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mypesa
#1 Posted : Tuesday, May 06, 2014 4:03:54 PM
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Wazuans what's your experience with Yana Tyres ? I have used the 185/70 14' for 2yrs and have had Big issue with wheel Balancing .
1. When you go to most tyre centers most attendants will either resist carrying out the exercise esp the genuine ones . They will frankly tell u even if they do so u will not get the results wen you resume the drive .but wen you go to YANA centers they defend the issue .
2. For them to balance they add so much load using the metallic shiny loads(not sure what they are called) they fix but later fall off esp wen in contact with water.
3. Finally I need to replace and not sure the better in esp when it comes to wheel Balancing
No malicious intention am talking from their bad experience to me .
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Mkimwa
#2 Posted : Tuesday, May 06, 2014 5:23:23 PM
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I had a set of yana tyres, they served me for 4 years. I also had balancing issues. The drive was uncomfortable, especially over last 1 year, due to the balancing issue. On the plus side, they were quite handy - esp offroad, the wear and tear on them was not too much, i even sold each for 1000 to those Kirinyaga road guys. Punctures were minimal.

I changed them for Apolo tyres, so far so good. The drive is definitely much much better, i barely notice when driving past 100. With the yana, the car would really vibrate as you approach 100, a sort of imposed speedometer.
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mypesa
#3 Posted : Tuesday, May 06, 2014 5:32:42 PM
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@mkimwa thanks for sharing . Am in same problems > 100km/hr too much steering vibration. Again as you slow down before parking or in traffic <speed of 30 you feel the car 'wobble' on the front Tyres . Am wiser Now
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smith01
#4 Posted : Wednesday, May 07, 2014 10:41:47 AM
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I have used GT (Indonesian) 182/70 for the last 1.5yrs and no complains so far.
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Bachuma Gate
#5 Posted : Wednesday, May 07, 2014 10:57:11 AM
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Had similar problems some years back. Since I had warranty I went back for replacement. I had to pay something like 60% of the cost of the tire. When I engaged them on the issue of why new tires should have this kind of problem, they mentioned to me that the problem was the molds used to make these tires had not been replaced for a long time since the Japs bolted out of Sameer.
DOH
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Rankaz13
#6 Posted : Wednesday, May 07, 2014 10:21:43 PM
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My experience with their size 185/70R13 (kwa matatu) left me feeling thoroughly cheated. Tyres would wear out unevenly despite alignment and balancing (even on the hind wheels), develop bumps on the side wall, vibrate beyond certain speeds, etc. Thank heavens for the GTRadial (Indonesia). Been using them since 2011 (at a fraction of Yana's cost) and have absolutely no complaints.
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matatuman
#7 Posted : Thursday, May 08, 2014 7:38:07 PM
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Rankaz13 wrote:
My experience with their size 185/70R13 (kwa matatu) left me feeling thoroughly cheated. Tyres would wear out unevenly despite alignment and balancing (even on the hind wheels), develop bumps on the side wall, vibrate beyond certain speeds, etc. Thank heavens for the GTRadial (Indonesia). Been using them since 2011 (at a fraction of Yana's cost) and have absolutely no complaints.



Used to be a Yana diehard until early this year. I think I bought a faulty batch coz I have had to replace 3 out of 8 tyres. They developed tiny bumps on the sidewall and tread that look like swellings. Not the kind you get by hitting kerbs. Not to mention you can't balance the tyre.

Currently experimenting with Ceat and Apollo. Why the preference for GT Indonesia?
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Rankaz13
#8 Posted : Thursday, May 08, 2014 11:42:04 PM
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matatuman wrote:
Rankaz13 wrote:
My experience with their size 185/70R13 (kwa matatu) left me feeling thoroughly cheated. Tyres would wear out unevenly despite alignment and balancing (even on the hind wheels), develop bumps on the side wall, vibrate beyond certain speeds, etc. Thank heavens for the GTRadial (Indonesia). Been using them since 2011 (at a fraction of Yana's cost) and have absolutely no complaints.



Used to be a Yana diehard until early this year. I think I bought a faulty batch coz I have had to replace 3 out of 8 tyres. They developed tiny bumps on the sidewall and tread that look like swellings. Not the kind you get by hitting kerbs. Not to mention you can't balance the tyre.

Currently experimenting with Ceat and Apollo. Why the preference for GT Indonesia?


That mirrors my yana experience. For me there was no way I could believe the batch was faulty because every single tyre I bought from them had the same fault. Mpaka siku moja karibu tushikane mashati hapa na the local dealer akikataa kubadilisha a two-week old tyre that had turned out faulty smile

GTRadial Indonesia is said to be higher quality as compared to GTRadial China. This is just anecdotal info I gathered when I switced, never used the Chinese one on any of the units. At the time I switched, a yana was going for 7500/= while GT was going for 4500/=.

Interestingly, on the larger tyres (we use 195R15C on shark) GT doesnt fare so well. Hapa, the good ones I know of are Maxxis/TruckMax (which is what I use) and Apollo (what @Prime uses). A friend was telling me recently that CEAT is good too but I'm yet to try them. There was also another brand called Arrow something or the other, best tyres ever lakini siku hizi sizioni sokoni.

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faa
#9 Posted : Friday, May 09, 2014 7:57:30 AM
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Yana Tyres are fake....for lack of a better word.

You cant compare them to Michellin, Pirreli or dunlop.

They wear out faster,easily and in a quite weird unacceptable to even 2nd hand tyres dealers
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Blackout
#10 Posted : Friday, May 09, 2014 8:43:49 AM
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haiya--thanx mypesa, thanx Wazua...I was going to pick a set of two yana tyres at Lang'ata by 10....waoh how timely can a thread get...my buddy works for yana and he was going to get me the tyres at 30% or 40% discount
I have a small car and no experience on tyres since someone one else does my procurents...but the latest I have have become malfunctional in less than a year (no idea what they are...but had been bought for 5200 each)...hmmm mebb niligongwa...
Since I have no budget (it is the usual)but I need to buy two tyres for my car to move ...what is the cost of these gt radial indonesia ones
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