No, this is impossible.

How can I find out the allowable tire sizes for a given car?

They are listed in the Owner's Manual of the car, as well as on a special sticker on the car body with information about the recommended air pressure. Only when using approved tire sizes can the vehicle be required to comply with the braking and dynamic characteristics declared by the manufacturer, as well as the correctness of the odometer and speedometer readings. If we are talking about the selection of winter tires, it is better to take a standard size with a narrower and higher profile from the allowed options.

How do I know if the tire I want is available and what the retail price is?

To do this, you need to click on the “Where to buy” button on the website, select the city, and the system will display the contact information of the dealer. Some dealers have their own websites where up-to-date information is posted.

Is there a risk to buy YOKOHAMA tires in Russia that are not designed for use in local road and climatic conditions?

If you buy from an authorized dealer, then this probability is excluded. Each outlet has product catalogs listing all models legally sold in that country.

Yokohama tires are made in different countries. Do they differ in quality?

No, the quality and control requirements are the same at all the company's plants.

What is the standard warranty period for Yokohama tires?

five years from the date of manufacture. It is marked on the sidewall of the tire with a four-digit number: the first two digits are the week number, the other two are the year.

What are the rules for installing tires on a car?

If the tire has a directional tread pattern, a special rotation direction indicator is applied to the sidewall, and if the pattern is asymmetric, the outer and inner sidewalls are marked with the inscriptions “Outside” / “Inside”.

Is it possible to put different tires on the front and rear axles of the car?

Despite the fact that the SDA requires that the tires be the same on each axle, and allows the use of different tires on the front and rear, YOKOHAMA strongly recommends installing the same tires on all four wheels (meaning not only the model, but also the degree of wear of the tire) . Only in this way the car properly implements the inherent handling properties, acceleration and braking dynamics.

How to find out what air pressure should be in the tire?

As a rule, each car has a special sticker (in the driver's door opening, on the inside of the fuel filler flap), which indicates the recommended pressure values ​​\u200b\u200bfor the front and rear tires under different load conditions. Checking should be done on cold tires, as tires heated during driving or from solar radiation will have a noticeably higher pressure.

What are the rules for running in new winter studded tires?

According to the recommendations of YOKOHAMA, on new studded tires, you need to drive at least 800 km in a gentle mode - without sudden acceleration, braking and turning. This is necessary so that the spike "finds its place" in the mounting hole and is ready to take the design loads.

When should you change your tires seasonally?

Winter tires are designed for operation at temperatures below + 7 ° C, and summer tires, respectively, above this threshold. It is necessary to adhere to the temperature criterion, and not focus on the presence of ice and snow.

How often should wheels be balanced?

If the weights are not lost and there is no tangible imbalance, then it is enough to balance twice a year - with a seasonal tire change.

Many motorists in the Russian Federation sooner or later face the need to replace tires on their vehicles. This happens due to the change of seasons in the country, as well as due to the wear of old tires, careless driving or after an accident. However, not every tire manufacturer meets the requirements for quality, reliability and durability, which creates a real problem for the car owner.

To solve it, people often turn to various reviews in print and electronic media, as well as to forums where real users of a particular brand make up a kind of tire ratings. Yokohama has been one of the best tire manufacturers in the world for many years.

Yokohama plant in Japan

Tires "Yokohama" are products of the brand of the same name, founded in 1917 in Japan, and for more than 100 years has earned an impeccable reputation among many millions of customers.

This world-famous company has many clear advantages over its competitors, which are in the following facts:

• "Yokohama" tires, manufacturer - the country of Japan. The company produces only high-quality products with premium status, as evidenced by the presence of factories in Singapore, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, and not in China or another Asian country.
• For many years of the brand's existence, Yokohama's management has been involved in investments for the innovative development of polymer materials, which is why the quality and composition of rubber have better properties compared to other brands.
• Almost all products of the enterprise contain silicate additives, which increase the frictional ability of tires while driving on any surface. That is, with the abrasion of Yakohama, the tires become even more stable during operation.
• The company's own design division contains a large staff of designers, engineers and technologists who year by year develop new, more advanced tire models.
• Before mass production and retooling of the conveyor, each new product undergoes a series of laboratory and field tests, during which it is assigned the necessary ratings and indexes for wear resistance, wet grip or ability to resist high temperatures.
• The design capacity of the production bases of the enterprise allows us to fully meet the needs of the market around the world, which is why the company has its own distribution points in almost every country.
• As for the size range, the company produces tires for all types Vehicle, both for passenger cars, from small cars to full-size SUVs, and for trucks.

