Need a set of 205/50R17s for cheap, and Walmart is selling these for $65 each. Seems to be produced by Falken, and handling is good. Question mark is the ride quality and NVH
Ohtsu FP7000 decent?
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Whats the application? Are you going to keep them for the full tread life or just putting new tires on to sell the car?
If I'm looking at walmart only and the price is fixed, the Douglas would likely be the one I would go for. I see loads of them on the road and the reviews are pretty good. If they were bad tires, with the number I've seen around they would have lots of bad press on Walmarts reviews.
Just understand you are buying a cheap tire so it will not ride or wear like a midline or high end tire. tradeoffs have to be made to reach a price point.
If this is your daily driver I would step it up to the General RT43 for longer treadlife, improved ride and better traction in wet. Yes they are nearly twice the price of the cheap tires but I would save years of frustration with road noise and spinning in the rain after they have worn a bit. The treadlife will be longer on these as well so you get some of your initial investment back by not having to change them as soon.
If I'm looking at walmart only and the price is fixed, the Douglas would likely be the one I would go for. I see loads of them on the road and the reviews are pretty good. If they were bad tires, with the number I've seen around they would have lots of bad press on Walmarts reviews.
Just understand you are buying a cheap tire so it will not ride or wear like a midline or high end tire. tradeoffs have to be made to reach a price point.
If this is your daily driver I would step it up to the General RT43 for longer treadlife, improved ride and better traction in wet. Yes they are nearly twice the price of the cheap tires but I would save years of frustration with road noise and spinning in the rain after they have worn a bit. The treadlife will be longer on these as well so you get some of your initial investment back by not having to change them as soon.
If you buy tires from Walmart, it is a good idea to make sure that you're buying them from directly from Walmart.
They'll charge more to mount and balance tires that weren't sold by them, but were instead sold through third parties such as Priority Tire or Tire Insider. They used to, I assume this is still their policy.
I also doubt that WalMart would handle any issues with the tires sold by third party vendors (out of round, won't balance, etc).
Just trying to avoid a headache up front.
Personally, I'd also pick the Douglas (past experience and the fact that it does have a warranty), but that's just me.
They'll charge more to mount and balance tires that weren't sold by them, but were instead sold through third parties such as Priority Tire or Tire Insider. They used to, I assume this is still their policy.
I also doubt that WalMart would handle any issues with the tires sold by third party vendors (out of round, won't balance, etc).
Just trying to avoid a headache up front.
Personally, I'd also pick the Douglas (past experience and the fact that it does have a warranty), but that's just me.
I have a set on my Audi TT. Made in Thailand . Have 2k on them without issues. Good budget tire with nice tread pattern
To answer the thread title, yes, they’re decent tires. I’d pick those over all the other tires listed as similar tires towards the bottom of the listing. For example tires from Westlake, Lionheart, Pegasus, Achillees, etc.
I believe it says part of sumitomo brand in the small print. 300 A A rating
Ohtsu is Falken's brand for old tires they keep in milking the production molds.
The FP7000 is the old Ziex Ze512, which was a popular tire in the aftermarket world back then
The FP7000 is the old Ziex Ze512, which was a popular tire in the aftermarket world back then
How would they compare to the ZE950? Will one have a better ride or be quieter?
