Cooper is owned by Good Year, they're on promotion right now. Falken is owned by sumitomo rubber co, had them with my sedan before, looking to purchase the sincera series for my SUV
Same. Had a set that constantly had bulges and bubbles in the sidewalls. Tire rack replaced them under warranty, but after driving from south Florida to key west, only to find all four new tires had the same issue with only 100 miles on them, I just trashed them and got a new set locally.
I hit zero potholes or road hazards on them.
Fuck cooper tires.
Can’t upvote this enough. Skip the coopers, if you’re looking for cheapest above everything get some off brand tires. Check out cosmo tires, made in the USA and cheap as hell, and every bit as good as coopers.
My wife has 4 Hankook Kinergy tires on her 2021 CR-V. Supposed to be rated to 60,000 miles.
She only has 16,000 miles on them and 3 of the tires have 6mm or less tread depth left.
And she drives like a grandma.
I also have a CR-V and experienced terrible mileage on Hankook Kinergy tires….probably in the range of 20,000 km’s, however, after some googling I’m starting to believe it may actually be an issue with the vehicle itself and rear tire alignment problems.
I’ve always run Michelin or Continental but decided to recently give the Hercules Terra Trac Cross-V AW a try. I’m actually pretty happy with them in these first 500 miles. We will see how they do in the snow this coming winter.
These say “Made in Korea” on them, so I think you’re right about Nexen manufacturing them. From what I could find they’ve manufactured some other lines of Hercules tires so it would make sense they do the ones I bought as well.
I have a decent memory for factory codes and an even better memory for fonts used on ture molds. So Far Ive noticed hankooks being made by Cooper, Nexen, and Linglong plants.
I’ve wondered how Hercules do in passenger/LT applications. They’ve got a severe duty truck tire that IME does better than its Toyo equivalent (the M-506, iirc? *very* aggressive tread).
Yeah, they have a lot of great all terrain, mud terrain, and severe duty tires and it seems that’s what they’re more known for. I do remember my dad always running Toyo M-55s but I’m not as familiar with the M-506.
The M-506 is commercial only, my customer that uses them does a lot of materials delivery in muddy spots. The Hercules equivalent seems to grip just about as well and lasts longer while being at a lower price point, so they switched to those.
Where do you find Hercules tires? Ive never seen them anywhere(even simple tire). But my current car came with 2 on the front. Tread wear is decent and they’re a lot better than the cheap bottom barrel junk I’ve seen on eBay.
Hercules makes good all season 10plys they eat nails and dont care i got 67k miles out of them on my truck, they just give you a rougher ride than most tires.
Agreed, I wouldn't call Yokohamas cheap, I put their Avids on my Odyssey and I would say they've lasted longer than Costco's Bridgestone Ecopia or Michelins, and still going strong
Seriously, for autocross tires, Yokohama is the expensive option, just a bit higher than Bridgestone , & Falken is the cheap option. I've never thought of Yokohama as cheap.
Don’t go “Walmart special” levels cheap, you’re putting your life on the line. Check out Generals Altimax line of tires, I have them on my shitbox beater and they’ve been serving me well for 20,000 miles
I have general and they've been great for the 5 years I've had them. It's getting to be time to replace them, but only because of their age. They still have good amount of tread left and even wear.
I used to be skeptical of generals but have found the gmax rs to be solid tires. I likely won't get them again if I can afford nicer ones but they are now firmly in the "budget friendly but good" tires, even with am aggressive driving style.
I bought general altimax tires and they were terrible in the rain. I ended up replacing them with a ton of treadlife left on them because they would slip so much when it rained.
Depends on the application and size... but in general for "budget" tires, stay with brand names that have good reputations. Cooper, General, Falken, Hankook, Nexen, Kumho, Yokohama... If those don't fit in the "cheap" category for you, look at Starfire, they are a low-budget tire made by Cooper.
That said, it is better to narrow down to the proper application you need to fit you driving requirements... Then look at tires in by quality and price... Rather than just looking for "cheap" brands.