Yokohama sports tires

Characteristics and parameters of Japanese cargo wheels "Yokohama"

Almost all enterprises involved in cargo transportation in the Russian Federation and abroad have their own fleets of heavy-duty long road trains. Of course, these trucks cover hundreds of thousands of kilometers a year, and the road does not spare Yokohama tires.

This leads to the fact that the company must have its own tire service and a warehouse for the relevant products. Most of the carriers turn specifically to the Yokohama brand when purchasing products from an official representative office. The main parameters and properties of these tires are listed below:

• Road - presented in models such as RY407, TY517E, RY357, BLUEARTH 110L, 107ZL, 106ZS and provide vehicle stability in any climate zone, regardless of temperature and road surface quality. First of all, they are intended for long-distance (from 200 km) transportation without stops.
• Regional - less whimsical and expensive tires, on which a heavy vehicle can easily cover the distance between neighboring autonomous regions (up to 2000 km). The model range produced is RY023, TY607, TY303, RY253, RY023T and some other modifications.
• Ecohama ON/OFF wheels are a special product of the brand that provides ideal flotation on the most inaccessible road sections, which is very useful for those companies that serve construction or manufacturing enterprises. The most popular options for such rubber are MY547, LY717, MY507A, MY507T.

Yokohama Truck Tires ON OFF

• Winter - designed for extreme operating conditions in the Far North and other countries where snow cover prevails for more than 9 months a year, and under a layer of solid soil there is a layer of permafrost. These tires are distinguished by a special rubber composition and soft, but at the same time durable treads that improve grip on snow and slippery roads due to sharp sipes. The main models of this series are TY287, 902W, 901ZS and MY507T.
• Urban - at the beginning of 2019, they are represented by only one model in various dimensions - RY537, with huge treads that ensure normal driving at medium speeds on flat roads of a big city. As a rule, they are used for shuttle buses plying short distances.
• Touring is the latest in Yokohama's line of truck tires that are fitted to long haul passenger buses and can easily cover more than 2,000 km without stopping, as long as the fuel supply allows. Currently, the brand has 2 modifications of these products - 104ZR, 107ZL.

Yokohama Bluearth Tires

When purchasing the Yakohama rubber models listed above in the original, the company gives a long-term guarantee for quality, wear resistance and durability when driving at any distance, if the driver operates them according to the rules prescribed by the manufacturer.

The composition of this rubber and the stiffness of the cords with additional ribs protects the wheel from deformation in accordance with the speed and load index. The driver can safely make steep maneuvers without worrying about accidental rupture of products or the formation of hernias, which leads to a weakening of the overall structure of the tire, and in some cases, to an accident.

Yokohama Bluearth tire size and dimensions

Recently, the company has been producing truly revolutionary summer tires for cars and SUVs under the name of the Yokohama Bluearth series.

This rubber has a lot of advantages over competitors due to its chemical composition and special tread pattern on the grip surface with soil or asphalt:

• First of all, the treads are able to withstand high temperatures, as indicated by the Temperature A index, and even in very hot weather and with overheated asphalt, they do not soften and do not reduce the dynamic characteristics of the vehicle.
• The rigid tread design reduces the tire's rolling resistance when driving fast on overheated surfaces by up to 20% compared to competing brands, and this significantly reduces fuel consumption.
• Rubber "Ekohama" has a class AA or A when driving on wet roads, is not capable of causing aquaplaning, slipping or skidding on sharp turns, even during heavy rain.

