Had To Order Tires Today Milestar MS932 Sport

[53' Stude]

Originally Posted by RayCJ

My wife was on a local road and encountered a longitudinal separation in the roadway. She saw it coming but it was too late. Ripped open two tires but she kept it straight until her tires got out of the long crack then she pulled over quickly. There must have been a piece of exposed rebar based on the rip in the sidewall. The rims are OK.

Anyhow, I just ordered a set of Milestar MS932 Sport 215 /50 R17 95V XL BSW. These are going on our 2007 Mazda6 w/5sp manual. She retired this year and this car is just driven locally about 12k miles/year. After checking many online dealers, these tires seemed to be getting about an 85% approval rating. Does anyone have direct experience with these?

FWIW, I ordered from Discount Tire Direct where I've ordered my last 4-5 sets of tires.


Ray




I put 2 Mile Star tires on the girls Camry and they are doing great. Talked to her this morning and she says they are quiet also

 

[RayCJ]

Well, the tires will be installed tomorrow at a local place that does road-force balancing. They were not on the list of installers from DTD but, the price was roughly the same as their approved installers -none of which had road-force balancing equipment.

Will check back tomorrow and let you know how the installation goes.

Ray

 

[RayCJ]

Installation update:

The tires being replaced were Cooper Zeon RS3-A. They were OK but from the start they had a noticeable howl and later developed a pulsing sensation. Had the car alignment checked and tires re-balanced and rotated which helped but didn't eliminate the problem. After a year and 2 more rotations, it evened-out more and I decided to live with them as-is. Performance, treadwear etc was very good though. I would buy them again but have them road-force mounted instead of traditional spin balancing.

Today, installation of the Milestar MS932 Sport's went well. One of the tires needed to be re-positioned on the wheel after the first time mounting it. The road force adjustment on that one took a bit of tweaking to get it right.

Drove the car for about 75 miles and the first impression is very good. These tires are very quiet (amazingly quiet actually) and smooth. No rumbling, pulsing, drifting.... No warning bells at all -sigh of relief on day one. Next year at this time, I'll know if they're any good or not.


Ray

 

[JTK]

Was there a need for the Hunter road force balance?

Just asking because I guess I've been lucky with the combo of vehicles and tires I've had. Never had a vib issue that couldn't get resolved by a new tire or standard re-balance.

 

[RayCJ]

Originally Posted by JTK
Was there a need for the Hunter road force balance?

Just asking because I guess I've been lucky with the combo of vehicles and tires I've had. Never had a vib issue that couldn't get resolved by a new tire or standard re-balance.


It looks like you've been lucky and I have not

In the last ten sets of tires or so, I've had at least 3-4 tires that needed to be re-balanced and I knew within minutes while driving home after having them installed. If you read these posts here, you'll find countless others who are just as unlucky as me It's a pain to juggle cars around to take it back for proper balancing so, going forward, I'll do nothing but road-force balancing.

FWIW, the local dealer I went to will only do road-force balancing. They have 2 balancing machine and both do it. They charge the same as all the other installers.

My question to you is, why would I not do road-force balancing?

Ray

 

[CapriRacer]

Originally Posted by JTK
Was there a need for the Hunter road force balance?....


I am sure that is what this was.

Originally Posted by RayCJ
Installation update: ……. One of the tires needed to be re-positioned on the wheel after the first time mounting it. The road force adjustment on that one took a bit of tweaking to get it right. ………

 

[Matagonka]

I used them. My brother did also. They last a good 40k miles with good rotations.

 

[litesong]

Originally Posted by DoubleNickels
....... also hear that tires coming from places like China, Thailan, Indonesia, et cetera may not be that safe. Poor production standards. Blowouts. ....unsure if I want to buy the cheapest tire I can find.
Almost 4 years ago, I bought 7 new tires for good deals. Totaling up the costs, I was stunned that they cost $1000 including the rebates. They are name-brand, good tires, but....... Started buying Craigslist tires. Also found good tires that people wanted out of their garages. Often $50 for 4 tires & $100 for 4 tires, mounted & balanced on alloy wheels. For spare "new" tires(never mounted), I've paid as little as $10 & 7 tires were free. All used....all good tires, some giving 40,000 miles of travel AND better handling than my OE tires. On two of our cars, 5 of the 8 tires are U.S. made.

