I'll admit, I'm no fan of GY tires. I've never been impressed with any of their products. I've had tons of issues with their tires, more than I have from cheap no-name brands to be honest.
Hopefully this helps someone trying to make the decision, but I recently installed a set of GY assurance tires on the boss' wife's Volvo. DOT codes had all 4 made earlier this year. I'll preface this by saying my boss is a stickler for vibration. He's like a drug sniffing dog when it comes to ride quality, so good tires are a must.
The result of road force balancing?
1: 38 lbs
2: 47! lbs
3: 28 lbs
4: 27 lbs
For those that don't know, a general rule of thumb is that under 10 lbs of road force, most people won't feel a thing. Under 5 lbs is fantastic. There's always the occasional bad tire, but to have 4 tires made relatively close to each other all fail so miserably is just poor QC.
To add: all 4 tires balanced out fine. At most, 1.5 oz was needed, at least .5 oz. Just goes to show, balanced tires don't always lead to a good ride. I did test drive the car after we mounted the tires (boss needed the car, we defected them out the next day) and it shook to high heaven at 55+. I'm not terribly bothered by minor vibration, but this thing shook the snot out of the cabin. Completely unacceptable for new treads.
If anyone has been considering these tires, I'd take a hard pass. Especially at the price point.
Hopefully this helps someone trying to make the decision, but I recently installed a set of GY assurance tires on the boss' wife's Volvo. DOT codes had all 4 made earlier this year. I'll preface this by saying my boss is a stickler for vibration. He's like a drug sniffing dog when it comes to ride quality, so good tires are a must.
The result of road force balancing?
1: 38 lbs
2: 47! lbs
3: 28 lbs
4: 27 lbs
For those that don't know, a general rule of thumb is that under 10 lbs of road force, most people won't feel a thing. Under 5 lbs is fantastic. There's always the occasional bad tire, but to have 4 tires made relatively close to each other all fail so miserably is just poor QC.
To add: all 4 tires balanced out fine. At most, 1.5 oz was needed, at least .5 oz. Just goes to show, balanced tires don't always lead to a good ride. I did test drive the car after we mounted the tires (boss needed the car, we defected them out the next day) and it shook to high heaven at 55+. I'm not terribly bothered by minor vibration, but this thing shook the snot out of the cabin. Completely unacceptable for new treads.
If anyone has been considering these tires, I'd take a hard pass. Especially at the price point.