Winter tires Yokohama

• The last advantage is that these tires, thanks to thoughtful ergonomics and based on numerous tests, have the lowest noise figure among competitors - less than 60 decibels when driving on smooth dry asphalt.
• Ranges of dimensional parameters allow you to choose products for almost any model of a small family car, namely the radii R13-R17, the width of the clutch surface - 145-225 mm, the height of the side surface - rubber profile - 45-80. All these characteristics give the freedom of choice both to fans of high-speed driving on low-profile Yokohama tires, and to drivers who prefer softness and comfort when driving.
• The Yokohama rubber speed index, depending on the dimension, is S, T, H, V, W, which corresponds to the absolute dynamics of 180, 190, 210, 240 and 270 km / h.
• The load index of these wheels ranges from 71 to 99, which is equivalent to the possibility of loading each wheel up to 345-775 kg or the average weight of a car from 1.4 to 3 tons.

Yokohama Bluearth tires are designed primarily for compact cars with low engine volumes, as well as for small family vehicles, such as minivans for 4 to 5 people. If some driver sees that the wheels can fit his SUV or crossover, which is used a lot on rough terrain, he needs to remember that the running properties of these tires are designed exclusively for asphalt pavement with minimal off-road driving.

Yokohama winter tire test

How to choose genuine Yokohama tires

A car enthusiast who wants to buy Yokohama tires should remember that the famous brand is often counterfeited, and this leads to the fact that you can accidentally buy a replica that does not have even half of the positive qualities of the original. To prevent this from happening, the manufacturer advises paying attention to direct and indirect signs confirming the authenticity of products:

• First of all, you should know that the brand cares about its popularity and never makes a difference between wholesale and retail prices. Each dealer must comply with the pricing regulations of the enterprise, and in almost all outlets the cost of products of the same brand will not differ from each other.

In the case of a fake, the selling price for the distributor is always lower, and the buyer may be interested in a very attractive price, which suggests that he is not in front of the original, but a replica.

• All Yokohama tires have a clear full marking on the side surface, where you can easily read the name of the brand and this model, the serial number belonging to a particular batch, the year of production, all dimension parameters and indicators of the 5 main Yokohama tire indices. Among them is the parameter of speed, load, wear resistance, thermal stability during dynamic driving and wet grip index.
• All Yokohama tires leaving the conveyors are entered under a certain article into the electronic database of the enterprise, which is available to every Internet user. If you go to the official website, any consumer will find in its content a complete product catalog and a calculator to determine the compatibility of a product for a particular brand of car.

So, a buyer who doubts the authenticity of the product offered to him can always compare the marking on it with the data of the electronic catalog and make sure that he has an original tire in front of him, and not a cheap replica from a dubious manufacturer.

Particular attention should be paid to buying tires through an online store, which operate in large numbers in Russia. Because the consumer does not have the opportunity to verify the authenticity until all the wheels are delivered to him by courier. In such situations, it is worth choosing only time-tested and reviewed outlets that cannot deceive the client.

Yokohama tire scheme

Yokohama tires are the market leaders for such products among competitors, and the driver who at least once decides to purchase a brand new product for his “iron horse”, no doubt, will not be able to refuse to use the brand further. For passenger cars, the company offers a wide range of products for winter use both with and without studs, which is suitable for motorists not only in Russia, but also from those countries and regions where the operation of studded tires is limited by law.

It is one of the largest companies in the world in its segment. Consists of rubber-technical department Yokohama in which there are 61 representative offices located in different countries of the world, 150 offices and 66 different companies, including companies with attracted authorized capital. Each of the representative offices includes companies that sell tires and other industrial products. Yokohama, among other things, has 10 departments abroad, and 14 inside Japan. There is also a representative office in Russia Yokohama companies. Yokohama Russia (Yokohama Rus LLC) was officially opened in 2005. The Yokohama Rus company conducts wholesale sales of Yokohama tires for passenger cars, trucks and sports cars in Russia. He is engaged in the development of a network of dealers both in the Russian Federation and in the CIS countries. Yokohama Rus provides partner technical support and trains the staff of the company's wholesale representatives. To date, Yokohama has 10 large factories in Japan, as well as large production complexes in the United States, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, China and Russia.

