Capital tires

[measureman]

Hi I'm new here and first want to say hello.
Now to my question. I bought a used car 2 months ago and part of the deal was new tires. Now I expected to get the cheapest tires they could get and I think I did. They are Capital tires the model is Negotiator made in China.So far so good. I have run them at 75 mph plus for a couple of hours at a time and they did not get destroyed. So how bad are theses?
Thanks

 

[Gene K]

Made by Beijing Capital Tyre Company, Ltd.

Some people say they are awful and others liked them well enough to run them nearly 100,000 miles on a Toyota Echo.

Keep an open mind and see how they work for you. Be especially cautious in the wet and on snow (If you dont plan to switch to Winter Tires) until you have a feel for them.

 

[bdcardinal]

When I bought my car they were on there. About the only thing they were good at is not wearing out really fast. Everything else was subpar at best.

 

[mrsilv04]

Once you thought that car dealers could find the absolute cheapest tires to slap on a trade in, another dealer comes up with an even cheaper tire.

The favorite cheapie locally is Uniroyal. That is just about the cheapest nationally known brand.

My Silverado had a set of new Uniroyals on it when I bought it. They always felt like they were filled with pudding, instead of air. And the wet and snow traction was poor at best.

 

[daves87rs]

Hmmm...I've seen people who had pretty good luck with them...

 

[The Critic]

Originally Posted By: daves87rs
Hmmm...I've seen people who had pretty good luck with them...


You could say that about any tire.

 

[measureman]

So far 7k of a lot of hot freeway driving on the Capitals and they are not showing much in the way of wear,not even enough to rotate them. But snow season in Colorado is not far off and we will see how they do.

 

[daves87rs]

Originally Posted By: measureman
So far 7k of a lot of hot freeway driving on the Capitals and they are not showing much in the way of wear,not even enough to rotate them. But snow season in Colorado is not far off and we will see how they do.


That's good...

 

[daves87rs]

Originally Posted By: The Critic
Originally Posted By: daves87rs
Hmmm...I've seen people who had pretty good luck with them...


You could say that about any tire.


While true, the tiger paw AWP and touring models do well..

 

[measureman]

So now after 10k miles on the Capital tires the front ones are showing a bit of wear compared to the rears but still not enough to rotate them. But probably not a bad idea.They have performed very well in the rain. Snow season is just around the corner and we will see how they do.I have done a lot of high speed driving in hot weather and they did not fall apart. I was a little concerned how a Chinese made tire would do at a lot of 75 MPH + in hot weather but they did just fine. Also they seem to be very quiet tires.So far so good.

 

[CapriRacer]

Industry sources say you should rotate your tires every 5K to 8K miles, so you are past due. The reason for this is to keep the tires wearing at the same rate. That provides the most amount of traction for the vehicle and it more evenly divides it among the 4 tires. For safety, you don't want the front or the rear to have a significant amount more traction than the other.

You shouldalso be aware that tires lose traction as they wear and the more the wear, the much more the loss. In other words, it gets worse fast than the wear.

This is particularly important for a FWD like you have. FWD cars wear front tires 2 1/2 times faster than the rears.

 

[daves87rs]

True...

 

[HTSS_TR]

Originally Posted By: CapriRacer

You should also be aware that tires lose traction as they wear and the more the wear, the much more the loss. In other words, it gets worse fast than the wear.

Why some racers shaved the new tires down from 10/32 to 6/32 at some race tracks ?

My Honda S2000 seems to have more traction as the tires wear down, it had the most traction at 2/32 to 1/32 on dry roads. I could take the on ramp at higher speed at 1-2/32 than it was at 8-9/32.

I knew that it's unsafe to have tread at less than 2/32 on wet roads, but on dry roads it seems to be better than full tread.

 

[CapriRacer]

Originally Posted By: HTSS_TR
Originally Posted By: CapriRacer

You should also be aware that tires lose traction as they wear and the more the wear, the much more the loss. In other words, it gets worse fast than the wear.

Why some racers shaved the new tires down from 10/32 to 6/32 at some race tracks ?......


Perhaps I should have been a little more specific. Tires lose WET and SNOW traction as they wear. There is always and abundance of dry traction available on the street (unless someone dumps oil!)