Anyone heard of COLWAY tyres?

[Vaux-Man-G]

Would you buy these? Are they any good? or are they just cheap budget cack?

Here is a picture of the tyres, they are COLWAY.

Please help.

Thanks.




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[Big-Pete]

Colway have been around for years, They used to be remoulds only 20 odd years ago.. not sure if they new new tyres now, People i know who've used them have always had good results..

[Vaux-Man-G]

Cheers Pete, do these look like remoulds? The tread pattern is very similar to the GY Eagle NCT's.

[Big-Pete]

Don't know m8, you'd need to see the sidewall

[myelite150]

i thought remoulds were illegal now muckers
i know lorries use retreads on the rears but not on the fronts ,i thinks anyway

[Big-Pete]

Not sure if they are illegal or not, I was under the impression that remoulds were speed rated.. Could be wrong though as i've only ever used one set of remoulds and they were Colway mud and snow tyres that i used on a 4x4 off roader

[Big Dave]

The tread pattern is very similar to the GY Eagle NCT's.

That would put me off straight away.

[Vaux-Man-G]

If they are remoulds, I will deffo stay well clear, regardless of price.

[John LE]

Pretty sure you can still get re-moulds in an offroad pattern but thats only for cheapness. You can buy new (non re-mould) tyres that cheap nowadays and that's the main reason re-moulds dissapeared.

It will tell you on the sidewall G and as said Colway were alright for a budget tyre

[WilliamLX]

If they are remoulds, I will deffo stay well clear, regardless of price.

As John Robertson has said the reason you don't see remoulds for cars now is that you can get new budget tyres so cheaply that you can not produce remoulds cheaply enough to sell them for less than a new budget tyre and still make a profit. They are not illegal. They are also perfectly safe if driven within the limits of their spped rating, which in any of the remoulds I used in my early motoring days, allowed you to drive normally as long as you respect the speed limits.