part worn tyres

Stoke

I have a Nankang tyre that warped very badly.

AdrianC

BeenThroughItAll wrote: »

I think that's a bit unfair on Nankang, their products are not to my knowledge remoulds

True.

and they're very much at the mid-range market point.

I think that says more about the bottom end of the market, the off-brand Chinese by-the-container rubbish, than it does about the merits of Nankangs, tbh.

colino

Horses for courses but the equation becomes more agreeable on higher end cars/tyres. Without too much looking you should be able to put on a set of four Pirelli directionals on a Jag with 6mm (minimum) for £120. That is less than the cost of a new, single one and they are widely available for two recurring reasons. Many owners of such cars get horsed by their servicing garages who tell them, with suitable sucking of air, that they might not last until the next service. Secondly, many owners of such chariots upgrade their cars and barely-used rubber is chucked on the scrap pile when they bolt even lower profile rubber onto even blingier, phat wheels.
I do think its peculiar though that high volume tyres that are always in a cut-throat market new, owners even bother with part-worns.

force_ten

if you look at part worn run flats you will find many that have good tread but have been puncture repaired

now many of the big suppliers wont repair a run flat and say it needs replacing, the old tyre then ends up repaired and sold in the part worn market

now that is one part worn i wouldnt touch

pogofish

I have bought them in the past when I was right up-against it financially and needed to keep my old bucket of a car on the road to get to and from work. I got name brand tyres from a local independent of long standing with a good reputation for price and service. Never paid more than around ten-fifteen pounds for a tyre and never had a problem - and yes, I watched their condition like a hawk. I also mostly drove like a nun in that period, simply for fuel economy!

Now things are easier financially, I wouldn't think on it.

EdGasket

I have used part-worns but from a breakers where they simply take the tyre and wheel off the car. They have been very good.

I would be wary of part-worns from tyre-only places; some are imported from the continent where the legal limit is 3mm so they are pretty clapped out before you start. I also had two part worns from a tyre place that were rubbish. One turned out to have a bulge in it and the other had warped and didn't run true; complete waste of time.

londonTiger

bought part worns always. Never had a problem with them

Once I kerbed and pictured a tyre [on the sidewall] which was a part worn that I bought 2 months prior.. So glad that didn't puncture a tyre bought for £120 and it was only a part worn that cost £30.

Part worns are usually branded ones, always got michelin, pirelli, continental etc. They cost £120 a tyre new.

Part worns I have bought always had 5mm thread left in them. Don't know why they were taken off the original car. But I trust my local tyre place enough to drive on them.

jase1

motorguy wrote: »

+1

A bloke on another forum bought tyres with 3.5mm tread, thinking he'd got a bargain until somebody pointed out it was at least 75% worn...

Heh... that's the point at which I start looking around for a good deal on a new set

The Pirellis on the front of my Mondeo are down to around 3.5mm after approximately 15,000 miles... they're sh*t compared to when they were new, squealing around corners and sub-standard grip, they're at least as bad as new 'ditchfinders' right now.

arcon5

Do part worn tyres buyers really care about its history? Let alone ask for paperwork?

nobbysn*ts

forgotmyname wrote: »

Thats why a car with 4 matching tyres is a good sign. Less likely to be part worns sourced from a crashed vehicle.

Tyres have date codes on them so its easy to see how old they are.

Only ever bought one and that was when i was young, I worked a fair distance from home and needed one there and then. Drove home fine and back top work in terrible rain the next day.
On the way home that night i had a terrible vibration, Popped into a late opening tyre shop and they said its cracked between the treads and water has entered the cords and expanded.

Never touched one since, I wont touch remoulds either.

Not Kwik Fit? Sounds more like you simply lost a weight, and were mugged off for the price of a new tyre.