What tyres are these?

[Deisel Weisel]

Make and model? (they're 195/50/15, if that's any help)

[1275GT]

Does it not say on the side?

[mattshiz]

round ones

[Deisel Weisel]

1275GT said:

Does it not say on the side?

I'm sure it does, but I’ve only got this photo.

[AlfaDogvan]

continental sport contacts maybe?

ADV

[Fartgalen]

Bridgestone Turanza.

[smiffy180]

Falkens
Edit: they're very similar

Edited by smiffy180 on Monday 21st January 22:17

[Caulkhead]

Dunlop Sport SP01 I believe.

[S3_Graham]

Caulkhead said:

Dunlop Sport SP01 I believe.

Look very very similar to the Dunlop sp sports on my OH's Mini

Eta: http://ssl.delti.com/cgi-bin/rshop.pl?dsco=110&amp...

Edited by S3_Graham on Monday 21st January 22:21

[GTiFrank]

erm, ask the seller?

[Fartgalen]

http://www.bridgestone.eu/Upload/Images/TURANZA_ER...

[Toltec]

They look more like a winter or all season tyre, look at the spacing on the blocks on the outside.

[Deisel Weisel]

GTiFrank said:

erm, ask the seller?

Not available, right now.



Thanks for the help, but I've discovered they’re Chinese, BCT S900.



And my fears confirmed by these reviews: http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/BCT/S900.htm

So I’ll be replacing these if I buy the car.

[Puddenchucker]

Hankook K105 ?

[Deisel Weisel]

Puddenchucker said:

Hankook K105 ?

Identical tread, and a good tyre, but the ones fitted to the car in question are marked BCT, I've discovered

[cure]

A copy then. That's what they do. It looks the same, so it is the same. Bloody Chinese. /rant

[kambites]

cure said:

A copy then. That's what they do. It looks the same, so it is the same. Bloody Chinese. /rant

Either that or another tyre made by the same manufacturer using the same mould shape but with a different compound. I've never heard of BCT.

[lightthefuse]

Why do people skimp with the likes of QingChong cheapos... those four patches, each the size of a credit card in motion, are what keep you attached to the road...

Saying that I had Nankang winters on the 9-5 that came with the car, whilst absolutely not spectacular in performance, they did alright... tyres are not things I economise on though in the main, shed or not.

[Frances The Mute]

Its very common for Chinese manufacturers to copy well known tread patterns and apply their own tread compounds as it saves them a fortune in development and design costs; hence their nice low price.

There's over 600 tyre manufacturers in China alone so any quick gains can be quite advantageous.

[Caulkhead]

Deisel Weisel said:

GTiFrank said:

erm, ask the seller?

Not available, right now.



Thanks for the help, but I've discovered they’re Chinese, BCT S900.



And my fears confirmed by these reviews: http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/BCT/S900.htm

So I’ll be replacing these if I buy the car.

If they are those Chinese tyres in the advert, they are directional and mounted the wrong way round in your first pic. . . . . . .