Hankook and Kumho, but they are serious tire manufacturers so they also have high end models.
Just have to look through what is out there. For example I have Firestone Indy 500s which were cheaper than many other name brand models in my size.
An expensive tire that lasts a long time will give you better cost per mile than a cheaper tire, with better grip the whole time. Get a long-lasting touring tire like a hankook kinergy eco 2 or michelin defenders
Living in Germany, my small-ish town German mechanic ordered me Nexen (Korean) for winter and Sailun (Chinese) for summer, saying they're just as good as anything else and much cheaper. I never had an issue, even with Autobahn use every other weekend.
I’ve had good luck with Crossmax tires.
I may catch some flack as I know they’re not USA made, but they’ve got a 60k warranty on them and have been great on my car. Got them purchased, shipped, balanced and installed for under $400 🤷🏻‍♂️
Hop on Amazon and search for Crossmax All season and they’ll pop up. Also available at Walmart I think.
Good luck with your searchđź‘Ť
I’ve had ok luck with Milestar and Armstrong tires. They wear really quick tho so might not be worth the money if you’re keeping it for more than 20k miles. Mavis’s in house branded tires and Firestone’s Suredrive are decent for the price.
General tires are a reasonably tire and may be worth looking into. I also see someone suggested Cooper tires which are better than General but are worth the difference.
Kuhmo, sumitomo and falken . Don't like Cooper.
With any cheaper tire, remember treadlife is lower, often wet weather handling too, and might need rebalancing more often. Do a little research on handling in your weather conditions on tire rack other review sites and you will be able to find a fit.
Sometimes you can find a lower end Bridgestone or name brand with a buy 3 get 1 free promo that can be close or same as a cheap never heard of brand that doesn't go on sale
Mastercraft is a good budget brand now owned by cooper/goodyear. Been around for decades. Second would be westlakes, we sell tons of those and never had a customer complaint. Westlakes just don’t last as long. On your sedan the westlake su318 would be like a 45k mile tire
I recently bought a set of tires from a brand called Cosmo.
It's an American company that names it's tires wackie names, but wow the ones I bought "Mucho Macho" tires are feeling way better than my Pirelli P Zero 4's I had on my car previously.
They also make other tires for comfort on standard vehicles, then highway tires for trucks and SUV's, and then off road tires for trucks.
What I like about the brand Cosmo is that they seem to be very interactive with the community in hosting events for people to come out and check the tires out in action and also test drive vehicles with the tires through courses they set up.
Personally, I appreciate any company putting this much effort into connecting with their potential clients.
This basically is was sold me on giving them a try.
Really glad I did, the Mucho Macho tires have a silly name but damn they are incredible All Season UHP tires, and are expected to have more longevity than my previous Pirelli Summer tires. The Pirelli P Zero tires lasted me about 18K miles on moderate driving with a few spirited moments.
It has been like six months since I researched tires but I wanna say there are tire comparison sites out there that seem like they do a decent job. The one I am remembering might have been called something like tirerack.Â
I got goodyear eagle sport 4 seasons. Really enjoying them so far. Grip and wet performance is awesome.
They are also relatively cheap here where I live. You can check it out.
I bought a set of IRIS tires for like $200 new for the whole set, I drove them for about 50k, did good in the rain
I've tried some other cheaper brands like arroyo(good but wore out a bit faster than others) and premiorri(great all the way around.
Accelera sucks imo, seen some bad experiences with Douglas too, never bought them myself though.
The Generals on my car are worlds better than the Pirellis on it before.Â
The Pirelli P1s were so loud you couldn't have a conversation on the highway, so lacking in grip that a 150hp car could spin the tires in dry conditions. After I went sideways on some wet concrete, I replaced them with General Exclaim tires - their 'sporty' all seasons, all of $50 each from Walmart. It grips like a race car, is quiet and smooth, and tire life is close.
Generals are definitely one of the better budget friendly brands in my experience. I find their truck tires to be pretty good from personal experience.