 

[avacado11]

A friend brought a car with Milestar MS932s installed. So far, he hasn't had issues and they seem to be holding up fine with mileage. But I had a set on my BMW 3-Series and they caused vibration. Tires weren't true, 2 had noticeable high spots, 1 had minor on the balance machine. Very annoying because some bumps on the highway would make the wheel start vibrating like an out-of-balance tire. Another friend had them and said the tires were weak and prone to nails

I figured the high spots weren't the issue, replaced a bunch of stuff thinking the car was messed up. Turns out, it was the tires. It's a hit or miss, just know I'll never buy cheap tires again. Better off spending an extra $100 on coopers or generals. Have Nitto, Bridgestone, Dunlop, and Continental on my cars now. No tire issues at all.

 

[NormanBuntz]

I rolled the dice yesterday and had four Milestar MS932 Sports installed on my wife's Infiniti. I wanted an all season tire that was V rated. Previous tires were OEM Goodyear Eagle RSA (lasted 41K miles), Cooper Zeon (25k miles) and Toya Versado LX II (still decent after 44k miles). The Versados had aged out at six years, so I dumped them for safety's sake. On a low mileage car that's 12 years old, I wanted value and not long wear.

Discount Tire had a holiday sale: $82 per tire minus a 15% rebate for store credit card users. They replaced four TPMS sensors at $60 each, while the Infiniti dealer wanted $180 apiece. Programming was a breeze. Out the door in one hour for $693 for four tires and sensors. Previously I had read the online reviews of the Milestar tire, and I was satisfied with what I read. To me it didn't make sense to spend $1,000 plus for tires and sensors on a 12 year old car.

Ride seems a little softer. Naturally the new ones are quieter. Time will tell, but if they last six years they'll be bargain.

 

[JustinH]

It really doesn't matter the tire brand, if you are getting into economy tires.

I think it's the fact that America's Tire/Discount Tire is one of the largest chains in the country and they will stand behind their product.

If you would have gone ahead and bought this tire on ebay with no warranty, then I would not advise that, but if you buy it from Discount you are going to get the treadwear out of it, or they are going to replace it or pro rate it.

My wife and I drive regular cars, we have a touring tire from Sentury on her car, and a UHP Sentury tire on my car.

We have been buying from Discount for years, and always purchased one level over their cheapest tire and had no issues.

The only time I have had a problem with a tire was when we had some primewells on my wife's car from Firestone. The tire was fine, then Firestone recalled them for tread seperation, so we replaced the tires with another set of primewells, which in turn had bad tread separation in 12 months.

At that point we decided to junk the tires and purchase a new set from Discount.

 

[RayCJ]

Originally Posted by avacado11
A friend brought a car with Milestar MS932s installed. So far, he hasn't had issues and they seem to be holding up fine with mileage. But I had a set on my BMW 3-Series and they caused vibration. Tires weren't true, 2 had noticeable high spots, 1 had minor on the balance machine. Very annoying because some bumps on the highway would make the wheel start vibrating like an out-of-balance tire. Another friend had them and said the tires were weak and prone to nails

I figured the high spots weren't the issue, replaced a bunch of stuff thinking the car was messed up. Turns out, it was the tires. It's a hit or miss, just know I'll never buy cheap tires again. Better off spending an extra $100 on coopers or generals. Have Nitto, Bridgestone, Dunlop, and Continental on my cars now. No tire issues at all.


I've had problems with high-dollar tires more than once. I recall having problems with Pirellis costing $160/each and some Goodyears at $170/each. At the time, I could have purchased tires costing as little as $55/each. It was those experiences that pushed me in the direction of tires costing $70-80 instead of twice as much. In the last 10-15 years, I've been buying tires that are one step above the cheapest brand. I'm not hard on my tires and my vehicles are nothing special... So far, this cheaper route is working in my favor.

That said, either cheap or expensive tires... Defects on day-1 seems to be random luck.

Ray