The Wanli S1088 draws recurring criticism for wet grip and road noise, each raised in roughly two fifths of the 84 reviews. Dry grip is much more often praised than criticised, and a minority favor its low price, but these positives do not resolve the wet-road complaints. Around one in ten reviews also describes vibration, while smaller numbers mention poor steering feedback or abrupt grip loss. The reviews come from 81 owners, including three repeat contributors whose continued dissatisfaction is not evidence of a shared ageing pattern. Although tread life often receives praise, 75 reviews lack a stage of use and none is identified as end-of-life, limiting any general durability claim.
What owners mention most counted across 84 reviews
This tire sucks, it grips just as a regular tire, and on rain, oh god, they really suck, no grip at all, even with the road partially wet you would slide even on a low speed turn. please don't buy this crap, invest on a toyo, or a better tire.
Fitting on front. Road Noise UNBEARABLE due to "stepping" on tire. This is where the leading edge of the tire raises and causes a loud buzz. The noise gets louder and more intrusive the smoother the road surface.
Then realised this is exactly what I fitted to my wife's car several years ago and had to replace due to noise
The only tires I have felt the need to complain about after 30 years driving. Have fitted cheap before but none like this
NEVER FIT THESE
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Bought a second hand fiesta 1.4 tdci with four of these on, pretty much brand new. I noticed them straight away for there sporty looks so decided to google them. Panic time....nothing but horrendous reviews...cheap Chinese tires. After twenty odd years of riding motorbikes and having an intimate understanding of the importance of tires... Things didn't look good. That said I had come across these sort if reviews before when trying to source affordable bike tire(£160 a time for rears every 2-3 months), and found out there is far too much of a..."if its Chinese its crap" attitude out there....and took the very long and expensive route finding out this isn't necessarily true.
I work nights and drive 15-18k miles a year in four wheeled vehicles and have gotten quite used to 4am fun on wet roads. So what to do? Lets have some 4am fun with these tires before I pay out for a set of none Chinese replacements.
First thing I noticed, as I said was the tread pattern....something a little sporty.
Second was the noise.....yep just as all the reviews say these things are loud, sounds like you're running knobblies or that a wheel bearing has gone...thanks to google I knew not to get the bearings changed...plus you can hear the tire noise change as you turn the wheel.
Next and way before I let my 8 year old son get in the car I need to find out just how dangerous these tires are......so four weeks later and several hundred miles in the dry, damp and soaking wet and many 4am circuit's of my local roundabout i can honestly say......these tires will be staying on the car and when they need replacing I will be buying exactly the same. I have pushed my little car way beyond "normal driving" to find a reason to justify changing these tires, and they have handled everything I've thrown at them. Ex army, advance, evasive/defensive driver trained and more than happy to keep these shoes on my little fiesta!!! New tires at part worn prices....all that remains is to see how long they last.
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If you want to turn your car into a shopping trolley in terms of handling get these. Driving with these on made the car feel as if it was totally disconnected from the steering wheel. The car I purchased (2nd hand) had them on and they were lethal. Until now I'd taken no interest in tires thinking they were all the same - now I know what they can do to a car then I won't subject myself or my family to budgets again. Always will be a premium tire from now on. Wear was good (assume a plastic compound?), dry grip okay, wet grip lethal and noise unbearable!
After first 1000kms another of the tires created really big vertical shape anomality , which makes horrible vibration. Now these tires are totally undrivable in normal motorway speeds not mentioning real high speeds.
Utterly devastating road noise at all speeds but will make your ears bleed at high speeds.
Dry grip is comparable to normal tires, Wet grip is poorest I have ever witnessed, and I mean slightly damp roads. It does not have to be standing water, it does not have to be raining, if asfalt is black, suicide season is immediately on! Will break loose sudden and freaky in any speed low or high when turning car whetter in roundabout or exit ramp.
It can be fun when playing with the car but it is unwanted and seriously dangerous when it happens unwanted in midcorner without provoking. When turning harder it will snap grip off when locking differential starts to limit and will brake traction on any gear when cornering and pressing throttle.
I would not normally write a review on a tire. I find that in my normal use I have always found tires are generally fine. The the two factors I have considered is the price and if I get a reasonable mileage from them. Ride comfort and noise have never been an issue HOWEVER these Wanli S1088s are awful! The noise is intrusive vvvv loud as described in many other posts.I can't believe it! I have had to change after only 2000 miles as I cant stand them any more. all the other reviews re horrific noise are correct.
I hope this helps others....Just bought a bmw 325ci M sport, which had these tires fitted, I bought the car after having it BMW inspected, I have just driven it 20 miles from having the car delivered by a transporter, I noise from the rear was frightening, put it up on the ramp to inspect the differential and bearings, no problem there...the noise ic coming from these awful, dangerous tires...please if you value yourself or you family do not fit these tires...they should be banned from ever boing sold
Had these tires on a new generation Ford Fiesta. I do not understand why these are legal. In the dry they are ok, but very noisy. Do not take corners semi-fast, you will regret it. In the wet they are extremely dangerous. Everything starts to slide around, and there is no grip what so ever.
Also, they tend to leak air between the rim and the tire bead.
Where to begin...
The noise from these tires sounded (as other people have said) like a wheel baring on its way out. Driving with these tires in the wet in just plain dangerous; on a rear wheel drive Lexus, the back end went on nearly every roundabout.
The only positive thing I can say about these tires is that they took a while to wear out, it was only when they did that I realised how truly awful these tires were, so even the fact that they wear well isn't necessarily good...
If you value your life, avoid these cheap, badly made, dangerous tires...
Where to start, these tires are simply the some of the worst tires I have ever had on any of my cars. A mechanic came with me when I was buying my Audi 2.0 TDI and after he drove it told me a wheel bearing was gone. Turns out it was the tires not the a wheel bearing(tires were 1 week old). The noise is unbelievable starting at 35kph all the way to 100kph but even after 100kph its loud. As the tires were new and the grip was ok(below average) in the wet I couldn't justify buying new tires so I did 14,000 miles on them. Almost every passanger I have had in my car askes me what the noise is. I would not recommend these tires. Currently there is no wet breaking legal limit set for tires that are allowed to be sold in Ireland or the UK. Im am sure these are below average and not far off dangerous. These tires are best avoided at almost all costs. Hope this review helps
I bought a Rover 75 SE Conn. and brought it back to the dealership the next day thinking that the wheel bearings had gone in all four corners. I was told that it was tire noise and that it was a known feature with the SUNNY tires fitted.
I was dissatisfied with this explanation,frankly not believing that it was possible for tires to create such a racket. The dealer changed all four rims for those on another Rover and when driven the difference was amazing.
Unfortunately the rims had to be swapped back and I was left with my Sunny shod originals. I changed the tires as soon as possible and will never have tires on a car ever again.
