yokohama tires good?

[The motor guy]

I bought two new yokohama tires for the back of my truck and these things are literally glued to the road! The Michelins I had even when brand new would spin with even the slightest acceleration in wet conditions. I'm never buying Michelins gain, totally over rated.

 

[Old Mustang Guy]

I am on my second set of YK580s on Mustangs. I think they are excellent.

 

[Traction]

If they are so good, I would be buying 2 more, so the front would stick too, for braking, and turning. Don't think it so much Michelin's fault for less traction when some people want them for long tread life, low rolling resistance, etc. Personally I choose traction, and could care less about how long a tire lasts. Can't have it all.

 

[HerrStig]

I just put four V rated Yokies on an "08 V6 Camry which "requires" a V rated tire . They are better than the "Fat Guy" tires I replaced a bit early given New England winter conditions. I think the Vs are overkill for New England speed limits but on the internet they were almost the same price as the H version. They balanced to perfection on steel wheels at my indy shop with no Road Whatever system needed. They stick well and are quiet so far.

 

[Falken]

I have a set of Yokohamas they are a great tire company.

 

[Johnny2Bad]

Originally Posted By: HerrStig
I just put four V rated Yokies on an "08 V6 Camry which "requires" a V rated tire . They are better than the "Fat Guy" tires I replaced a bit early given New England winter conditions. I think the Vs are overkill for New England speed limits but on the internet they were almost the same price as the H version. They balanced to perfection on steel wheels at my indy shop with no Road Whatever system needed. They stick well and are quiet so far.


Speed Rating = Heat Tolerance. You want the heat tolerance because you will exceed the speed rating at lower actual speeds if, for example, you are loaded near the vehicle's GVW, or the tire is slightly under-inflated, etc.

The Speed Rating is the equivalent of what would be referred to as Vne in an airplane ... Velocity Never Exceed. Just one incident near the speed rating can permanently damage the tire.

Remember, with a passenger car, each occupant counts toward the GVW, and you may only have perhaps 700 lbs to play with, plus it includes your fuel load (6.7 Lbs/USGallon). It's hardly unheard of for just a driver + full tank of fuel to be beyond 300 lbs these days.

Load a car with 4 passengers and you probably are pushing the load limit if it's not a truck or SUV. Most people can't even tell you what the load limit is on their vehicle.

Personally I would want a speed rating equal to my highest average speed less 15 mph to help mitigate issues; it doesn't pay to save a few dollars and then have your belts de-laminate on you (which can happen at any mileage, including the day you put the tire on the vehicle, if the tire gets hot) severely reducing tire life.

 

[Traction]

Originally Posted By: Johnny2Bad
Originally Posted By: HerrStig
I just put four V rated Yokies on an "08 V6 Camry which "requires" a V rated tire . They are better than the "Fat Guy" tires I replaced a bit early given New England winter conditions. I think the Vs are overkill for New England speed limits but on the internet they were almost the same price as the H version. They balanced to perfection on steel wheels at my indy shop with no Road Whatever system needed. They stick well and are quiet so far.


Speed Rating = Heat Tolerance. You want the heat tolerance because you will exceed the speed rating at lower actual speeds if, for example, you are loaded near the vehicle's GVW, or the tire is slightly under-inflated, etc.

The Speed Rating is the equivalent of what would be referred to as Vne in an airplane ... Velocity Never Exceed. Just one incident near the speed rating can permanently damage the tire.

Remember, with a passenger car, each occupant counts toward the GVW, and you may only have perhaps 700 lbs to play with, plus it includes your fuel load (6.7 Lbs/USGallon). It's hardly unheard of for just a driver + full tank of fuel to be beyond 300 lbs these days.

Load a car with 4 passengers and you probably are pushing the load limit if it's not a truck or SUV. Most people can't even tell you what the load limit is on their vehicle.

Personally I would want a speed rating equal to my highest average speed less 15 mph to help mitigate issues; it doesn't pay to save a few dollars and then have your belts de-laminate on you (which can happen at any mileage, including the day you put the tire on the vehicle, if the tire gets hot) severely reducing tire life.

Kind of strange, that most of the totally trashed tires I see are V+++ rated tires in the lower profiles. Bubbles in the sidewalls, bent wheels, and rubber crumbs inside the tire. How can that be safe? I think the ideal minimum sidewall for todays roads should be 50 series plus. A T rated 70 series tire could be safer than a W rated 30 series tire.

 

[mrsilv04]

Originally Posted By: motor_oil_madman
The Michelins I had even when brand new would spin with even the slightest acceleration in wet conditions. I'm never buying Michelins gain, totally over rated.