The dimensions are impressive in Russia, first of all, what is being done here is for sale. The plant in Lipetsk produces the following passenger tires: iceGUARD iG35 winter studded model, as well as C.drive2 and BluEarth AE-01 summer passenger tires in sizes from 13 to 18 inches. It should be noted that tires from this plant in the future will be supplied for sale in Europe, though about 10% of the total production in Lipetsk. Prior to this, supplies mainly came from Japan and the Philippines. The tires of this company have for the most part good reviews because of their high quality. True, they do not always correspond to the realities of our roads.

President of Yokohama Rus

In the world market, the popularity of Japanese Yokohama tires reaches its peak. In this regard, the tires of this brand began to be faked and every driver must know how to distinguish high-quality tires from bad ones. Everyone can conduct such a mini-examination, but are drivers interested in knowing how?

Japanese tires Yokohama - determine where the original and fake

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Car tires of reliable brands, their quality and appearance play an important role in the driver's life. Summer and winter tires
make it possible to simplify the process of movement on the roads, to make it better, simpler, more reliable. The Japanese company Yokohama has been producing rubber for various categories of cars for a century, and these tires are popular in forty countries around the world. Given such indicators, there were many who wanted to earn extra money on this and do it by releasing rubber under the world name of poor quality. How to distinguish high-quality products of this brand from fakes? Is it even possible? These questions are of concern to all motorists and it is worth understanding them in more detail.

Quality Japanese tires - what they really should be

Since 1917, the production of car tires under the brand name Yokohama began. The plant produces tires for vehicles of the following categories:

1. Cars of all brands;
2. SUVs;
3. Professional, racing cars;
4. Trucks;
5. Passenger and cargo-passenger transport.

Tires from this manufacturer are suitable for absolutely any type of road, they serve for a long time, providing high-quality and safe movement on the roads. The manufacturer released a universal rubber that is suitable for use in all seasons and it has become very popular.

To find out the original, you should look at the marking of rubber. On each tire, the following data must be indicated on the side:

If, when inspecting the goods, a person is convinced that the marking is made in accordance with all required standards, the product is of high quality.

On tires from the Yokohama manufacturer, only the following codes are found:

When examining rubber from a Japanese manufacturer, you should also pay attention to such points:

• there must be a rounded configuration of the sidewalls of the tire;
• it is necessary to have a special groove, which helps to simplify the movement on the road;
• on rubber from a Japanese manufacturer, special, wide lamellas should be present.

These parameters indicate the high quality of such accessories for cars, and therefore Japanese-made tires are popular in more than forty countries around the world. Yokohama tires receive the highest marks from experts, help to minimize the noise level during movement, and have excellent cross-country ability.

How to identify a fake yourself

To distinguish high-quality Yokohama tires for a car or any other vehicle from a bad one, you should use vigilance and a magnifying glass. Poor quality, fake tires, if you look at their edges through a magnifying glass, will give themselves away from the paint. In a quality version. Even if you arm yourself with powerful magnifying devices, there should be no traces of paint.

The name of the manufacturer's company is always indicated on the product - if the letters are mixed up or some characters are missing, some characters are replaced by others, the product can be considered fake. The markings that are affixed on the sidewall of the tires will help to distinguish the original from the fake.

Particular attention should be paid to the presence of:

• sign of the Department of Transport Security - for all types of tires it is affixed the same way, hiding under the abbreviation DOT;
• basic and additional markings from the manufacturer;
• all the data and the date of manufacture of the accessories for the machines, written in the correct order.

The absence of one of the above elements indicates a low-quality, counterfeit product that has nothing to do with the Yokohama manufacturer.

To navigate what a product from a Japanese manufacturer of automotive rubber should be, you should study all the positive qualities of tires. This knowledge will help distinguish original car tires from low-quality fakes.

