Nankang tires anyone?

[Al_S14]

usually i dont even look at cheap tires like that but i cant help but consider them at 70 a peace. thats 280 VS 500 ( i wanted ES100's)

anyone had any expirience with these?

[420sx]

the thing is..... i NEVER heard anything good about them. usially see them on ebay. those or Wanli.

if i were u, id look into hankook

[aa87]

My friend lives by them because they are so cheap, but he was driving on the highway, and they just fell apart, all the tread chunked off, no reason at all.

[420sx]

^lol. theres some proof you shouldnt buy them

[veilside180sx]

I DD mine for awhile and didn't have any problems on them.

They're coming off for race tires though.

[revat619]

Nankangs are good for daily driving and burning off in the rear. Those and Wanli's are good for that. Thats TDM for your ass, gotta love it! Hankooks are the top of the line TDM tire, imo. They're actually quite nice. You might want to look in Federals, 595s i believe, as well. They're cheap and are supposed to be pretty decent.

[Gnnr]

Hankook is the best bang for buck tire. I have some Nankang EX-500 205/50/16 in the front. They came with the wheels I pulled from the junkyard. They're in the front so they're not as important as the back (being a RWD vehicle). They have ok wet traction, I mean, like I wont push it hard in the rain like they where some BFG KDW2s or something. They're fine for daily driving since thats what I'm using them for, its only something temporary. When I have the money I'm going to get Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3, from what I've seen the best tire evah! If not some good Hankooks.

Wanli and Nankang tires are made in China, so the quality is mediocre. Normally these are tires that come on cheap wheel packages. Save the money and get the wheels alone, you can get better used tires with the money you save.

Good prices on Hankook here, you want to look at their Ventus line.
http://www.discounttiredirect.com/direct/refineTiresViewAllBrand.do?typ=Passenger%2FPerform ance&sortOrder=Model&mf=Hankook

[mr_240sx]

i had nankangs on my old 17 inch rims and they were ok for daily commuting! but when pushing the car to its limits, there was no traction :cry: i could smoke then in the city in third gear!

[neilsan]

I had them on my 99 Cougar, auto-x made them chunk apart. got them for free though so whatever.

[Al_S14]

yeah thats the response i was afraid i was going to get...i drive pretty hard so i am going to go with either hankook k104 or yokos es100.
kankangs are just sooooooooooooo cheap i couldnt help but consider :drool:

thanks for your input

[raen419]

nankang tires suck.

[Ricks15]

At autobacs they had Toyo proxies starting at 59.99

[theicecreamdan]

my nankangs have never chunked for no reason, but they do suck.

[!Zar!]

I've been using a pair of nankangs on and off for a few weeks. No sign of them chunking, but their traction sucks. For DD they are fine = +1 . For Auto-X They will break loose pretty easily = -1. And as a drifting tire, they made my ka feel like it had a bit more power due to it's lack of traction. All in all I doubt I'd purchace them again unless I find them at the junkyard again or they are horribly cheap.

[WERDdabuilder]

had them on my other set of wheels since they came with them.. i guess they are ok for DD. never gave me a problem. but wouldnt buy them myself.

[YakuzaS14]

i had wanli s they werent that bad until i bent one of my rim and the tire fell a part