Been looking on eBay, and these seem quite affordable (yeah I know you get what you pay for, but I'm going through an expensive divorce...), along with "Nexen" brand....anybody got suggestions between those? Or good or bad experiences?

Looks like 235-40-18's will keep me right at stock rolling diameter....

Thanks!






~ Silver 2001 i30

 

"Wanli" any better than "Nankang"
Based on what I know...

"Wanli" --> Made in China (or Chinese Brand)
"Nankang" --> Made in Taiwan (or Taiwanese Brand)
if this makes any difference for ya!

 

Keep in mind, the crappier the tire you get, the more likely they are to become unbalanced after mounting. If you don't like the wobbles it might be worth it to go with a better tire.

 

I had NanKang NS-I before, they're ok. Haven't tried WanLi, but the local Discount Tire where numberous .org members go push the WanLi's hardcore.

This may or may not relate to all China-made tires:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...062602089.html

Nexen is Korean brand, tho I'm not sure if it's made there. http://www.nexentire.com/international/

Personally, I think Kumhos are best bang-for-buck, and pretty much the "lowest" I'd go.

Jae

 

Yeah I've had Kumhos before, on Honduhs and Miatas, and was happy with them.

On my first '02 Max (Majestic Blue), I ordered gunmetal 17's from WheelMax and they came with some total no-name tires but they actually ended up being great....ride, handling, longevity.....I had no complaints, and when I sold those wheels years later, those tires were still on there and in good shape. I bet they were either Wanli or Nankang....

Still I bet you're right - Kumhos the best bet all around....

 

From the article:

"The tires made by Hangzhou Zhongce, a former state-owned enterprise in southeast China, were distributed by Foreign Tire Sales under the brand names Westlake, Telluride, Compass and YKS.

The two companies jointly designed the tires in 2001, and Foreign Tire Sales marketed them as replacement radial tires for pickup trucks, sport-utility vehicles and vans."

....so it sounds like they weren't performance or even passenger-car tires, plus I've never heard of those brand names, so seems fairly isolated....

 

I've seen all three brand floating around on eBay for sometime now and yes they are very inexpensive... But like the saying goes you get what you pay for. I was faced with a similar situation and I need some tires to match up with my 20's. I started to go the cheaper route but I thought about it and decided to do things right. I went with 245/35/20 Toyo Proxes and have never ever had any problems what so ever. You say have Kumhos, before I would go with them. At least you know how they quality is. Also check tirerack.com and 1010tires for more info and reveiws on some other tires.

 

Kumho or General Exclaim. 245/40/ is closer to stock btw.

 

glad to see all the spurs fans

 

 

Better think twice about Mainland Chinese products:

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNew...628?hub=Canada

 

I had good experiences with nankang's, they're cheap and lasted quite long. I was even able to drive them in the snow. I had the ns-1's and they were great for what i needed them for which was more of a everyday "touring" tire, then a super sticky summer only performance tire.

 

I've used both, had a problem with the nankangs- the rubber tread separated from the wires within the tires (happened on two), hot florida weather I guess? as for the wanli's they were better no problems lasted about 1 and 1/2 yrs because of my driving. Now I'm considering getting a better made tire though (KUHMO's what I'm looking at). Balancing with both was an issue.

 

neither! Get a set of good name brand tires. They are the only thing keeping the car on the road so don't be cheap w/ tires

 

I would go for some falken 512s...they are cheap and effective

 

Ive had good experiences with hankook tires. We push them at my work, cheap effective and last for awhile. They also have road hazard warrenty, so if you get a flat, take it back they plug it or replace it. i think hankook covers most of the cost on replacing it, if not the whole cost.

We have only had 1 women come back to complain about them on her maxima. She has the cheaper H405, i think there about 106CAD a tire. And the reason why she keeps complaining is because they keep going flat. Well what we tell her is

A. you live were new houses are being built, coming in every month and getting a plug in the tire isnt good either.

B. you drive drunk hit curbs youve damaged 3 rims already all of which had to be replaced because they wouldnt hold air. the first time the tire was fine the rim was fawked. the other 2 times the tire was destroyed as most would.

C. there are nothing wrong with the tires you jsut need to learn how to drive and get the contractors to stop discarding nails in the road.

Ill be honest with you, before i got the hankooks i had only owned only micheline and bridgestone, i had several sets of michelines (energy mxv4, pilot xgt, pilot sport a/s on the vette) and they are some of the best tires, at the time on my 5.5 the stock deathtenzas were almost bald so i needed tires and money was tight. i thought hey how the hell can you go wrong, 123$ a tire mounted and balanced with lifetime road hazard. Got them installed and i have enjoyed them since. Ive done some pretty good burnouts in them, put about 15,000kms on them and they still look new. The day i got them it snowed got about 6" they easily went through, driving in the rain i still can break them loose, but still eons better then the deatheznas.