Bro, it can be material. I personally knew 1 Toyo/Silverstone engineer from Taiping/Kamunting usually these tires are for internal stuff use only and not to sell for outsider, if got cheap offer for public those are being sold by distributors. He also feedback if the tire is not on vehicle and want to bring out, they (security) purposely cut to make it damage and unable to sell to public.

hi all,
currently on a set of UC6, 215/55/R18 milage 4,500km. as these few days raining, personally i find it is not really great for wet.

any recommendation for other tyres?

boss, is it there an intended design to reduce splashes when going through watter puddle

Dear epjx31,

1) Are OEM tires really different from aftermarket?
- I recently bought a car that came pre-fitted with Bridgestone Potenza S001, which has very polarized wet performance review result on the internet. (Mainly poor results)
- I am skeptical to keep it after these reviews, but I also remember seeing Michelin saying how they custom developed PS4S for BMW M star marked tire.
- Could there be a chance that the S001 i'm having is also designed in a different way to suit the car I'm having?

2) When tires are stored for 6 months at a time without temperature-controlled storage, will there be any degradation from the atmosphere? (Assuming it is stored shaded, but not temperature-controlled)
- I live in a 4 seasons country with mild winter, average temperature is around -5 centigrade range, with a week or two of cold waves that will go as low as -18.
- I took delivery of the car during winter and I immediately swapped out the summer Bridgestone to a Michelin PS4 All Season.
- I stored the summer tire at the tire shop and may / may not swap them back when temperature rises in spring (depending on how much confident I have in the Bridgestone S001 vs my current PS4 AS)
- I took a look at shop's storage area, it is a shaded warehouse but looks to be not temperature controlled. In this condition, will the summer tire degrade after 6 months of storage?

Guess you're getting similar enquiry all the time, ha, been trying to go through the posts but still haven't seen anything can help me.(I haven't go through all of them yet)

Okay, looking for new tyres now for my cx5, 225/55R19
I think you have been hearing this all the time, PS4 SUV ?
But then at the back of my head still thinking of looking 2nd option.

Mate, what's your suggestion ?
Any other option that is very close to michelin PS4 SUV or Primacy suv+ that I should take a look ?

hi epjx31,

Currently i'm using Hankook Optimo meo2 205/60R16 for my inspira. 
Planning to change all tyres but seems like the car is for weekend use only.
Need you suggestion as I don't really know much about tyre. and the price range?

Thank you

My mileage actually already 155k because before this I use it for work but since working at new place I am using public transport.

Based on your suggestion, seems like Toyo and Goodyear is within my budget. I dont have any specific requirements but may I know, which is less noise and comfort between these 2 tyres? Maybe can add also wet 

Thank you for the suggestion. Just now I’m going to workshop and the mechanic suggest Bridgestone ER33 for rm380, is it good bargain compare to Goodyear?

does the latest bezza 2022 model tyre 175/60/r15 can be used on bezza 2017 model? will rub fender?

helo epjx31,
I notice a large price gap between 17 to 18 inch tyres.
Can share the reasons?

Looking to change my wife's car tyres..4 pieces..she drives a Honda City..15'..

What are the options that I have around PJ area and what brands..

boss, is there any brand manufacturer got announce their tyre weights as advantage?

I am driving axia 2019.

i used original tires and need to change them soon.

depth is 4mm.

some say i need to change at 3mm. some say go around 1.6mm.

i am looking at conti cc6. but now cc7 is coming. slightly improve.

got 1 shop in kepong offer me 170 for cc7 ea.

also looking at another brand.

any recomendations?

my main requirement: grip (dry/wet)

noise ratio: dont mind

which one has an optimum tear and wear?

would you recommend changing if tyre is old (>3yrs on road), but rarely driven? long way to go before botak
so far didnt notice drying or cracking

and if say I want to change, got recommend quiet tyre?
not that important on grip, since rarely go above 120km
currently using primacy 4 and its very good for me

Question for TS

What could be the reason for the noise, given below scenario ?

- Tire is used Pirelli Dragon Sport, 225/40/R18 that was manufactured back in 2016 (7 years old tires) that still have good thread pattern and depth.
Tire was stored for unknown period since last use, and recently fitted back on the car after balancing and of course alignment.
Tire is making loud humming noise when driven. There don't seem to be any visual defects on the tires, or uneven wear.

No, please no. If want to change just 2pcs never put in front first (Always put new tires in rear) unless the rear is different size or staggered/wider rims.

Dont simply just change no brand tires, if Westlake dont have ask for more famous brand like Giti, Sailun, Maxxis, Nankang alternatives. Some no famous brand cheap tires the rubber composition really bad, my mechanic encounter 1 cant even do normal patching job from outside due to nail and need to do open up the tires do the inner patch + adhesive due to poor rubber composition (hard to bond with the patch). The normal patch unable to seal it with normal adhesive, just imagine at rural area if no spare tires, your tires will keep leaking air even with the patch. 

The above statement is wrong.
UTQG treadwear is benchmarked against a standard reference tire (SRTT) with a treadwear of 100, not simply any tire by any manufacturers.
You can in fact compare the treadwear between different tires and manufacturers.
Here I copy part of a statement from US government's website:

"The 14-inch SRTT was first introduced in the 1980s. The 14-inch SRTT was manufactured by one company, Michelin North America, Inc (Michelin) and was sold under its Uniroyal brand. NHTSA uses the 14-inch SRTT to evaluate tire treadwear performance by comparing a candidate tire's performance to the performance of the SRTT in a particular performance test. NHTSA also uses the 14-inch SRTT to evaluate test surface friction for safety standards relating to braking because the narrow specifications for the tire (size, component materials, etc.) ensure consistent, repeatable performance."

unless the sidewall has damage, it pretty much look still safe to drive

I am always curious, what happen if a totally stock car was equipped with gripper tires.

Grippier tires as in those semi slick type like AD09/V720 or V730

Will the stock car suspension be overwhelmed with additional grip causing additional wear and tear?

Perhaps making the car slower since they cant take advantage of new found grip?

Does that mean upgrading stock suspension kit is essential to make full use of such tires?