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Tires NANKANG or LANDSAIL
I ran a pair of 225/45-15 CRS this year. Good grip, didn't mind getting hot, wore quickly.
Pros: good grip
Cons: wore quickly
Nankang NS-2R. Semislick tyre made for endurance.
With one set of this I made more than 1.000km on track.
And they are cheap.
Pros: cheap, made for endurance
Mileage: 1000 km
I had a set of Nankang NS-25 UHP tires on my mazda 3 turbo sedan. They were great tires and handled really well. Got about 30k miles out of them. I was pretty pleased, they even did alright in snow.
Pros: great tires, handled well
Vehicle:
Mazda 3
Mileage: 48280 km
So to create some perspective, my AR1’s on a small light car (Miata), lasted for 5 track days. Assuming an average of 20 mins per session, and around four sessions in morning and four in afternoon, we can assume I’m doing around 160 minutes or driving per day. So in theory I put 13 hours on those tyres!
Pros: lasted for 5 track days
Cons: need to cool down
Vehicle:
Mazda
I’ve used Nankang plenty of times on my older cars, they were fine. Drove fine in wet, drove fine in dry, no louder than any other tires.
Pros: drove fine in wet
Cons: no emergency braking situations
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
My buddy has them on the rears of his FBO 335i right now. They're not terrible for basic to spirited street driving. They can't handle any power at all though.
Pros: not terrible for driving
Cons: can't handle power
Vehicle:
BMW
I've had NS-II on my car for the past 4 years. For daily driving these tires will do just fine. Wet grip is alright and they're not terribly loud. They don't compare to Michelin Pilot Sport tires I ran before but they also don't cost anything close to Michelins.
Pros: fine for daily driving, alright wet grip, not terribly loud, inexpensive
Cons: not comparable to premium tires
I have a set of 215/40 18 nankang ns-20's. Tires of course are on the cheaper side but many run them so thats what I went with. They perform fine for daily use and ride alright, however a few months back now I noticed that the driver side tire had some (at the time) small cracks in the sidewall. Thought thats odd but didnt have means to buy new tires so kept driving on them. Of course it got worse and then the passenger front tire began to do the same. This week I threw on a set of steelies and inspected all 4 tires and they all have the same sidewall cracks. The rears not as bad as the fronts but still present. Mainly on the inside of the rear tires, outside and inside of the front tires. Rear tread id say is like 60-70% remaining while the front are maybe 50% or so. Tires are also less than 3 years old with maybe 30k miles. Super frustrating as I have no idea why they did this and are pretty much trash at this point.
Pros: fine for daily use, ride alright
Cons: sidewall cracks, pretty much trash
Mileage: 48280 km
Those tires are death traps in snow and ice. No sipes, no studs, hard compound... You're going to be on hockey pucks.
Cons: death traps in snow, hard compound
Generally the folks I 4x4 with tend to avoid cheap small company tires like Radar, Atturo, and Nankang because some of em have had bad luck balancing them, even after spinning it on the rim. The quality control of the small companies isn't up to par with someone like Nitto or BFG so you get what you pay for.
Cons: bad balancing, poor quality control
Vehicle:
Chevrolet Silverado
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