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Old 11-27-2010, 08:55 PM   #1
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Default Odd Ball Tire Brands Wanli, Sunny, Doral etc.

What's up with these tire brands? I previously posted a thread comparing Hankook to Kumho, but now I'm seeing these weird tire brand come up on some sites. $64 a tire is good. I know I shouldn't be cheap because tires are so crucial to a car, but if these are good then why not?

Sunny: http://www.sunnytire.com

Wanli: http://www.wanlitires.com

Venezia: http://www.veneziatires.com

Doral doesn't seem to have a site, but from what I've read their made by Sumitomo which sounds promising
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Old 11-27-2010, 09:42 PM   #2
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I have sunny's on my 18's they are a little on the loud side but not to bad for cheap tires
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Old 11-27-2010, 11:11 PM   #3
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dorals are cheap crap, wanli's are the worst of the worst. think retread territory. no clue on the other 2.
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Old 11-28-2010, 01:50 AM   #4
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What are you using the car for? If you're just going to be driving in a straight line, any of those tires will probably work OK, but I'd stick with a more well known brand.
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Old 11-28-2010, 03:05 AM   #5
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What are you using the car for? If you're just going to be driving in a straight line, any of those tires will probably work OK, but I'd stick with a more well known brand.
Daily agressive driving. I think I'm going to go with Nexen tires. It's another Korean brand. I have read really good things about them.

Are the Doral tires somehow affiliated with Doral cigarettes?
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Old 11-28-2010, 07:46 AM   #6
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Sunny are a sub-brand of Wanli
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The only non-mainstream cheap brands I'd rock are federal and general. Try www.onlinetires.com.
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Old 11-28-2010, 12:22 PM   #8
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back when i worked at a wheel and tire shop we got a batch of wanli's in. they weighed a good 5lbs more than any other tire and no joke, had 1/4" of runout on the balancer. i dont care for federal or nankang either, but they are much better than the wanli's.
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