Thread: D4 Low Tyre Profiles

Bridgestone Dueler AT D697's on my Prado were made in Indonesia.
Probably doesn't matter where made, as long as made to good specs.

My wranglers are made in Germany; the bridgestones on another vehicle are from Japan; the ones on my van are from Malaysia and my little car is shod with pirelli which have no country of origin ... Deliberate move by pirelli who trade on reputation and don't want folk to know that their tyres could be Chinese made.

Quality standards ... Yes known tyres seem ok (read a test of Chinese vs European made Goodyear eagle f1 asymmetric which seemed to say that they were identical) but I'd not know as I will not knowingly have Chinese made tyres of any brand on any vehicle that I drive serious distance in.

nothing wrong with chinese made tyres at all.

if you buy cheap, that's what you get.

the chinese manufacturers will make anything you want to whatever specification you want.

they make some extremely good products....but theyre not cheap products.

you will get what you pay for....especially from china.

My local tyre guy says a cheap new Chinese tyre is better and safer than a baldy worn out brand name tyre. I agree with him.

As with anything, technology and production methods have improved around the world (mostly)
China has rapidly improved quality of goods as has other countries such as Thailand.

I bought my Atturo MT tyres which are made in Thailand for a good price and have found them to be an excellent build quality tyre, they balanced up with lighter weights added than with other brand tyres I have had.

Was only commenting a couple of days ago how well the Chinese made GT Radial tyres that I had fitted to my old D2 years ago now have lasted. The young bloke is still driving the D2, still with the same tyres on it, and there's no significant sign of wear on any of them yet. They must have done at least 80,000 km now.

At the time I had them fitted, they made the vehicle track a lot better and ride a lot quieter than with the Michelins previously fitted.

All the "experts" at the time told me not to fit these tyres - but I'm not known for listening to keyboard "experts". Hell, some of them even tried to tell me that I should have fitted Coopers. No chance of them ever being fitted to any vehicle I own after my past experiences with them on work vehicles I'm afraid.