mercury xr

Looking at getting some new tyre's for my Xr3i, was looking at some Nankang tyres but heard nankang tyre's are useless?

What would the best tyres be otherwise?

Cheers

dojj

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they just need breaking in mate
500 miles and they are fine

dojj

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forgot to say, don't press too har din the wet, they are a little it skitish

XRdodgybird

If you want cheap have a look at Kumho.... my mate used to swear by Nankang... but now he's moved to Kumho or Cooper tyres..

I've used Kumho's on a car... they were a good tyre and for £220 for a set of 4 225/40/18s, it was a bargain too!

OldSkoolRS

Fuck nankang.... nearly binned my 206gti in my yoof cos of those!

Big G

Nankang ditchfinders - A sure fire way to find yourself in the shit and on the phone to the insurance company.

OldSkoolRS

Exactly! A wet roundabout and wooooaaaaaaaaahhhhh, fuuuuuuuuuck!

TIFF

Tyres are the ONLY thing that keeps you on the round.......dont be tight when buying them imho

XRdodgybird

So come on guys what do you think of the Kumho's then?

Didnt experience any problems in the wet with them...?

mercury xr

not after cheap just saw some nankangs on offer.

I heard they were terrible in the wet, not ideal for english roads then!!

Big G

Nankangs were designed for you to put on a car your selling to someone you dont like,
Probably one of the best ways of killing someone and getting away with it

TIFF

If you want good,cheap tyres go for Toyo's

OldSkoolRS

LMFAO

James-W

Four points of contact with the road, tyres!
Buy the best you can.

purple_fiesta

IMO nankangs suck, there about the cheapest tyres you can get for a reason!

Twellsie

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i have driven a car whith Kumho ecsta's on and i really couldnt fault them, actually preffered them to Toyo's

Graceland

I had Nangkang NS2's on my Cossie and they hit the 'Ring for 45 hard laps and held up VERY well - couldn't fault them at all

Taylor

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Nankang is Japanese for straight on!

xr_craig

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I had them on my 4i and it was definately interesting in the wet. Needless to say they got changed

Graceland

They were interesting in the wet on the 'Ring for that first lap we ever did - "oh there's Stu, oh fuck theres the armco"

Good times

Benni

AFPMSL!

silverfox999

Quality....

percybigun

i had alot of problems with nankangs on 215 35 18's, they always blister and blow out on the inside edge when they are a few months old. and as said above, grip in the wet is poor.

i had some kumho's blister aswell but they do last a bit longer than nankang.

kumho's arent too bad, but i find they give quite a harsh ride compared to toyo.

dojj

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i had khumo's on the saph and, in the dry under proper hard braking, they produced enough grip to sound like they were skidding, even with no abs but this was about 10-12 years ago