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gavin18787
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13th Nov 12 at 15:54   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Found a cheap set of goodyear eagle F1 GSD3 in the size i need locally but I remember reading on here a while back that there were good and bad ones? Like they were made in two different places or something.
Anyone remember it or how you could tell them apart?

Think im either going to go with these or some Falken 542's as they seem to be getting good reviews too

Cheers Gavin

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SXI - Matt
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13th Nov 12 at 16:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I remember the same they changed the compound and they were from china from what I can remember, best tyres I've ever had but have been put off getting again after hearing about this a while back to.

Sorry cant comment on how you tell
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They were being phased out a few years ago in favour of f1 asymmetric pattern.
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13th Nov 12 at 17:59   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Glad it wasnt me going mad then
Assume thats why these are a good price as they must have been laying around a while.....

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13th Nov 12 at 18:09   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yeah it was Adam_B iirc. Chinese ones were shite, German ones were sound.
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What Mike said. They were the exact same tyres but 2 completely different compounds, I rang goodyear and they took some part numbers off the tyres and they were made on opposite sides of the world!!
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Any idea how you tell which are which? Tempted to spend more on the 452's soni know what im getting haha

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you know thinking about it It may say on the tyre 'made in china' They only took the part numbers to check they were not copies.
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13th Nov 12 at 20:15   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
They have Made in Germany or Made in China on the sidewall.
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I had them on the Corsa, on my softstars and couldn't fault them. That was the ones made in Germany not China and as Mike says it was stamped on the tyres sidewall.
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14th Nov 12 at 07:38   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Ones I have found are made in germany

May go with them, anyone know how stiff they are? As my car is quite heavy on its sidewalls. Currently ones run great with their XL casing

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15th Nov 12 at 21:38   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Right i went with them :-) 215/40/17 for £50 each just need to get them fitted by someone now :-):-)
From my research i found if they are made in germany and have a Y speed rating they are good
w rated and tiawan are the poop ones.....

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how much for 235/45/17?
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Dunno just got lucky with somewhere selling four of this size im affraid

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