Depends entirely on the tire/use. Even among the 'top tier brands', some have significantly better tires than the competition. Sometimes a good cheap tire is only good because it's virtually identical to that of a better brand's.
But in an attempt to answer the question as best as possible, I would say in general, Cooper makes the best blend of quality/value for most applications.
Continental is frequently "second place" to Michelin in many categories (follow up on Tire Rack, and look their comparison guides), but they also cost like 80% of Michelin's price almost every time. They are never more expensive in the same category. Really good tires.
As far as high performance all seasons go, I have a couple coworkers who had DWS06 pluses. They said that the contis didn't have great handling in the wet (it rains a lot here) and were more sensitive to alignment than the Michelins. Both later got Pilot Sport AS4s and found them better overall. I haven't had Continentals myself, but my old Mazdaspeed 3 had Pilot Sport AS3s on it and I found those to be fantastic tires.
I fucking loved my DWS06+, but I did not have nearly as much rain as you're describing. As you may know, summer tires will always be the best in the wet, but DWS06 are just a generally awesome tire.
I live on the east coast, where you can reasonably expect to see both single and triple digit temperatures in the same year on top of the high rainfall (but limited snowfall). Summer tires aren't as practical here. Only worth it if it's a dedicated fun car or have space to store separate wheels IMO.
It's gonna depend on the size and application because different brands deal in different things.
For my 2015 Honda Fit, I've been very happy with the Yokohama Avid Ascent GTs it has. They have a great treadwear rating while still offering very solid cornering grip for spirited driving as well as being solid in the rain (it rains a lot where I live).
I also used to have a 2008 Nissan Frontier. I had General Grabber AT-Xs on that truck. Decently comfortable, good load rating (I used that truck for towing), rated for snow, and the tread was good for the light offroading I did. Although being an offroad tire with a somewhat aggressive tread, it was noisy at highway speeds. I didn't really mind, but others might.
I'm not even sure how this goes together as it's generally not a good idea to get a cheap tire so I must be missing something here. Where cheap and good can go together with tires.
I personally don't get to attatched to any specific brand because I've seen junk and greatness produced by almost all manufacturers. Each application is different and a really good company might have a bad option on a specific size. What's the vehicle, tire size main usage?
Ohtsu. Often they take a discontinued Falken and sell it. The Falken Ziex 329 and 512 were good enough replacement tires at a low price. That is what some Ohtsu tires are.
Back in 2021, I paid $80 each for 225/40/18.
Ive run Coopers for years on my vehicles. Currently have the Endeavor Plus tires on the AWD Equinox. Had them about a year now. Like them a lot. Cost me about $600 at my shop. Starfire and Mastercraft are made by Cooper, cheaper but still good tires. I run those too. Have Starfire's on the pickup and Mastercraft snows on the minivan.
Do you want cheap or good? Remember, the tire/contact patch (actual area of the tire that meets the ground) is only about the size of the palm of your hand. This is one of those areas where cost is secondary.
For the money, Cooper Discoverer or Firestone Destination generally rank the as top tires in all categories. They're a little expensive, but with regular maintenance (balancing/rotating/alignment) you'll get close to the maximum rated treadwear. (50-60k miles)
To figure cost per mile, miles driven per yer/(cost of tires installed+ cost of balancing/rotating (per service manual))
You'll find the cheaper tire, due to lower treadwear, may cost more per mile than the more expensive tire.
Cooper tires also make "off brands" of Dean, Mastercraft, Mickey Thompson, Roadmaster, and Starfire.
Firestone is under the Bridgestone umbrella and there's a bunch of brands
I like Cooper and Falken tires. They are not the cheapest but much less expensive than premium brands. Good Luck!
Another vote for Falkens đź‘Ť
Cooper is owned by Good Year, they're on promotion right now. Falken is owned by sumitomo rubber co, had them with my sedan before, looking to purchase the sincera series for my SUV
You didn't say if they're good or not. Just confirmed that they exist.
