I thought that it is not too late to write this review (in our case it was just that!), But I looked at how many people are searching summer tires already, and I realized that it ok.
Yes, and those who have a summer at the end, also does not interfere with the familiar.
Choose your summer tires, without any deception by the cunning sellers.
A lot of traded rubber, so take my word for it.
What you need to know, and no seller about it, will not tell you.
What is written on the sides of the rubber wheels and what these inscriptions mean:
1. DOT - the most important inscription.
Important: contains information about the factory where the rubber was made (the first characters, but a reference book is needed, which I did not find on the Web) and the week and year of release (the last four or three digits), which is approximately understandable, type 045 at the end is the fourth week of 1995 and such rubber we didn’t pinned because of its antiquity. If 0505, then this is the fifth week of 2005.
By the way, the warranty period for warehousing of rubber is five years, and if you looked at the date of purchase when buying it, and then realized that it was produced in 1999, you can ask for money back, since the store does not have the right to sell rubber for five years.
2. Made in ... and so it is clear. About the nuances of the producers will talk later.
3. TRADEWHERE - rubber wear index.
Important: The more - the longer the rubber passes.
TEMPERATURE - do not worry, for the summer will come to love.
TRACTION - the index of the clutch from the letter A to C, where A is the most excellent index, although all this is very conditional.
4. Size approximately like this: 205/55 R16.
For each car its own, but almost always there is an undocumented opportunity to shove, instead of the regular something else. There still exists in it the designation C, but this is for trucks, and we are now writing about light trucks.
5. Load index (per wheel) and speed type 96W. Comes after a standard size.
Often got rid of two questions:
1. - What are the dots on the sides?
Red It is combined with the “L” mark on the disk during installation.
White 180 degrees from the “L” mark.
Yellow It is combined with a nipple. Used when there is no “L” mark (for example, on steel disks). As a rule, there are two points on a tire: red, / yellow or white, / yellow.
On the Internet, walks a lot of all sorts of nonsense, such as these points indicate the quality of rubber. For example: the white dot is good, the red is bad. This is complete nonsense!
2. What are the colored stripes on the tread?
So - this is just a warehouse label. Rubber lies in piles. One size, made in the same factory, usually has the same stripes. Just for the convenience of searching in warehouses.
What you need to know about the manufacturers of tires.
Michelin.
Very high wear resistance. High comfort, and, as a result, soft thin not very reliable board. Characteristics of tires are highly dependent on the manufacturer (country) (sometimes to a slight difference in the tread pattern). Pay attention to this when buying, at least on one axis it is good to have rubber from one plant to avoid uneven wear.
For example, French and German Energy 3. In many sizes, they have different speed index, respectively, different toughness rigidity. For speed - goschikov not recommend because of the snotty side, even the Pilot series, and the price is exorbitant.
But the aforementioned Energy 3A, perhaps the best tires for a comfortable quiet ride. Pilots are a compromise of sportiness and comfort. Like a Mercedes coupe, it looks like a sports car, but seriously, not a damn thing.
Affiliated brands, such as Kleber, are much inferior in quality, so do not be fooled by the divorce that Kleber is the same Michelin for less loot. Just throw out the money.
Good Year.
Wear resistance is medium or low. Soft board. Most of the models are successful. Pay attention to the low durability of the Hydra Grip, and then the advertisement has already been everywhere, and the people are being led!
Vector 5 - the only sensible seasoning in the world (although, in general, any seasoning is complete shit by definition). The F1 series is a great rubber from the same class as the Michelin Pilot series with the same drawbacks, but F1 is two times less durable.
Ventura is good, but noisy. It is desirable to buy Germany, Turkey and Slovenia is definitely lower in quality. With Japan and Indonesia, you can easily fly into models for the Asian market only, which have been crammed into the hold on the ship. Tear, where then take, from Japan to order?
Bridgestone / Firestone.
Highest reliability. Rubber almost indestructible. Rigid sidewall, good handling in the corners, but a wild shake, respectively. I do not recommend sports models, as there are three competitors about which below, with which no one can argue at all.
Ahtung! Japanese samurai! GR80 - wear to bald in one season! No need this rubber, with all its positive qualities!
B650, B700 is a good tire, you can take as a much more reliable alternative to Michelin Energy 3A, although the bridge is slightly inferior to it in everything else. Firestone F580 - excellent working tires, the supercapital domestic. Inexpensive (175 / 70R13, for VAZ on 13 ”wheels about 1350-1400 rubles), very reliable, of the highest quality, thanks to a good lug to fit for trips to the country, behaves well on the water, runs for a long time. Harsh, noisy, but after BC there is the opposite.
Firestone Firehawk TZ100 - more expensive than the previous one, but also more comfortable. I do myself ride on it.
This is not the full list of all tire companies, so be patient - the end of the list will come ASAP. (Tomorrow or some sort of!)))
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