Anyone heard of Nankang Tyres

[Valver'o'Death]

After reading a few posts about tyres i decided to check what i had on mine and theyre Nankangs.

Anyone ever heard of them??? I sure aint!

 

[BenR]

yup

 

[Rich-D]

Aye

 

[Valver'o'Death]

Are they any good?

 

[S15VE_M]

not to bad had em on my old wheels

 

[Daipac]

Yeah they are cheap tyres usually put on sets of alloys when bought as a package by default. Similar to Hankook I think in the price department.

 

[steve a]

Cheap tyre, pretty good in the dry, crap in the wet.

 

[Clio_Bus]

yeah there the best (cough cough)

really they are good though... worth the money and they are a hard compound so will last a while!

 

[BRUN]

they last ages and are pretty good in the dry especially for the money, not too clever in the wet, but they are cheap !

i think there made by Yokohama...........or there the same company as them

 

[clio_rt_1.4]

yer i have got them on my wolfrace alloys, they look good and act well in the dry but not to cleaver in the wet.

 

[172mgw]

yeah theyre cracking. put on my veccy v6, proper fun in the wet. not bad though good wear rate.

 

[Phil 99]

I havent heard of them m8, sorry

 

[Lee]

This came up a while back: http://forum.cliosport.net/display_topic_threads.asp?ForumID=6&TopicID=63481&SearchPagePosition=1&search=nankang&searchMode=allwords&searchIn=Topic&forum=0&searchSort=dateDESC&ReturnPage=SearchLink

 

[jimbo]

id rather have Kumhos, theyre in the same price bracket

 

[mr sheep]

ive seen poeple sellin them for £43 each, thats for 205/40/17 a frickin bargain.

the garage near me has kumhos and sells then for 69.99 each and many have told me the nankangs are better and the look nicer.

 

[Lee]

I can understand why people want a nice looking tread pettern but shouldt traction be more important?

 

[1fast6]

i dont rate em personally. i was strapped for cash last time i had to change my tyres so i bought a set of ns1s. in the dry they just good enough and in the wet they are terrible.

it is due to this that i tend not to throw my car around corners at 80+ like i have done in the past when running proxies.

had a go in a mates car using GDS3s and the grip was noticably better.

good on a budget or for short use but dont expect too much out of them. they do seem to wear well tho.

 

[DeanRSi]

i think theyre poo. they do last for ages though. i had them on my phase 2s on my RSi for a bit before i realised how bad they were and replaced them all even though they had loads of life left in them. in the wet i can only compare them to driving on soap! in the dry theyre ok-and thats it.

 

[JAY172]

my mates a mobile tyre fitter and he says there ok.they are a cheap tyre though and you usually get what you pay for.

 

[EvoCarl]

Quote: Originally posted by jimbo on 05 March 2004

id rather have Kumhos, theyre in the same price bracket

I tried Kumhos on my last set on my Evo.

For some reason it turned my car into a tail happy thing!

 

[clio_lass]

I wouldnt touch nagkangs anyday... they dont grip at all and i knew someone who had them and they lasted 6000 miles !