You can stumble upon tires that do not in any way indicate a fake, but have already gone through the restoration process. Such car tires cost less than a new version, but its service life is 2 years. On such products, if it is an original, of course, the inscription RETREAD should always be present. Additionally, you can check which signs are used to mark Japanese rubber on the Internet, but you will need to work hard on finding information, because it is carefully hidden.

Which tires of the Japanese brand Yokohama are counterfeited more often and why

Since the Japanese company specializes in making tires for most types of vehicles, fakes can be expected at any time. Most often, fakes should be expected from:

1. The most expensive tire options from this manufacturer;
2. Rubber for large vehicles - trucks, utility vehicles;
3. Off-season tires, for which the demand is very high.

Cars were not included in this list because it is unprofitable to fake branded tires of this level.

To distinguish where quality products are and where fakes are, you need to be well versed in automotive topics or study data about a particular product on the Internet. Using the tips that were given above, you can distinguish a quality product from a bad one, and, accordingly, save money by getting rubber that will last a very long time. Japanese Yokohama tires are in demand all over the world and you can easily determine its quality. If a person made a mistake and bought bad tires, he will find out about it by starting to use it, because Japanese, original tires help to conquer any roads, and a bad option will create numerous problems for the driver in a few days.

A driver who buys tires from a Japanese manufacturer should remember that observation, knowledge of tire labeling rules and the ability to check quality parameters on their own will help him buy quality products. It is necessary, in the selection process, to select the product without haste, and only then you can be sure of its quality, because even original products can be defective.

The world famous Yokohama Rubber Company, Ltd, which produces automobile tires, was founded in 1917 in the city of Yokohama with the participation of Kanazawa Prefecture and Cable Manufacturing Company, Ltd. Two short years later, the very first tire plant of this company was built and quickly put into operation in the same city.

Early history of the brand

The tires that were produced by this plant were quite innovative products for Japan at the beginning of the 20th century. In addition to tires, the company also produced other products that were connected in one way or another with the automotive industry. In 1921, the company launched the production of various rubber drive belts, which turned out to be much more reliable than leather belts used everywhere in those distant years. The high quality of the products successfully contributed to the rapid growth of the popularity of the company, which constantly increased the range.

For the first time branded tires Yokohama began to appear on the market in 1930, in 1934 the company began the first timid attempts to promote the young brand to the world market. The breakthrough came in 1935 when its tires were used by Toyota and Nissan as standard equipment on their cars. In the same significant year, the company from Yokohama acquired the status of the official tire supplier for the Japanese imperial court, with the obligatory supply of as many as twenty-four tires annually.

During the war period and after it

During the BBB, military orders rained down on the company, she was even forced to start activities in previously unfamiliar areas. For example, the production of tires for Japanese fighters was launched. In order to manage to cope with orders for the manufacture of aircraft tires in 1944, even another plant was built. It works even now.

After the defeat of Japan in the war, a crisis began in the entire economy of the country. However, as happened with many Japanese enterprises, the tire manufacturer managed to keep its business, as the company received orders from the American "military" to produce tires for aircraft that fought in Korea.

Despite the fact that in the sixties of the last century the company significantly increased the production of automobile tires, its main customers still remained the military. The production of products for military orders has long been not limited to tires for aircraft wheels. The company actively developed the production processes of all kinds of rubber components. In 1969, a division of the company in the United States was registered and began its activity.

Manufactured products

Any car enthusiast knows Yokohama as a well-known tire manufacturer for sports cars. The company from Yokohama is trying in every possible way to maintain this reputation, well deserved by the quality of its "rubber". It constantly acts as one of the main suppliers of tires for many major world competitions, which is, for example, the championship called World Touring Car. The Japanese company also produces tires for a wide variety of cars - from small sports sedans and large four-wheel drive SUVs, to large buses and trucks.

The head office has long moved to the capital of Japan, the city of Tokyo. The company currently owns quite a few other well-known and popular brands, such as ADVAN, which is especially popular in Japan itself, as well as Geolandar, AVID, Parada, S.drive and others. At the moment, this company is one of the largest not only in Japan itself, but also in the world of manufacturers of all kinds of products related to the production of rubber products.