Buying Used Tyres

harveybobbles

bigjl wrote: »

3 yr old WRX with a pair of LingLongs on the front, actually I would rather have a set of part worn Bridgestones or Avons.

This is the reason we fit part worns to our cars on sale.

I'd rather see a decent make of rubber on a car rather than a LingLong or a Stunner, which yes, might be half the price of a Conti or a Michelin, but will last a quater of the time.

bigjl

Spot on Harvey, spot on.

birkee

harveybobbles wrote: »

The tyres could have come off a car which was deemed to have low tread, as in Germany they have different laws on tyre tread depth, so they often get replaced at 4/5mm, which is less than 50% worn....

And they COULD have come off a wrecked car.

harveybobbles

birkee wrote: »

And they COULD have come off a wrecked car.

but they havent...

spaceboy

birkee wrote: »

Have you SEEN some of the wheels on crashed cars?

Got a picture of the tyre?

spaceboy

Actually you could argue that if you're a good driver LingLongs would make fore a more interesting drive on public roads.

birkee

spaceboy wrote: »

Got a picture of the tyre?

What good is a picture of a tyre, with no VISIBLE damage?
It's the hidden damage that you risk with used tyres.

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Are people so desperate to keep driving when they should give up that they compromise their and far more importantly my safety cutting corners with vehicle safety ?

Seriously, if you cannot afford decent new rubber when it is required, you shouldn't be allowed on the road.

asbokid

birkee wrote: »

What good is a picture of a tyre, with no VISIBLE damage? It's the hidden damage that you risk with used tyres.

I would expect a decent tyre fitter to examine the inside of every tyre, whether new or used, for signs of hidden damage, as well as examining for obvious external signs of bulging, splits or rubber perish.

Many of the same flaws can be present on new tyres as well. A budget Far Eastern re-mould may be no safer than a quality used tyre.

Remember also that we can cause hidden damage to fitted tyres during their normal lifetime.

Every time we hit a pothole, or curb a tyre, very few of us take our cars straight to a tyre shop and have them remove the tyres for internal examination.

mikey72

Hammyman wrote: »

And you can guarantee they've never been kerbed or driven up a kerb fast - either of which damages the steel re-enforcing bands, or the brakes on the car seized so the tyre has ended up so hot there is blistering between the carcass and the laminated layer which can lead to tyre delamination?

Hardly a great arguement unless everyone changes a tyre if they kerb it.

2sides2everystory wrote: »

Pressure tested? How exactly?
And concluding what exactly? Perfect? How were they removed from the original rims? In perfect ways, do we guess? Ehm ...

If you pick up and refit anything made of used rubber especially if you do not know where it has been then you are surely playing the odds

If you want to, you can buy yourself a machine to test them

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TYRE-PRESSURE-TESTING-MACHINE-PART-WORN-TYRES-BRAND-NEW-/330536031338

Removed exactly the same way any other tyre is removed/fitted.

(The last bit may be true if you find it washed up on the beach)