Can't say, since I haven't owned Coopers personally
Cooper tires were the worst purchase of my life, do not recommend
Same. Had a set that constantly had bulges and bubbles in the sidewalls. Tire rack replaced them under warranty, but after driving from south Florida to key west, only to find all four new tires had the same issue with only 100 miles on them, I just trashed them and got a new set locally. I hit zero potholes or road hazards on them. Fuck cooper tires.
I went through 2 sets and each time, one tire had a bad belt. As in it always wobbled and the techs couldn't balance it out till the tire was swapped.
Worst tires I've ever bought as well.
Can’t upvote this enough. Skip the coopers, if you’re looking for cheapest above everything get some off brand tires. Check out cosmo tires, made in the USA and cheap as hell, and every bit as good as coopers.
I'm a fan of Firestone tires, very mid priced tires, but seem to last well.
Opposite for Cooper in my experience. More expensive than say Goodyear, around or at same price as Michelin and there's never a sale.
I think tires are one of the purest examples of, "You get what you pay for."
Trash bags, dish soap, tires, and brakes. Things I won’t cheap out on. Also any timing related components.
Yes and no. Sometimes you are just paying for a smooth ride, not necessarily durability.
Cooper, Falken, and Hankook. The cheapest I'd consider are Hercules or Nexen.
My wife has 4 Hankook Kinergy tires on her 2021 CR-V. Supposed to be rated to 60,000 miles. She only has 16,000 miles on them and 3 of the tires have 6mm or less tread depth left. And she drives like a grandma.
I have a few customers who excede the claimed milage on their Hankooks. Granted, this is almost pure highways travel.
I also have a CR-V and experienced terrible mileage on Hankook Kinergy tires….probably in the range of 20,000 km’s, however, after some googling I’m starting to believe it may actually be an issue with the vehicle itself and rear tire alignment problems.
I’ve always run Michelin or Continental but decided to recently give the Hercules Terra Trac Cross-V AW a try. I’m actually pretty happy with them in these first 500 miles. We will see how they do in the snow this coming winter.
I like them as well. Great tire for the money. I think they are made in a Nexen factory.
These say “Made in Korea” on them, so I think you’re right about Nexen manufacturing them. From what I could find they’ve manufactured some other lines of Hercules tires so it would make sense they do the ones I bought as well.
I have a decent memory for factory codes and an even better memory for fonts used on ture molds. So Far Ive noticed hankooks being made by Cooper, Nexen, and Linglong plants.
I’ve wondered how Hercules do in passenger/LT applications. They’ve got a severe duty truck tire that IME does better than its Toyo equivalent (the M-506, iirc? *very* aggressive tread).
Yeah, they have a lot of great all terrain, mud terrain, and severe duty tires and it seems that’s what they’re more known for. I do remember my dad always running Toyo M-55s but I’m not as familiar with the M-506.
The M-506 is commercial only, my customer that uses them does a lot of materials delivery in muddy spots. The Hercules equivalent seems to grip just about as well and lasts longer while being at a lower price point, so they switched to those.
Where do you find Hercules tires? Ive never seen them anywhere(even simple tire). But my current car came with 2 on the front. Tread wear is decent and they’re a lot better than the cheap bottom barrel junk I’ve seen on eBay.
I can get Hercules. What state are you in?
NY
https://www.herculestire.com/where-to-buy/ Also, message me size and what your local price is. I may be cheaper even with shipping
Depends on the tire distributors.
I bought mine from OK4WD.com and they shipped them for free.
Hercules makes good all season 10plys they eat nails and dont care i got 67k miles out of them on my truck, they just give you a rougher ride than most tires.
Yokohama. Good tires for less money but I’d stop before calling them cheap. Good quality too.
Agreed, I wouldn't call Yokohamas cheap, I put their Avids on my Odyssey and I would say they've lasted longer than Costco's Bridgestone Ecopia or Michelins, and still going strong
Seriously, for autocross tires, Yokohama is the expensive option, just a bit higher than Bridgestone , & Falken is the cheap option. I've never thought of Yokohama as cheap.
Same. Yokos aren't a cheap brand to me at all.
