese rant, I think the ranter is a little far out. I do, however, support and practice avoiding Chinese products whenever possible due to their quality control and cheating. They put melamine in our pet food and poison out pets, now they have been caught putting melamine in candy we import. Some of their catfish was reclled due to contamination. I have yet to see a quality tool from China. They had multiple tire recalls in the recent past due to casing failure. Now, I hear John Deere will be building tractors in China - I won't buy one. Their pollution is so bad it can be detected in the Pacific Northwest where I live. I will pay more for the American tires and balance them as needed.
 

i understand,but i dont go cheep on tires anymore.only thing between me and the road. good ones seem to last longer and have fewer problems. i learned about looking at the date on a tire when it was made.a tire starts drying out right after its made. made in china quality depends on the company making it there.true chinese engineered and set up plants seem to make junk. lucas
 
I get much more satisfaction any more buying american made when I can. Especially the older I get. I want the American made stuff more than ever. Most chinese made products are garbage.
 
It will be interesting to find out how these tires last. If they'd been sold by a corner garage instead of Firestone, I may not have bought them. But-most corner garages would have marked the price up considerably higher.

I have no real love for the Chinese. In fact, in 1958 no less than Chairman Mao himself predicted the day I would die, along with a couple hundred other Marines. But, that's a whole different story out of the past.
 
I have a set of 10 ply 16 inch tires made in china on a trailer I bought recently. The trailer vibrated so bad I had the tires balanced
using a spin balancer. One tire took over a pound of weights, a couple of others took 12 oz.

sounds like you lucked out.
 
I don't like buying Chinese stuff either, but sometimes you can't avoid it. Most power tools are now made in China, including DeWalt. I bought a Hitachi cordless drill a couple of years ago, figuring at least it would have been made in Japan. Turns out that was made in China, too. But it's a real good drill.

So, sometimes Chinese stuff can be decent. I've been running Hancook tires on my 3 trucks for several years now. I bought my first set because they were a good price, and I liked the tread. But, I didn't realize at first that they're Chinese made, too. I run the off road tires, and they're the best tires I've had. Great traction, and they last pretty well. They're noisy as hell, but most off road tires are.

So, I think some Chinese tires may be just fine.
 
I guess, given your situation, I would have
purchased them also....but... given the
"Baby Formula" scam that we're reading about, with tainted milk even being found in European
candy, I wouldn't trust any Chinese product.
 
Mainland China made products vary in quality and life expectancy. Some of the Chinese made stuff is built for Japanese companies using the replaced model tooling from Japan and Japanese inspectors- they make the spare parts for the older model Japanese equipment serviced by the Japanese manufacturer, then assemble their own branded equipment with the same basic quality parts- fairly close to the Japanese original. Some of the Chinese products are made by slave/prisoner labor according to some media protestors- (Walmart toys, furniture). Employee moral may vary. Norinco is supposed to be military controlled- SKS's seem good and other equipment fair. RN
 
(quoted from post at 07:40:40 10/02/08) I'll bet you a dollar to a donut, that the Chicrap doesn't make it past 10,000 miles.
Chinese made crap is just that, CRAP, knowingly made by them as:
A: A way of thumbing their nose at America
B: A way of attacking our country without openly declaring war.
C: Their way of proving that ''a sucker is born every minute''
D: Most Americans are too stupid to realize that the Chicoms are NOT our friends.
Anyone who thinks that the Chicoms have any semblence of quality control, or even care about the long term effects of using their JUNK, is certifiably stupid.
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What kind of computer are you typing this on? Nice, made in Texas Dell? Open one up and see where the components are made.
I've got a china made atv that has Japan stamped on several parts.
I don't like it any better than you do, but that's life. Remember 30+ years ago how everyone was badmouthing the Japan junk???
 
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