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Windforce Catchfors UHP 275/45 ZR20 110W XL
I've been using these tires for two seasons.
Everything would be fine if I didn't have to spend a similar amount on balancing, completely unnecessary wheel alignment (on original wheels), and suspension diagnostics until I finally realized, after switching to winter tires for a couple of days, that the problem wasn't with the wheels or the car, but with the tires I bought. I suspect that I was extremely unlucky with the batch.

I won't judge where all the positive reviews come from, even on large wheels and low-profile high-speed ZR tires, but I'll say it as it is in my case:
At speeds of 120-160 km/h, there's a vibration in the steering wheel and throughout the body, as if there's no balancing at all (I repeat, with other tires, everything is fine). I take it to a tire shop, they check it, and everything seems to be in place, with deviations of 10-15 within normal limits. So, on the highway, where I often drive, it's either 110 km/h or above 170 km/h, and I feel like a blind pig. Balancing it to zero doesn't make a difference...

After realizing that the issue is with the tire, not the wheel, I contacted Mosavtoshina on Bykovskaya, where I originally ordered the tires, with the intention of writing a complaint to the manufacturer for a refund or exchange. They didn't strongly disagree, but made it clear that it's a tedious and lengthy process, especially since it's been almost a year since the purchase... and would require an expert examination... (I regret not doing it). I have no complaints about the management of this branch; they were understanding and explained everything. They offered to do the balancing with a maximum possible discount. In the end, I gave up and said, "Let's do it."
The master at the tire shop was very understanding and, despite the low price, spent an hour working on these tires, rotating, optimizing, and rechecking them on the wheel to determine which wheel would be best to put where... In the end, he managed to significantly reduce the vibration to "almost none." I finished the previous season like that. But this season, everything repeated... And no one else could even come close to what he did. Is it magic from Avtoshina? This is not in some garage tire shop, but in professional, specialized shops with good equipment and prices.

At the moment, tired of the endless and useless manipulations around these Windforce tires, I'm planning to get rid of this wonderful tire and install a tire from a different brand. If everything falls into place, then it will be clear what to do next.
If Mosavtoshina reads my review and gets to the end, I ask them to provide assistance and send me the contact information of the official representative or distributor of this brand in a private message. This would greatly simplify my task... to learn from the first hands how this is possible and if they are even aware that this happens. Moreover, I have something to say to them on the matter, as during the endless balancing, I began to understand how a wheel assembly can be perfectly balanced and not wobble, yet still vibrate at speed (hidden defects in production?).
Let them take their wonderful wheels for examination; I'm very interested in what they'll say. Let them develop, find possible flaws in production, and become better for the end consumer, for us!
Thanks to them for the experience... for these two seasons, I've increased my knowledge of tires, it seems, five times!
All the best!

Just the bottom, not balanced at all, vibration from 100
to 140, the steering wheel can't be held, at low speeds it's like driving a tractor,
they refused to take it under warranty, rebalanced it twice, conducted an examination on their own machine, supposedly everything is fine. They directly told me to sell it on Avito and buy another one!!!
It can only be thrown away!!!

Size 235/45 R17. They were balanced so-so, according to the factory yellow-red marks, it didn't work at all, they twisted on the disk. Fuel consumption increased, soft, on the highway after 110 km/h, vibration on the body begins. I'll try to rebalance them again.

Scary OAVNO. Installed on disks, tires were balanced. Surprisingly, everything was done with small weights, the tires seemed even, drove a couple of hundred kilometers and it started to vibrate. I'm driving for balancing again, I read in reviews that you have to balance two or three times, but I was surprised that the tires went completely egg-shaped. I will never buy again.

Size 225/40/19 and 255/35/19

I've been unlucky - my tires started to vibrate over time...
After I bought new rims and this tire, and put everything on the car and started driving - there were no problems.
The hot weather started +20 and above = they began to vibrate.
I went to a tire shop, rebalanced - the result was that I had to add weights... and on several wheels by 100-120 grams.
I drove like that for a couple of days = they continued to vibrate.
I went to another tire shop. They rebalanced all the wheels again, balanced them according to the markers - the result was that they removed 20-30 grams, but still, on one wheel about 90 grams, on the second under 80. The rest were around 60-70.
It vibrates already at a speed of 80-95...
Before that, it was at 105-120))
I went for the third time, to another tire shop - nothing changed!
As a result - now I will buy new tires))
And so - the first thousand-one and a half, the car drove and handled great)
BUT I WILL NEVER BUY TIRES OF THIS BRAND AGAIN))
thanks for everything, I'm all set))

The tires themselves are not bad. But! The manufacturing quality is terrible! 2 out of 4 wheels are crooked!

At the tire shop in the store where I bought them, they told me it was the rims. I went to have the rims adjusted - the rims are straight! The tires are crooked! I bought them in the winter, so I won't be able to return them. I couldn't drive over 110 km/h. I'm terribly upset. The tires themselves are not bad, soft (for 275 45 R20), don't feel the rut. But they can't be balanced. I saved money on tires - spent it on balancing, and I'll have to replace 2 wheels.

Good things don't come cheap. After reading all the positive reviews, I bought this tire. It holds normally on both dry and wet roads. It's a bit noisy. And everything would be fine, but at a speed of approximately 70 to 130 km/h, there's a terrible vibration. All summer I tried to balance the wheels, and then I changed to winter tires and a miracle happened: the vibration disappeared immediately. I don't know if the reviews are paid or if the quality control is flawed at the factory. I'll be selling this junk for pennies and getting something decent.

Terrible tires!
In terms of quality. 2 tires are the most crooked! They bounce in an oval shape. (The new disks are perfect) they hit in an oval shape. One tire immediately showed itself with waves of longitudinal displacement during assembly. I drove 500 km, rebalanced. As a result, 2 wheels are like an "egg"!
I understand that it's cheap, but that doesn't mean it has to be crooked!
I do not recommend buying. I think there's no point in experimenting and looking for quality in them, it's already clear. 2 out of 4!
It hits and bounces at any speed. Accordingly, not only is it not safe, it's also unpleasant. And the load on the hubs. I'll put on winter tires for now.
Don't buy.

I purchased them from Mosavtoshina, had them installed for free at Kolesa, everything was fine, they were balanced, and I started driving. On the third day, I began to feel vibrations at speeds from 80 km/h. It got worse every day, and the vibration became noticeable even to passengers at 40 km/h. I went back to the tire shop for rebalancing, and three out of four tires were unbalanced, so they rebalanced them again, but the tire was visibly bouncing on the machine, which further use confirmed. I returned them to Mosavtoshina for inspection, the issue with timing is a separate topic, but in general, after two months, I got them back with a conclusion that everything is fine. According to the conclusion, they tested 19 tires on 20 disks, which is some kind of nonsense. In general, that's the kind of Chinese top-notch product we get from our supplier, along with their warranty.

Tire is bad. All 4 wheels are uneven. Balancing is at 0, but when loaded, i.e. while driving, the tire deforms and the vibration is so strong it shakes your legs. 22 thousand down the drain. I do not recommend buying this miracle of a tire!