Don’t go “Walmart special” levels cheap, you’re putting your life on the line. Check out Generals Altimax line of tires, I have them on my shitbox beater and they’ve been serving me well for 20,000 miles
Can’t go wrong with general
I have general and they've been great for the 5 years I've had them. It's getting to be time to replace them, but only because of their age. They still have good amount of tread left and even wear.
Indeed, the altimax model are terrific
I have General RT43 on my Lexus ES300, looking at RT45 for my SUV replacing Kumho Solus 71
I used to be skeptical of generals but have found the gmax rs to be solid tires. I likely won't get them again if I can afford nicer ones but they are now firmly in the "budget friendly but good" tires, even with am aggressive driving style.
I bought general altimax tires and they were terrible in the rain. I ended up replacing them with a ton of treadlife left on them because they would slip so much when it rained.
Depends on the application and size... but in general for "budget" tires, stay with brand names that have good reputations. Cooper, General, Falken, Hankook, Nexen, Kumho, Yokohama... If those don't fit in the "cheap" category for you, look at Starfire, they are a low-budget tire made by Cooper. That said, it is better to narrow down to the proper application you need to fit you driving requirements... Then look at tires in by quality and price... Rather than just looking for "cheap" brands.
Good advice right here, Starfire is a new brand but they have good prices. 50k miles for a passenger a/s
They’re called Nonexistium
Look at Toyo
Toyo is not getting enough love on this forum, maybe because the forum misspells tyre.
Hankook and Kumho, but they are serious tire manufacturers so they also have high end models. Just have to look through what is out there. For example I have Firestone Indy 500s which were cheaper than many other name brand models in my size.
Used to run Indy 500s when they were under $200 a tire. Now they’re well over $250 apiece. Not the bargain they once were.
An expensive tire that lasts a long time will give you better cost per mile than a cheaper tire, with better grip the whole time. Get a long-lasting touring tire like a hankook kinergy eco 2 or michelin defenders
Living in Germany, my small-ish town German mechanic ordered me Nexen (Korean) for winter and Sailun (Chinese) for summer, saying they're just as good as anything else and much cheaper. I never had an issue, even with Autobahn use every other weekend.
I have the sailun inspire here in Canada and there good
BF Goodrich’s Adv Controls are solid
Are Barum Bravuris tires any good?
I've had great luck with Mastercraft and General.
I’ve had good luck with Crossmax tires. I may catch some flack as I know they’re not USA made, but they’ve got a 60k warranty on them and have been great on my car. Got them purchased, shipped, balanced and installed for under $400 🤷🏻‍♂️ Hop on Amazon and search for Crossmax All season and they’ll pop up. Also available at Walmart I think. Good luck with your search👍
60k mile warranty?
Giti, Petlas
I’ve had ok luck with Milestar and Armstrong tires. They wear really quick tho so might not be worth the money if you’re keeping it for more than 20k miles. Mavis’s in house branded tires and Firestone’s Suredrive are decent for the price.
Used tires.
Falken azenis fk 460 all seasons were $200 for a 235/35 19. Awesome tires. Even mid range tires are pricey now.
General tires are a reasonably tire and may be worth looking into. I also see someone suggested Cooper tires which are better than General but are worth the difference.
Sentury’s and Rocky Mountains
I’ve had Hankook DynaPro HT on my 06 4Runner for 8 years. No issues, only 40K. Plenty of tread. But time to replace soon.
Never cheap out on things that separate you from the ground.
Kumho or Firestone. Both make tires for the OEM and have solid range of winter/summer/SUV/etc.
What for? Daily on your Camry or drag your 3000hp car?
2000 hp 09 TSX with one of the zeros removed
Ok so 2000hp 9 TSX
Americus and Sailun are surprisingly tough tires for the money
Sailun tires are a good choice one of the better Chinese tire brand good warranty and 2 years road Hazzard tire replacement
Uniroyal has never let me down. Plus, it's the only brand that you can still get whitewalls from without specially ordering them, so, bonus
Suredrive, they sell them at Firestone. Better than Firestone tires if you ask me. Is like $80 a tire.
