2 x Neuton NT5000 205/45/17 tyres **Free Delivery** on eBay, also, Tyres, Car Wheels, Tyres Trims, Cars, Parts Vehicles (end time 15-Feb-08 14:01:09 GMT)

they claim to be made by yokohoma, and say the are the only traders in the country with these tyres (read the spurl on the page)

wondering if anyone has actually tried them, and if they're any good, not just cheap tack?

Hmmmm. After you I think. I wouldnt take the risk

Not personally, but lots of good reviews on the web for them. Couple of examples....

This new tire (NT5000) was tested on a slightly modified car for circuit and for some daily driving. The tire has performed well under hard cornering. I think it has a pretty hard sidewall, so it should be a good sport tire. And when cruising down the Highway, it was rather quiet and it really surprised me,” said Mr. Eddie Ng, an inspiring racing enthusiast who has won at many Malaysian and Singapore racing events.

and

Brian Wheelock, a reputable race car driver with more than 20 years of racing experience, had this to say, “I’ve been very impressed with its (NT5000) road holding, particularly in the wet. There’ve been no aquaplaning or tramlining. I’ve also recently tested it in the racing circuit, where for a street tire, it was very good, and in fact the wear was also very good for street tire. So, overall a very high ranking for this tire, Neuton NT5000.”

Chris

Sounds promising. Might have to eat my words. Bit pricey though for a unbranded tyre

Neuton tyres are made in Indonesia by a division of YHI.

'It is price-positioned as a value-for-money product. With the number of young executives and first-time owners of new and used cars growing in Singapore, we reckon there is a good opportunity to introduce a new brand name that is guaranteed to stretch the budget-conscious car owner's dollar.'

YHI International (YHI) through its subsidiaries is engaged in the manufacturing of tyres, alloy wheels and automotive batteries, as well as industrial commercial products such as industrial batteries and golf buggies. The company has its subsidiaries in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, USA, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, the UAE and Italy. Its manufacturing plants are located in Shanghai and Suzhou, China, Sepang, Malaysia and Taoyuan, Taiwan. The company operates primarily in Asia. It is headquartered in Singapore City, Singapore.

YHI distributes automotive and industrial products to more than 30 countries. Well-known brands it represents include Yokohama tyres and Enkei rims.

some nice info there, thanks guys.... I may go for being a guineapig, and try 'em out, two tyres for £100 and £30 to fit 'em both and dispose of the old stuff at my local tyre place makes £130 all in...

I can get 2 falkens for £150 fitted, through blackcircles

or 2 federals for £160 fitted (good enough tyre, I have 'em on now, but half the wear of the bridgstones! :eek: 9k for the federals 18k for the potenza's!)

so I may give these a go at £130..... I'll write a review

Looking forward to your comments.

Lets hope they are a all round good tyre.

If any good, could set up a group buy maybe from a stockist

Are they rated/approved/E marked etc for UK use in UK weather?

From some of the quotes above they sound like thay are designed for the Singapore market, and they have very different compounds due to the hotter weather, it would be like driving on ice over hear as you'd never get them up to temperature.

Much in the same way that there are a load of dodgy eastern market only Goodyear Eagles being sold in the UK at the moment at knock down prices, they are shockingly bad on UK roads.

Be carefull and investigate them properly!

Are they rated/approved/E marked etc for UK use in UK weather?

From some of the quotes above they sound like thay are designed for the Singapore market, and they have very different compounds due to the hotter weather, it would be like driving on ice over hear as you'd never get them up to temperature.

Much in the same way that there are a load of dodgy eastern market only Goodyear Eagles being sold in the UK at the moment at knock down prices, they are shockingly bad on UK roads.

Be carefull and investigate them properly!

good advice, I had heard about those imported goodyears, I'll check it out.... the place selling them is a saab supplier, and I found some comments about the tyres on a saab forum, and they were basically mixed, (UK forum) some had tried them and said they were good, some have said along the lines of "would never put 'ditchfinders' on my car, will go for a brand name"...

but I'll check out that they are coded for this country...

edit: I've e-mailed the seller, asking if they are e-marked for this country ect

got this reply from them

"Yes these are all E marked and approved. These are totally fine for the UK. We have sold these for the past two years and we have had nothing but positive feedback from these. What car would you be fitting these too?

- neobrothers23"

so happy enough if they're e-marked..... I'll be ordering them by the end of next week, and I'll put a review up when I've done a few hundred miles

I'm not sure what the different 'E' markings are to be honest, but the dodgy Goodyears are E marked too, just with a different code after the 'E'.

Personally I'd be a bit wary, especially as they are the only supplier in the UK?, however, hopefully you will be pleased with them and it's not a complete loss at that price.

Best of luck.

Looking forward to the review as I need new circles

uptdate:

I looked throught the sellers feedback, and found a member that had bought the tyres, and asked him about them, I got this reply...

Hi there,

I bought some a year or so ago, for my 200sx, and was well impressed with them. So much so, I now have a set for my 6.0l Jag.

For the price, they are great value. Great grip I found, especially with the rwd 200sx, the only down side, was road noise, but as they are a fairly hard tyre compound, they'll last for ages.

Thought the guys at neo brothers were top also, I went to see them to buy the first set of tyres, and they fitted them also.

Top choice, I would definately buy again.

Hope this helps mate.

AK

If he liked them on a RWD 200SX, then they must work well!

on the strength of this reply I've just ordered two, should have them on the car by the end of the wekk!

The number after the E marking is the country's government that issued the E mark type approval. E11 Is for the UK

The E code (with a capital 'E') is used for cars in European countries, and indicates the country that certified the part. It is a circle with the capital letter E followed by a number. The codes are assigned by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.

