Sunny SN3830 winter tyres

[vRS_Pagey]

Just been reading though some reviews of this tyre which I have to say are very encouraging considering the price. Anyone had any experience with them?

Edited 24 November, 2010 by Pagey1255

[BigBaddad]

dodgy link?

[Gizmo]

Is that not an oxymoron? Sunny Winter tyres??

[vRSy]

ive just bought a set of Nankang Snow SV-2 tyres for the wifes 307. seem to get good reviews, and were pretty cheap. bought from here

[pist0nbr0ke]

Sunny delight

Sounds like Far Eastern poo.....you wouldn't skimp on "summer" tyres, (I hope), so why risk cr@p when you most need them to be safe?

[Lou_O]

Sunny delight

Sounds like Far Eastern poo.....you wouldn't skimp on "summer" tyres, (I hope), so why risk cr@p when you most need them to be safe?

Have you got any data to back this up, or are you just going on the name?

[Gizmo]

Sunny delight

Sounds like Far Eastern poo.....you wouldn't skimp on "summer" tyres, (I hope), so why risk cr@p when you most need them to be safe?

Have you got any data to back this up, or are you just going on the name?

"Founded in 1988 South China Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd. (SCTR) is the first modernized large state-owned enterprise that specializes in manufacturing a complete series of Radial Tires.

SCRT owns two worldwide well-known brands, WANLI and Sunny"

[Lou_O]

"Founded in 1988 South China Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd. (SCTR) is the first modernized large state-owned enterprise that specializes in manufacturing a complete series of Radial Tires.

SCRT owns two worldwide well-known brands, WANLI and Sunny"

Yes, I'm aware that it's a Chinese brand. But I wanted to know why he thought it was likely to be 'cr@p'.

Is it just because it comes from China or does he have a more intelligent reason, such as test data?

[broere]

On ADAC you'll find tests on winter tyres. There, you'll find enough data to feed the thought that Chinese tyres are likely to be bad or at least not as good as European or American ones...

[Auric Goldfinger]

I thought you would need "Not so Sunny" for winter and "Sunny" for the summer..

[pist0nbr0ke]

Yes, I'm aware that it's a Chinese brand. But I wanted to know why he thought it was likely to be 'cr@p'.

Is it just because it comes from China or does he have a more intelligent reason, such as test data?

You don't drive a Chinese car, do you? Why not?

I'm still looking for them, but I remember reading numerous tests where some of the cheapest, nastiest & most dangerous tyres were Chinese branded.

I do agree that it is not a pre-requisite for Chinese products to be rubbish, though-I sell plenty of them after all....!

Many manufacturers have their own QC'd factories there, which is fine, but the reality is that there is still "no smoke without fire".

[CEPi]

Not worth it to risk it for a 20-30 quid going for chinese. Have a few pints less for xmass

Edited 24 November, 2010 by CEPi

[Nick P]

You could always try the wonderfully named Linglong Winter Heroes!

[Carpus]

Never heared of Sunny tyres but if you want value for money and quality you can get Nokian WRG2's for about £60 each from Mytyres.co.uk. They are well reviewed and well thought of. I've got them on and so far so good but only tried them in a bit of ice ,wet and sleet.

[swil00]

Never heared of Sunny tyres but if you want value for money and quality you can get Nokian WRG2's for about £60 each from Mytyres.co.uk. They are well reviewed and well thought of. I've got them on and so far so good but only tried them in a bit of ice ,wet and sleet.

I ordered them yesterday.... £63 something a piece and like you say they seem to get good reviews..... Hoping they'll be better than the standard Dunlop SP I ran last winter...... That was an education !

Did you order them on mytyres by the way ? Got a confirmation email, but nowt else so far.

[vRS_Pagey]

These are the test results I trawled through last night, cheap doesn't neccessarilly mean carp!! Looking at the Nokian WRG2's also great test results, but only marginally better than the Sunny's.

[pist0nbr0ke]

Ah sure I suppose anything's better than Moonie tyres

Are you sure they'll be black enough for your car??

[vRS_Pagey]

Are you sure they'll be black enough for your car??

I think you're confusing me with Brimma!

[bandrew465]

I just order from MyTyres, went for the Goodyear ULTRA GRIP 7+ with Steel wheels.

As others have said, I don't skimp on summer tyres (erm..... apart from the rubbish ones my L+K came with) so why would I with the winter tyres.

Andy

[KenONeill]

I think there's a bit of "self-selection enhancement" going on there. I had a "once was understeery" Xantia on Barum Brilliantus, put Toyo Proxes CF-1s on the front, and turned it into an over-steerer because of the extra grip I found! No way did the Toyos only have 10% better dry grip than the Barums.

The last Autocar or Auto Express test I saw put Sunny's all-weather tyres at 20% worse than the best of the pack.

[vRS_Pagey]

I think there's a bit of "self-selection enhancement" going on there. I had a "once was understeery" Xantia on Barum Brilliantus, put Toyo Proxes CF-1s on the front, and turned it into an over-steerer because of the extra grip I found! No way did the Toyos only have 10% better dry grip than the Barums.

The last Autocar or Auto Express test I saw put Sunny's all-weather tyres at 20% worse than the best of the pack.

I can't decide if thats good or bad?! :S If it means 20% worse than say a top of the range Vredestein, then its good, isn't it?

[bandrew465]

:-)

[pist0nbr0ke]

Will 16" steelies from a 2007 Leon fit the Octy II?

[Carpus]

Did you order them on mytyres by the way ? Got a confirmation email, but nowt else so far

I ordered from Mytyres with no problems. Got a 'reciept of order' then a few days later a 'confirmation of order' with tracking number. Tyres came from Germany but tracking worked well.

[vRS_Pagey]

Will 16" steelies from a 2007 Leon fit the Octy II?

All most certainly yes if its the mkII. As will Golf V and apparently Superb wheels.