does anyone have some experiance whit nankang tires?
i'm thinking of bying some new tires for me rs turbo and these are very sharp priced.

regards herman

 

Ditch finders.

 

they are a good cheeeeeeeeep tyre iv got them on my escort van and never had any problems

 

Very hard wearing tyre, pants in the wet!

 

stay away, after a while they split on the inner side wall. ad em on my escort didnt do many miles before they split on me.

 

Cheap for a reason, theyre crap IMO and classed as a 'budget' tyre.

 

had some for my 17's in the past, not too great in the wet, but it is only a tdci fiesta. not sure what they would be like with some powwr going down

 

they are nick named ditch finders for a reson

 

better off with falken as they will be within budget

 

Had the same problem with tem on my st170 about half wear the sidewalls started to split.

 

why dont you just spend an extra 10 or 15 quid per tyre and get a decent tyre instead?
toyo's
falken
pirelli
or yoko ps2
are only about that much more!

 

Not as sharp as the branches of the tree you could find yourself wrapped around Herman... they're proper gash in the wet. Take a look at Federal SS-595 cause they're a decent, cheapish tyre in my experience..


Cheers,
Grant

 

there shit as other said try falkens ive got 452 on my 3dr and there fine but not much rain here in gibraltar

 

used them for years and never had a problem with them

 

i think i've heard enough allready.
going to look for someting else. i asked the same question somewhere else and got pretty much the same answeres.

thanx for replying though

greetz herman

 

that would be ugly

 

get some goodyear eagles or pirreli pzeros. as said earlyer only about Ł15 more

 

Had them in the past during my skint student days, thought they were pretty acceptable to be honest. Definately didn't find them dangerous! Although the most powerful car I had them fitted to was a 130bhp rover!

 

had some on my old calibra the air kept blowing out the side when cornering but the front 2 were federal and in both wet and dry these are the best ive ever had on any rims and this is out of around 200 cars ive had.

 

Shite

 

Used to run them on my TDDI Focus daily runner, never again. Kept deflating when you hit an average sized pot hole, shite in the wet ( ok so I don't drive that slow, ever lol) and as said the side walls split.

 

came as standard on a brand new transit van i once had

 

That's worrying lol...

 

i had them on my old merc 19" wheels i was not looking for grip as it was a lowrider merc and i found they were pretty good for the price very good wear rate and the tyre fitters say they work much better on bigger cars i.e 5 series bmw's.

 

crap mate! look on event tyres website they do good tyres and have plenty to choose from!

 

Had them on my escos and saph, never went out in the wet so not sure how they handled but in the dry they were fine never had any probs

 

If you can't afford decent brands! Why not buy part worns? I've just got 2 firestones for Ł40 total with 7mm tread!

Dave

 

the tyre bloke i go to hates them and says they are scary bad

 

I've probably done around 20000 miles on a set of Nankangs, the only problem is the noise, but these are 235/35-19.

 

that's worse..........used tyres that are worn to a different cars pattern......on a "fast car"............NO

 

there fuckin shyt iv got them on my sti type r not my choice theyr tail happy at the best of times never mind with shitty nankangs.cheap shyt at least pay a bit more and get a decent tyre mate

 

i've heard enough trouble story's about nankang so that idea will go.
i've now set my mind on a set of toyo proxes t1-r.
i've found a set for a good deal. so i'll think i'll go for them.
only negative thing i've heard so far about them is that they make a little bit much noise!!!!!

anyone?????

greetz herman

 

toyo's are good IMO, had them on my saff and no complaints from me

try www.camskill.co.uk for these

 

Nankangs used to be fucking lethal, but some of the newer tyres they do are actually ok.

Personally if you are after a cheap tyre though I would look at prada spec 2, or Toyota T1R

With the T1R being the better wet tyre of the two, so depends a bit on what use it gets.

 

I use toyo T1r's, never really noticed the noise. Pretty good tyres though.

 

Federal SS-595's are awesome for the price. Other than than pay a bit more a get some Toyo T1r's.

 

tires are for daily use on a s2 rs-t

thnx for the reply's

 

As chip says the latest variations are a lot better, the NS2's are ok

Ive got some on my daily golf, 17"'s with a slight stretch (i know i know) and they are spot on infact when pushed in the rain or dry ive had no problems at all and they've dealt with the bad pot holes too.

 

I wonder how many of the people who slate the Nankangs have actually used them themselves.
I've had the Toyos earlier, and they wore out far too quick IMO. I really dont see the point in spending a fortune on top end tyres for going to work and the shops...
As I said, my Nankangs have lasted about 20000 miles, they have been on roads in 8 different countries in all sorts of weather and on all sorts of surfaces. And have done the job just fine.
How many of you ditch finder commenting people can say you have got this much experience with them...? Or are you just jumping on the bandwagon because of the name and you heard a mate down the pub said they were shit...

 

Or more to the point have you driven them recently, as the new ones are a LOT better than the old shit was.