Thankfully, we're finally running out of that spiked Michelin Kool-Aid that used to be served by the 55 gallon drum on this site.

My Michelins were such rubbish, I took them off at 34,000 miles and let some sucker on Craigslist have them for the price of one new tire. The funny thing was, he was delighted to get them. Poor slob.

 

[Andrew1972]

They are decent and oddly with a name like Yokohama many are made in USA !

Winter traction though has been sub par in two sets I owned though.

 

[Gasbuggy]

I had a good Yokohama tire blow out while traveling down a highway. Not go flat, it went boom. It was on the rear of my car, inflated around 35 psi. I didn't hit anything. Yoko paid me and paid to take the pair I had back. I unmounted them at a friends tire shop. Guy loves tires. He told me that he had stopped carrying Yokohamas because they have thinner sidewalls and too many customers came back with blowouts. I never did much looking to confirm/deny that piece of information.

 

[Tones]

Gasbuggy, ho long ago was that? I'm pretty sure that is old news. I've had nothing but good things to say about the Yoko Geolanders I've run on my truck, and the YK580's on the car. Quiet and smooth, at least down here.

 

[Gasbuggy]

Originally Posted By: Tones
Gasbuggy, ho long ago was that? I'm pretty sure that is old news. I've had nothing but good things to say about the Yoko Geolanders I've run on my truck, and the YK580's on the car. Quiet and smooth, at least down here.



Fall 2013, tire was probably 2 years old. They were great riding tires too.

 

[HerrStig]

Originally Posted By: Johnny2Bad
Originally Posted By: HerrStig
I just put four V rated Yokies on an "08 V6 Camry which "requires" a V rated tire . They are better than the "Fat Guy" tires I replaced a bit early given New England winter conditions. I think the Vs are overkill for New England speed limits but on the internet they were almost the same price as the H version. They balanced to perfection on steel wheels at my indy shop with no Road Whatever system needed. They stick well and are quiet so far.


Speed Rating = Heat Tolerance. You want the heat tolerance because you will exceed the speed rating at lower actual speeds if, for example, you are loaded near the vehicle's GVW, or the tire is slightly under-inflated, etc.

The Speed Rating is the equivalent of what would be referred to as Vne in an airplane ... Velocity Never Exceed. Just one incident near the speed rating can permanently damage the tire.

Remember, with a passenger car, each occupant counts toward the GVW, and you may only have perhaps 700 lbs to play with, plus it includes your fuel load (6.7 Lbs/USGallon). It's hardly unheard of for just a driver + full tank of fuel to be beyond 300 lbs these days.

Load a car with 4 passengers and you probably are pushing the load limit if it's not a truck or SUV. Most people can't even tell you what the load limit is on their vehicle.

Personally I would want a speed rating equal to my highest average speed less 15 mph to help mitigate issues; it doesn't pay to save a few dollars and then have your belts de-laminate on you (which can happen at any mileage, including the day you put the tire on the vehicle, if the tire gets hot) severely reducing tire life.
In the US our tires have a separate category called "temperature" rating on the sidewall "A, B, or C" . Instead of trying to figure out how a rating for sidewall and belt performance at high rotational speed is interpolated into heat resistance, we are "blessed' with a specific rating for it.

 

[dan_erickson]

I had a set of Yokohama tires on the Grand Prix and I thought they stuck to the road pretty darn good. I replaced them with Cooper Zeon RS3-A and its burn out city now.

 

[Pontual]

My experience with yokos was better than with michels, too!

 

[SLCraig]

I have had only YK580's but I thought they were pretty good. Not unreal in the wet, but great in the dry. Overall pretty quiet too. I would buy the brand again.

 

[JustinH]

I bought my 2010 Rav4 with the Original Yokohama tires from the factory. The car had 77k miles on them.

Tires were almost at the treads and noisy, but 77k is insane life.

 

[walterjay]

I have used Yokohama on three different vehicles now. They are very good tires. I am also done with Michelin. They just don't last and they are way overpriced for what you get. Years back they were ahead of the other manufacturers, but in the past few years they have fallen behind.

 

[Tdbo]

Yokohama makes excellent tires, and in my experience have been a great value.
I'm also a member of the "Done With Michelin" club.

 

[The motor guy]

Originally Posted By: walterjay
I have used Yokohama on three different vehicles now. They are very good tires. I am also done with Michelin. They just don't last and they are way overpriced for what you get. Years back they were ahead of the other manufacturers, but in the past few years they have fallen behind.


I think companies rely on their "great reputation" and start to slack off for 3-5 years until consumers realize they're [censored]. Kind of like Toyota.