tabetha

Has anyone had these tyres, looking at a new set of alloys with these on, are they ditchfinder specials, as some of the unkown makes can be ok, just don't know about these.
Thanks for any input
tabetha

swebber23

They are hard wearing and last for ages. Ok in the dry, but rubbish in the wet

Alvyn

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Have had them before as said hard wearing but I DIDN'T find them too terrible in the wet tbh!

kev 3dr

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Tab these are the very special "Nankang ditchfinders" !!!

They are ok if your on a day to day commute and drive very sensibley !!
My dad a 318 compact BMW which had a decent suspension set up and he went out and got these and it use to slide everywhere mate was not impressed at all with them !!

JohnnyB

There ok, but I would not push them or go for a 150 mph run

bigjim172000

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Does that mean i can get your wheels Will have to let us know when and price

binman jim

if u like driving fast choose some different tyres (honestly their shocking especially if their nankang ultra sports) even my 1.7 puma had to much power for them to cope with.

Daryl

Alvyn loves the linglongs

And 95 ron

Long time no see matey hope u and the family are well .

tabetha

Yes you can have my wheels no problem as no use to me, have you still got your duff ecu ?
Thanks for the comments it's just the wheels come with these, maybe I should save a little longer for some decent tyres to go on straight away, rather than risk it.
tabetha

glancy2081

a have used these on lots of different cars and never found them to be a problem in the wet to be honest

swebber23

Are the tyres new? what size are they?

bigjim172000

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Yes dont remind me about that school boy error Trying to use the ECU earth as a starting earth

rst in breaking

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i went from proxes to these once and emergency stops etc were a no with these tyres as it would skip, ditchfinders are exactly what they are in my opinion

Alvyn

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ALL good fella link up soon!


free btt Tab

Stephen_B

got to be better than the TIGAR tyres on my old car, or the rubbish fullera's (SP) on my current car! Once I've burned them out on go some decent stuff!

mrjenrst

Bang on. Even the tyre house i use call them that

rst in breaking

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never had niether of them tbh, just get decent tyres now as i think shite tyres could cost someones life etc

SillyFezzaMk1

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Only heard bad things about Nankangs

Cheers
Dan

fordrs2005

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never found a problem with them , in wet or dry , as said good hard wearing tread and also tapered in so tend not to buff on low cars

at the end of the day cant ask for more than that for four 17 inch tyres delivered for £150 .

dojj

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i had them on the mondeo and i can say the following:

when new they were terrible
but, after about 500 miles of use, both hard and gentle, they were considerably better

that said, the ones i've got on now, even though i can't remember what they are called, are noticeably better, even from brand new, but you have to remember that i had new brakes and fairly better suspension fitted all within the same sort of time frame

Dicko&Vacant

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ive used em before and never had problem in dry or wet tbh

and they are made by yokahama so cant be all that bad

Csm

Used them before and never had any probs

mechanic28

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poo is what they are!can not beat good year F1 for a good all round tyre that ain't mega money!

xr_craig

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I've had them before and unless you were driving like a dick then they weren't too bad. Wouldn't go back to them though

mick

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not too bad in the dry.............interesting to say the least in the wet..........

kyle_st200

I had nankangs on my old escort GTi and never had any problems with them. They lasted a fair amount of time and never made me feel nervous about giving it some in the wet. For what they cost I dont think there bad tyres

James

had them on my fiesta, shocking in the wet, not much better in the dry!

cossie604

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I did an open pit lane track day with Nankangs on the front of my cossie and stunners on the rear....it was fun at least

Stephen_B

personally I buy good tyres but cant afford to change existing tyres unless they need changing!

RichieST

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I have used them before, for budgets i thought they were pretty good in all conditions.

285andy

NS2,s i had where crap "o" la in wet, smokey in the dry. never used em for nothing else apart from daily commute. but hell yeah, dire in wet.

smartrs

i used them with no problems but then that was on my 1300cc astra van lol

bigal1978

had a pair on the rear on me cossie and yokos on front yokos were worse

RSandy

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i had nankangs come with my new alloys a few years back, they lasted ages, were pretty good in the dry, and the only scary time i ever had was high speed in torrential rain on the motorway. general back lane blasting in the wet was ok, i didnt end up round a tree or in a ditch

when they were shot, i swapped them for yokos, and genuinely the only difference i noticed was the yokos cost more and went bald very fast!!! lol

ps, obviously they not as good as higher priced stuff, but as budgets go, they aint as bad as the bandwagon jumpers would suggest

Oranoco

I stuck a set of NS-1's on my old A4 and they couldn't even hold the beast of a 1600cc motor. Understeertastic and the biggest false economy I ever tried in a bid to save a few quid

Korda

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had them on a escort gti good tyre for day to day use cheap to buy

tabetha

They are 205/40X17 so will take them off and let my dad have them for his mondy ghia, and order some Vredestein Sportrac 3's, juts bought a pair, in 205/50X15 but £79 each all in!!
Thnaks a lot for the comments, seems they would be much better for my dads sedate driving style, as my mum hits him if he goes to fast!!
tabetha

Butch.

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had a set of these on a cavalier sri and they were ok in the dry but were terrible in the wet kept going straight over round abouts

JanDK

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I have these fitted 225/35-18 and I have driven them in the dry wich and even harder in the wet, and I cant fail them.. I am very pleased and I even paid HALF the big brands. And when I am not living my life in the outerlane of the AUTOBAHN I think they can do just fine for me.

Thay are very silent too.

Dojj.. if your comment was about driving the tyre in, I agree now I have had them for a bit over a year.. They are much better now!

BigErn

Those who have used them and say they are ok, have you actully drove on better tyres before??? A good tyre makes all the difference and Nankangs aint a good tyre if you like to press on round the twisies. One thing that amuses me is the fact people will go out and make their cars stage3 + and do suspension work so it handles better then pay as little as possible for tyres and get shite ones that cant hold the road.

Nankang are fine on your daily commute car if you just plod along in it but if your putting them on something with a bit of power that you like to chuck about then theres no point even bothering imo.

What they goin on Tabz?