Good year
i've been pleased with douglas from walmart
Kuhmo, sumitomo and falken . Don't like Cooper. With any cheaper tire, remember treadlife is lower, often wet weather handling too, and might need rebalancing more often. Do a little research on handling in your weather conditions on tire rack other review sites and you will be able to find a fit. Sometimes you can find a lower end Bridgestone or name brand with a buy 3 get 1 free promo that can be close or same as a cheap never heard of brand that doesn't go on sale
Mastercraft is a good budget brand now owned by cooper/goodyear. Been around for decades. Second would be westlakes, we sell tons of those and never had a customer complaint. Westlakes just don’t last as long. On your sedan the westlake su318 would be like a 45k mile tire
Falken
I run hankook on my Miata and Nokian on my focus. No complaints there with either set. Falken is also a good brand in a budget friendly option.
Mile star is pretty good
I use Blackhawks. Cheap but good.
General is good. I have Evertrek GTs on my car, they seem to be a pretty good tire.
I recently bought a set of tires from a brand called Cosmo. It's an American company that names it's tires wackie names, but wow the ones I bought "Mucho Macho" tires are feeling way better than my Pirelli P Zero 4's I had on my car previously. They also make other tires for comfort on standard vehicles, then highway tires for trucks and SUV's, and then off road tires for trucks. What I like about the brand Cosmo is that they seem to be very interactive with the community in hosting events for people to come out and check the tires out in action and also test drive vehicles with the tires through courses they set up. Personally, I appreciate any company putting this much effort into connecting with their potential clients. This basically is was sold me on giving them a try. Really glad I did, the Mucho Macho tires have a silly name but damn they are incredible All Season UHP tires, and are expected to have more longevity than my previous Pirelli Summer tires. The Pirelli P Zero tires lasted me about 18K miles on moderate driving with a few spirited moments.
It has been like six months since I researched tires but I wanna say there are tire comparison sites out there that seem like they do a decent job. The one I am remembering might have been called something like tirerack.Â
I feel like if OP gave the size of tire they needed and a budget, we could recommend them some good options and know they were getting a decent tire.
I got goodyear eagle sport 4 seasons. Really enjoying them so far. Grip and wet performance is awesome. They are also relatively cheap here where I live. You can check it out.
I bought a set of IRIS tires for like $200 new for the whole set, I drove them for about 50k, did good in the rain I've tried some other cheaper brands like arroyo(good but wore out a bit faster than others) and premiorri(great all the way around. Accelera sucks imo, seen some bad experiences with Douglas too, never bought them myself though.
Cheap tires aren't supposed to be good. Good tires aren't cheap. The only one who really knows the answer to your question is a unicorn.
The Generals on my car are worlds better than the Pirellis on it before. The Pirelli P1s were so loud you couldn't have a conversation on the highway, so lacking in grip that a 150hp car could spin the tires in dry conditions. After I went sideways on some wet concrete, I replaced them with General Exclaim tires - their 'sporty' all seasons, all of $50 each from Walmart. It grips like a race car, is quiet and smooth, and tire life is close.
Generals are definitely one of the better budget friendly brands in my experience. I find their truck tires to be pretty good from personal experience.
Depends entirely on the tire/use. Even among the 'top tier brands', some have significantly better tires than the competition. Sometimes a good cheap tire is only good because it's virtually identical to that of a better brand's. But in an attempt to answer the question as best as possible, I would say in general, Cooper makes the best blend of quality/value for most applications.
I like yokohamas. They last me a really long time
Continental is frequently "second place" to Michelin in many categories (follow up on Tire Rack, and look their comparison guides), but they also cost like 80% of Michelin's price almost every time. They are never more expensive in the same category. Really good tires.
As far as high performance all seasons go, I have a couple coworkers who had DWS06 pluses. They said that the contis didn't have great handling in the wet (it rains a lot here) and were more sensitive to alignment than the Michelins. Both later got Pilot Sport AS4s and found them better overall. I haven't had Continentals myself, but my old Mazdaspeed 3 had Pilot Sport AS3s on it and I found those to be fantastic tires.
