Jinyu YU63 Tyres

[amb67]

OK so I'm once again hunting around for tyres..... the pleasure of owning an E320 CDI with loads of torque.

I've been trawling the net and was set on buying a set of either Pirelli Cinturato or Continental 5's.... and then I saw some reviews on Jinyu YU63's.

I'm in a dilemma, please help...... the two Jinyu's come in at around 130 fitted, the two Pirelli's/Continentals come in at around 250 fitted.

What do I do, has anyone fitted these Jinyu's, are they as good as the reviews say they are?

TIA

 

[turbopete]

my car had some jinyu tyres (not sure which 'model') fitted when i got it (dad wasnt using it much and could only get those tyres at the local place when he needed them)

i tend to like to press on in my car and i found them to be fine in the dry. however in the damp/wet i found that when they were on the rear axle, the traction control light was flashing every time i was lower than 3rd gear powering out of a bend/junction, and when on the front, the nose ran wide even when taking things relatively easily.

probably fine for city driving, but personally, id avoid. i was glad when they wore out!

my car has 195/65x15 v tyres and on various online tyre sites, dunlop blueresponse tyres are around £41 each so it might be worth looking at them. ive had dunlops on a lot of my cars over the years and always found them to be a decent tyre

 

[christopherwk]

Had a similar experience as turbopete above, when I had Jinyu Yugi's (YU61s, though I've always called them Yugis!) fitted to my E320 CDi.

 

[hotrodder]

I'd never heard of Jinyu until now, can't find a proper tyre test with them just punter feedback about the YU61 on tyre reviews which is as about as painful (and useful*) as reading youtube comments! FWIW i've experienced various cheapnese ditchfinders when buying an old car or a set of 2nd hand wheels and while they've all 'worked' provided you don't use the throttle pedal as a switch they've all pretty much ruined what's supposed to be a 'premium' car... noisy, poor ride, noisy, horrible in the wet, noisy etc

Dunno what size you're looking for but FWIW i fitted a set of 225/45r17 91Y Goodyear F1 assymetric 2 to my s124 last autumn. Soooo much quieter than the Conti sport contacts they replaced, better ride and about £15ea cheaper at the time too IIRC. Granted some of the noise and ride thing would've been due to new versus old but they transformed the old barge far more than i expected.
There's plenty of others about that are usually giving the [strike]premium[/strike] expensive brands a hard time in tyre tests while selling for less. Dunlop, as mentioned, are usually competitively priced especially considering they've been overall winners on several tyre tests recently. There's also Hankook, Bridgestone, Vredestein, Kuhmo, Falken, Avon, Firestone and probably a bunch of others i've missed out that'll all probably offer a better balance of cost versus performance/refinement

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/accessories-tyres/88478/tyre-reviews-best-tyres-2014-2015 The Hankook that came fourth (between Pirelli and Conti) is priced about midway between the Jinyu and Pirelli etc from a cursory glance at the internet

* For example one illiterate monkey gave them 87% based on 0 miles driven because they were cheaper than the Goodyear which "blew up when i drove normal speed"

 

[V6Matty]

I had them on the 270 and like Pete they were ok in the dry but didn't fill me with confidence and in the wet the rear broke traction far too easily and unexpectedly. The nexens I have on now are sooo much better, lasted 40k and are very stable in the wet.

 

[daveenty]

I'd never heard of them either so I can't help, but then I came back to this post: -

* For example one illiterate monkey gave them 87% based on 0 miles driven because they were cheaper than the Goodyear which "blew up when i drove normal speed"

Got to love the tyre review website. Where would we be without it? Oh, safe probably.

 

[Frontstep]

OK so I'm once again hunting around for tyres..... the pleasure of owning an E320 CDI with loads of torque.

I've been trawling the net and was set on buying a set of either Pirelli Cinturato or Continental 5's.... and then I saw some reviews on Jinyu YU63's.

I'm in a dilemma, please help...... the two Jinyu's come in at around 130 fitted, the two Pirelli's/Continentals come in at around 250 fitted.

What do I do, has anyone fitted these Jinyu's, are they as good as the reviews say they are?

TIA

If your after very cheap tyres look at Ling Long Greenmax.
They are fitted as original equipment, are a huge company who manufacture for others and are aggressively marketing their tyres.

http://www.tyres-pneus-online.co.uk/car-tyres-245-45-17.html# £45.55 plus fitting

 

[C350Carl]

Looks like they have a good factory and test vehicles.

 

[JBell]

I have Sunny on the rear of my car, B rated in the wet and they do grip well, £110 a pair fitted for 255/35 R18"

 

[turbopete]

If your after very cheap tyres look at Ling Long Greenmax.
They are fitted as original equipment, are a huge company who manufacture for others and are aggressively marketing their tyres.

http://www.tyres-pneus-online.co.uk/car-tyres-245-45-17.html# £45.55 plus fitting

i had linglong tyres on my old E300 and they are among the worst tyres ive ever had the misfortune to drive on in the wet.

 

[Frontstep]

i had linglong tyres on my old E300 and they are among the worst tyres ive ever had the misfortune to drive on in the wet.

The newer ones are completely different.
They are fitted as original equipment by a few manufacturers and are growing exponentially.

 

[Boxbrownie]

The newer ones are completely different.
They are fitted as original equipment by a few manufacturers and are growing exponentially.

Who fits them?

 

[Rotorhead500]

What sort of miles are you getting out of your Contis?

I had Conti SC3 on my CLS 320 when I bought it, did 18,000 miles in it and still had 4mm all round when I traded it. (Or "plenty of meat" as the sales chap said when checking it over).

 

[Ricardo_e220]

I had sunny on some spare alloys i picked up for my passat blue motion all 105bhp.... Ok in dry.... Terminal under steer at anything other than very slow oap pace in the wet...

Have 2 nexens on the s211 at the mo and they are great!

 

[Frontstep]

Who fits them?

Follow the link I put in earlier.

 

[turbopete]

sorry but i cant see where it says who fits them as OEM stuff!

 

[Rotorhead500]

Follow the link I put in earlier.

Got to the bottom of page 4 on their website and couldn't see any Jinyu?

Couldn't see it on the side bar either, under budget brand?

 

[Boxbrownie]

Follow the link I put in earlier.

That link is just to a sales site.........which OEM fits them?

 

[turbopete]

the link was for LingLong. near the bottom of page 3

 

[Boxbrownie]

the link was for LingLong. near the bottom of page 3

Yes, saw the tyre......but missing the bit telling us which Manufacturers use it as OEM.