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Tires PHANTOM or WEST LAKE
When I had my Mk7 R, I put on Westlake winter tires and they were dirt cheap yet surprisingly very good.
Pros: dirt cheap, surprisingly very good
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
My yaris is running westlake rp36 tires. Long distance travels, and some rough roads. Ok naman, never had a patch repair since installing them last 2021
Pros: no patch repair
Vehicle:
Toyota Yaris
Ok naman. No issues on wet and slippery roads. Feels like a mid-tier tire.
Pros: no issues on wet roads
okay naman experience ko with westlake tires. never had any issues even on wet roads. basta chill ka lang mag-drive and rotate regularly. replaced them nung pakalbo na.
Pros: no issues on wet roads
Tried westlake once, good first couple of months, by the end of the first year the wet grip degraded a fair bit.
Pros: good first months
Cons: wet grip degraded
Phantoms are America's/Discount Tire own brand tire. They're a mid range tire that are for SUV's mainly but the smaller trucks like f-150, and the 1500's can run it if they are older from when they had the smaller frames. Better than the cheapest option out there, but don't expect top tier performance like, Michelin, Yokohama, and so on.
I'd recommend them if you do in city driving mainly, but they'll still be fine on highway driving. They're fine in wet weather as well. But again they arent top tier, but a decent budget tire so you don't break the bank.
Pros: decent budget tire
Cons: not top tier
Westlake is an okay brand. Walmart sells them and their installation costs are usually pretty low.
Pros: okay brand
Don’t go with phantom I work at discount tire and I’ve heard so many people say that if there’s even a little bit of water on the road they lose traction
Cons: lose traction in water
never heard of this brand = dont buy. for a daily car with that much annual mileage buy a reputable brand.
Cons: unreputable brand
Vehicle:
Honda Pilot
most of the tires coined as "China Bombs" are the Westlake tires...
Cons: China Bombs
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