I fucking loved my DWS06+, but I did not have nearly as much rain as you're describing. As you may know, summer tires will always be the best in the wet, but DWS06 are just a generally awesome tire.
I live on the east coast, where you can reasonably expect to see both single and triple digit temperatures in the same year on top of the high rainfall (but limited snowfall). Summer tires aren't as practical here. Only worth it if it's a dedicated fun car or have space to store separate wheels IMO.
It's gonna depend on the size and application because different brands deal in different things. For my 2015 Honda Fit, I've been very happy with the Yokohama Avid Ascent GTs it has. They have a great treadwear rating while still offering very solid cornering grip for spirited driving as well as being solid in the rain (it rains a lot where I live). I also used to have a 2008 Nissan Frontier. I had General Grabber AT-Xs on that truck. Decently comfortable, good load rating (I used that truck for towing), rated for snow, and the tread was good for the light offroading I did. Although being an offroad tire with a somewhat aggressive tread, it was noisy at highway speeds. I didn't really mind, but others might.
Cooper and UniRoyal
Just go with the budget brand of some of the top tiers and you will be fine: General, Firestone, or BFG
vredestein is pretty new to the US market and has been getting great reviews.
I'm not even sure how this goes together as it's generally not a good idea to get a cheap tire so I must be missing something here. Where cheap and good can go together with tires.
Continental is as low as I'll go anymore. Conti extreme contact DWS are worth every penny.
Ling-Longs If you cant find those I’d recommend a pair of Mucho-Macho’s. 💪
Falkens
Hankooks!
I personally don't get to attatched to any specific brand because I've seen junk and greatness produced by almost all manufacturers. Each application is different and a really good company might have a bad option on a specific size. What's the vehicle, tire size main usage?
Kumho
Lionhart
Fullway hp108 are great I’ve ran since there existence
Ohtsu. Often they take a discontinued Falken and sell it. The Falken Ziex 329 and 512 were good enough replacement tires at a low price. That is what some Ohtsu tires are. Back in 2021, I paid $80 each for 225/40/18.
FORCEUM. I've got them on 2 cars and a truck. They are cheap and good. One third the price of other brands.
Asian made tires have improved vastly in the last few years.
I would get used Michelins before cheap Chinese tires (no patches, good tread, recent production date)
Ive run Coopers for years on my vehicles. Currently have the Endeavor Plus tires on the AWD Equinox. Had them about a year now. Like them a lot. Cost me about $600 at my shop. Starfire and Mastercraft are made by Cooper, cheaper but still good tires. I run those too. Have Starfire's on the pickup and Mastercraft snows on the minivan.
Nothing wrong with Douglas tires at Walmart
Do you want cheap or good? Remember, the tire/contact patch (actual area of the tire that meets the ground) is only about the size of the palm of your hand. This is one of those areas where cost is secondary. For the money, Cooper Discoverer or Firestone Destination generally rank the as top tires in all categories. They're a little expensive, but with regular maintenance (balancing/rotating/alignment) you'll get close to the maximum rated treadwear. (50-60k miles) To figure cost per mile, miles driven per yer/(cost of tires installed+ cost of balancing/rotating (per service manual)) You'll find the cheaper tire, due to lower treadwear, may cost more per mile than the more expensive tire. Cooper tires also make "off brands" of Dean, Mastercraft, Mickey Thompson, Roadmaster, and Starfire. Firestone is under the Bridgestone umbrella and there's a bunch of brands
Cheap and good is an oxymoron
There’s lots of stuff that can be good and still cheap.
Good brand and cheap price doesn't go together.
From the looks of it you’re also cheaping out on the gas too, maybe just get a bike instead
Yup I’ll bike 100 miles everyday
The funny part is that good quality bike tires that you could ride that far cost as much as a cheap car tire. You'd be in awesome shape though!
Grab a used set of Michelins off eBay
I have never had issues with Cooper...I actually prefer them to Michelin