General Crap Nankang Tyres
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General Crap Nankang Tyres
yeah the goodyear nct3's where good that i got on the standard alloys.
the hankook ventus 195/45/14 where full of wet and dry grip and had a nice tred pattern.
the hankook ventus 195/45/14 where full of wet and dry grip and had a nice tred pattern.
I'm booked in for some 175/50 Conti SportContacts, thats if i'm not foiled by my ditch-finders on the way. lol
UniRoyal Tyres for me, for life.
If the ex didn't pop one on a kurb I'd still have them with plenty of grip, the back ones are still going after >2 years.
nuff grip and last for life.
If the ex didn't pop one on a kurb I'd still have them with plenty of grip, the back ones are still going after >2 years.
nuff grip and last for life.
my toyo proxes arrived today, they seem realy heavy
I had another set of 2 new yokohama a 539 tyres fitted yesterday and well what more could I want. They are in the 175/50 r13 variety and seem to offer outstanding grip in all weather conditions and can certainly along with a sport suspension set up supply you with traction and grip to beat basically anything this side of a supercar! I have tried nearly all of the other varieties pirelli, nankang, goodyear and bridgestone and none compares to these, but everybody has their opinion and are entitled to it!
Just noticed that my front tyres are Nankang Ultra Sport Kerbgrinders... Cant wait until they wear down enough for my Bridgestone Potenzas to come from the rear. They are 195/55R15 which are bigger than spec for the Tipo - should be 195/50R15
normski c said:
I have them on the front of my Sei, I bought the alloy from Norm). Plenty of grip and they aren't wearing out as quickly as other tyres I've used.
Alainax has fieldfinders on the front of her cinq. 194/45s. She said they were fine. Mine has been unusual on the snowy/icy roads.
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keirk said:hmm great. I just had some put on mine last month....
All adds to the fun try taking a roundabout at 40
I've got P600 175 50 R14's on my Sei Sporting (Two new front ones fitted this morning) they seem pretty good to me but as I'm new to these cars I've not driven them with anything else fitted.
For 13" wheel owners I would recomend the Yoko's every time. I've run them on 13" and 12" rimmed minis for years and they are awesome, especially the cut slick yet road legal ones!
As for Nankangs I had a pair of 205 R15's on my old MKII Golf Gti and found them to be ok but I think "Horses for courses" rule applies with tyres as mentioned above.
For 13" wheel owners I would recomend the Yoko's every time. I've run them on 13" and 12" rimmed minis for years and they are awesome, especially the cut slick yet road legal ones!
As for Nankangs I had a pair of 205 R15's on my old MKII Golf Gti and found them to be ok but I think "Horses for courses" rule applies with tyres as mentioned above.
Horney said:
You put the new tyres on the front!You wanna be puting them on the back mate and the backs on the front. Don't wanna start another big thread about this, its all been said b4 but simply put you always want the newer ones on the back so that the back doesn't snap away when cornering hard. Use the search and i'm sure you'll find loads on this
blu73 said:
You wanna be puting them on the back mate and the backs on the front. Don't wanna start another big thread about this, its all been said b4 but simply put you always want the newer ones on the back so that the back doesn't snap away when cornering hard. Use the search and i'm sure you'll find loads on this
Not on a front wheel drive car you don't, if the back snaps away from you in a Cinq/Sei i suggest that you go learn how to drive.
Ha ha I'm used to getting the back end out in the mini by chucking it in the bends but the Sei just doesn't want to do it as it understeers waaaaay more than the mini. You could probably get the arse end out if you ran nice wide and sticky tyres on the front.
Anyhoo the rears I've got on at the moment are nearly new but the fronts had worn badly on the inside as the last (and clearly lazy) owner not had the tracking set properly.
Nick
Anyhoo the rears I've got on at the moment are nearly new but the fronts had worn badly on the inside as the last (and clearly lazy) owner not had the tracking set properly.
Nick
