What does people thing about Nankang tires?

[K9]

What does people think about Nankang tires? no matter summer or winter tires.
write your own review what you like and no't like about them.

My self i bought 4 nankang NS-20 summer tires and will be picking them up from my local tiregarage tomorrow :)

[dom069]

I ran NS-20's on my MK4 because they stretched easily.

They're a very hard compound and were shocking in the wet, not too bad for the money in the dry though. I wouldn't like to run them on anything that's driven hard.

[Carpy25]

I've never run them but have a few mates that had them supplied on eBay alloy packages and quickly removed them rated them as very poor especially in the wet, "Ditchfinders" is the term around here one step up from linlongs 

BUT you get what you pay for these pass all the eu regulations required so as with any budget rubber don't push it to the limits and don't expect conti tyres for a third the money

Rob 

[rich83]

[Andy]

They are terrible in the wet and I would avoid them ..in fact I don't quote them to customers at work

[Frenzy]

Quality! 

Never skimp on rubber it's what connects you to the road and is of fundamental importance. You can have the greatest chassis and suspension set up in the world but if your tyres are dog crap then your car is dog crap and you'll never be able to exploit that world's greatest chassis and suspension to anywhere near its full potential.

[Jonneh]

I used them on one of my first cars - a 1.6 Ryder Mk2 Golf. They seemed alright and they did the size I wanted 185/45/15.

In the dry it was ok, in the wet it was flipping awful! The car had about 90bhp at a push and the tyres had trouble putting that down! Basically they're sh*te, after those I only ever bought decent brand tyres and haven't looked back.

[dansmith180]

As above don't scrimp on tyres, it makes every other performance mod pointless and is how you end up crashing.

Poor wet grip
Poor braking   =   crash
Poor cornering

[bigeyd]

I had NS2-R's on my car last year,not once did I find a ditch in the wet or dry,on track they held their own and were very grippy a cheap and equal to 888's

[skard]

I have SV2 as winter tyres,  there is about six sets amongst my friends and family who all like them. That particular tyre is very good for that purpose.

In regards to performance summer tyres, not a chance.

[Tfsi_Mike]

The R track tyre is one of the few with an XL rating too.

[xjay1337]

I had NS2-R's on my car last year,not once did I find a ditch in the wet or dry,on track they held their own and were very grippy a cheap and equal to 888's

NS2R are okay, good budget option for track days.
for day to day use though... ns20s (which are very different) -- not good at all.

[Andy]

As Skard says the sv- 2 winter tyre is very good but the summer tyres are crap

[andy7ven]

As we'd say in The Black Country "Yowm goin t' smosh yer car up mush!" I wouldn't scrimp on tyre's most important things on a car!

[Tortaruga]

I'd buy cheap tyres if they were called something better than Nankang or Fooyong or whatever.

If they were called 'Tyrannosaurus tyres' and had images of dinosaurs on the sidewall I'd buy them.