E1 Germany

E2 France

E3 Italy

E4 Netherlands

E5 Sweden

E6 Belgium

E7 Hungary

E8 Czech Republic

E9 Spain

E10 Serbia [and Montenegro]

E11 United Kingdom

E12 Austria

E13 Luxembourg

E14 Switzerland

E16 Norway

E17 Finland

E18 Denmark

E19 Romania

E20 Poland

E21 Portugal

E22 Russian Federation

E23 Greece

E24 Ireland

E25 Croatia

E26 Slovenia

E27 Slovakia

E28 Belarus

E29 Estonia

E31 Bosnia and Herzegovina

E32 Latvia

E34 Bulgaria

E36 Lithuania

E37 Turkey

E39 Azerbaijan

E40 Former Yugoslav Republic

E42 European Community of Macedonia

E43 Japan

E45 Australia

E46 Ukraine

E47 South Africa

E48 New Zealand

E49 Cyprus

E50 Malta

E51 Republic of Korea

E52 Malaysia

E53 Thailand

Brian Wheelock, a reputable race car driver with more than 20 years of racing experience, had this to say, “I’ve been very impressed with its (NT5000) road holding, particularly in the wet. There’ve been no aquaplaning or tramlining. I’ve also recently tested it in the racing circuit, where for a street tire, it was very good, and in fact the wear was also very good for street tire. So, overall a very high ranking for this tire, Neuton NT5000.”

Brian Wheelock? thats sounds like one of those made up names they put in racing computer games

Next you'll be laughing at his cousins Tony Tyresmoke and Oliver Oversteer?

Chris

Next you'll be laughing at his cousins Tony Tyresmoke and Oliver Oversteer?

Chris

right ... first part of my review.....

I've just had the tyres put on, its dry, and I've only driven "normally" ... when they bed in and I push them (and the weather changes) I'll add more reviews...

firstly, for a few months now, my car has been making a rumbling noise (I thought it was the wheel bearings) and I took it into the garage, the engineer looked it over/drove it ect, and said its not the bearings, but I've no idea what it is... so away i went... I then had a driving examiner remark on the noise, saying "whats wrong with your car? wheel bearing?" no, I say, but went back to the garage, as I was slightly worried... this time, the service manager, looked into it, and drove/examined the car... he also said its deffo not the bearings (he'd never had to change on on a GP) he also said there was absolutley nothing wrong with the car, so it MUST be the tyres......

anyhow, on the drive back home today... wow, what a difference, he was right, the rumbling noise has gone, so has the vibration, the car is now as smooth as it was when it was new, AND its not pulling slightly to the left, as it has been before... those federal tyres were the problem, they seemed to grip ok, but they were obviosly falling apart.....

the moral of this story is, if you can afford to change your tyres at 3mm instead of 1.6 mm you should do

I'll add more reviews when I've pushed them more, and had some bad weather..

oh, and total cost for two 205/45/17 W XL tyres, fitted, £120...

lets hope these can stand up to 279.52lbs/ft going through the front wheels!

Did you have them delivered to home / work and get them fitted yourself at your local Mr Tyre?

delivered to home (the day after paying!) and fitted at local center for £10 per tyre....

To be honest I've noticed the same thing as you Dave. Just before i replaced my fronts they seemed louder, and even to me the car seemed to wander on the camber and groves in the road more than normal. Keeping my eye on your thread to see how you get on with them.

To be honest I've noticed the same thing as you Dave. Just before i replaced my fronts they seemed louder, and even to me the car seemed to wander on the camber and groves in the road more than normal. Keeping my eye on your thread to see how you get on with them.

I'll put some more reports up... its gonna rain soon, so I'll let you know how they go in the "local" weather the place selling them is a saab parts place, and I read on one of the saab forums, that they get really good reports for wet weather handling, so should be interesting, but they are very reminiscent of the bridgestone potenza's in their tread design, so hope they behave the same, I'd buy some more of the (OE) potenza's if I could afford them! (OE on porsche 911's ect) but at £250 for 2 fitted, its just too much :(

What E-number did they have on them in the end?

I find alot of tyres start bahaving badly when getting worn now, not sure if it's modern cars or modern tyre design thats to blame but most of them seem to pull about alot more, and we have been having trouble with noisy deforming tyres of all different makes too, some are so bad they have to be changed as customers complain of the noise thinking it's a mechanical fault.

delivered to home (the day after paying!) and fitted at local center for £10 per tyre....

Nice one:thumbup:

What E-number did they have on them in the end?

I find alot of tyres start bahaving badly when getting worn now, not sure if it's modern cars or modern tyre design thats to blame but most of them seem to pull about alot more, and we have been having trouble with noisy deforming tyres of all different makes too, some are so bad they have to be changed as customers complain of the noise thinking it's a mechanical fault.

can't remember which e-number... could be 4 , I'll try and remember to check, next time I'm with the car! lol...

I thought the noise and vibration was a mechanical fault, the service manager insisted there was nothing wrong, and it was the tyres, sure enough, new tyres, and the symptoms dissapear!

performance update:

still not had time to push hard, as the roof signs been on all day however for the first time ever,(with a change of tyres) i've noticed a fuel economy increase! this morning on my way to work, a route I normall take that gives me 49 mpg, i got an astonishing 57 mpg! :eek: with no difference to the way I was driving... I also had a play up newlands valley, and the tyres deffo seem stiffer than the federals, the front feels alot sharper, with better turn in, it was so soggy with the federals, they just rolled around too much... all good stuff so far, but as I said, yet to push them to the limits