I’ve run 3 different sets of Douglas tires over the past decade, and my only complaint has been the ~40K-mile lifespan. But they offer solid performance for considerably less money than tires that would only last around 10K miles longer. Overall they’re a good value for me.
Opinion on weird tire brands
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CleanSump
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My older brother liked Douglas tires. He said they're like last year's Goodyear design with a little less life being an acceptable trade for the price.
My commuter car is a '16 Honda HRV w/awd and I threw a set of Ironman Imove2's on it this year. These tires are pretty awful in the snow, even though they're an all-season. The Mastercrafts I had on there previously were a much better winter tire. My wife rarely drives the car, but she drove it today to bring the dogs to the groomer. She mentioned how slippery it was going through an intersection leaving our neighborhood. I'm typically not one to get winter specific tires, especially for a vehicle that's awd, but I may have to since winter grip is kind of important in my neck-of-the-woods.
while I have a disdain for LingLong/Leao/Atlas and my dad had a scary experience with Sailuns in the rain, one plus thanks to geopolitics is they’re made in fairly recent, modern factories in Thailand, Cambodia or Vietnam. And those factories are using a lot of automation and AI. They can make them inexpensively - and being close to the natural rubber plantations in Cambodia/Thailand/Philippines/Indonesia as well as being close to the sources of synthetic rubber in China/Singapore/Malaysia helps keeps the logistics easier.
I’d rather gamble with used first tier than new Chinese, but they exist for a reason. The market is definitely there - and for some sizes(13-15” and soon 16”), a Chinese/Thai/Vietnamese tire is probably your only choice. Personally, Sailuns aren’t terrible - Advantas which seem much worse in the wet are both made in the same plant in Cambodia. Discount Tire’s Sentury/Mohave lines are the same, made by Qingdao Sentury.
I’d rather gamble with used first tier than new Chinese, but they exist for a reason. The market is definitely there - and for some sizes(13-15” and soon 16”), a Chinese/Thai/Vietnamese tire is probably your only choice. Personally, Sailuns aren’t terrible - Advantas which seem much worse in the wet are both made in the same plant in Cambodia. Discount Tire’s Sentury/Mohave lines are the same, made by Qingdao Sentury.
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Stay far away from used tire shops. They're illegal in Colorado. Discount Tire and others have frequent rebates on tires.
Yea, a good chunk of Sumitomo Rubber’s tires(Sumitomo, Dunlop, Falken, Doral and GeoTour) comes from their Thai and Indonesian plants. Only some Falken/Sumitomo and OEM Dunlop for Toyota/Honda and bike fitments are made in Japan. Dunlop’s Harley-branded tires are likely made in Indonesia or Japan now. Michelin bought out their Indonesian partner who makes the North American Uniroyal and the BFG non-truck/performance lines. Kumho has a plant in Vietnam, Hankook has one in Indonesia.
Walmart sells Master Craft tires made by Cooper Tires.
Should be good.
Should be good.
Am I missing something-
https://codes.findlaw.com/co/title-42-vehicles-and-traffic/co-rev-st-sect-42-4-228/
I don't see anything with the word "used tires". Juts unsafe tires.
CleanSump
Site Donor 2026
Mastercraft is an old established brand.
f355spider
$50 Site Donor 2026
My only experience with Chinese tires:
I bought a horse trailer used. It was only six years or so old, and nice condition. Used very little, still has the original tires. Once home, I give the tires a closer look and see they are Chinese made. Out of curiosity, I google search the brand and model online and find out they have a federal recall due to blow outs! Recall was about a year prior. Yikes....I do more searching and see all these online complaints too...so I follow the link on the recall to the importer's website and...you guessed it, they went bankrupt over the recall.
With no recourse, I have to buy four new tires on my dime, as we're not about to risk our horses lives over unsafe tires.
I bought a horse trailer used. It was only six years or so old, and nice condition. Used very little, still has the original tires. Once home, I give the tires a closer look and see they are Chinese made. Out of curiosity, I google search the brand and model online and find out they have a federal recall due to blow outs! Recall was about a year prior. Yikes....I do more searching and see all these online complaints too...so I follow the link on the recall to the importer's website and...you guessed it, they went bankrupt over the recall.
With no recourse, I have to buy four new tires on my dime, as we're not about to risk our horses lives over unsafe tires.
Those six-yr-old tires likely needed replacement anyway due to age alone. Most tire manufacturers’ warranty periods run out at six years—that’s more than enough time for sidewalls to develop cracks, at least in my experience with Chinese trailer tires. I wouldn’t trust them after six years of exposure to the elements regardless of the tread condition.
I'm waiting for the NOSOROUND brand on Amazon with their goofy names.
I'm less afraid of brand when I buy them from Discount Tire and they put a warranty on them.
f355spider
$50 Site Donor 2026
Tire age is a completely different subject matter, and manufacturers have different recommendations from 6 to 10 years. Close inspection of each tire also comes into play. But regardless, the cheap Chinese tires were under a federally mandated recall due to numerous blow outs. I don't trust Chinese tires at all. I realize there may be some Chinese tires that are "good ones" out there, but I am not going to go to the effort to research and study the market, when there are plenty of quality, trusted, and familiar brands with a good reputation.
I have never replaced tires when the warranty runs out. Do you replace your car when the warranty runs out? I do replace tires based on wear, inspection and age.
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No doubt close inspection of tires is the major determining factor in regards to replacement. And I only trust cheap Chinese tires slightly more than you—they’re probably OK for the warranty period, but I’ll avoid them on general principle. I have run them before on cargo trailers (because that’s what the trailers came with), but noticed sidewall cracking before the tires were six years old. Somewhere around the four-year mark, IIRC.
No, I don’t replace my car when the warranty runs out. But I would if I were driving a Chinese car. I can’t imagine that happening, but never say never…
