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Tires NANKANG or WANLI
My vehicles have better luck with certain Chinese brands like Wanli and Sailun than some other brands I got from Australia, Malaysia and Indonesia - like Monsta, Arivo and Accelera.
Pros: better luck
Cons: really bad
Mileage: 55000 km
Look at the NANKANG line. Start at NS2R. I use them on my Exige. But use a softer compound. If you need “more”, the AR1 are THE ones to take. But there is a new Kid on the block. NANKANG CRS. For that amount of monney, you wil hardly find a better tire.
Pros: better tire
Cons: softer compound
I have nankang econex'es on my project car. Honestly they're fine. Drove them in the rain recently and never lost grip.
Pros: never lost grip
Cons: a bit louder
Vehicle:
Renault Twingo
I've been on the 245/40/15 CRS V2s for all this season - on the front of a FWD (A052s on the rear). I got somewhere around 120 runs out of them and they felt pretty good right up until the end.
Pros: felt pretty good
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
I ran a set of NS2's years ago, they came on my B5.5 Passat. Grip wise they were acceptable in the dry, and pretty poor in the rain. Alot of my customers also ran them back then. I've never seen anything akward happen to one, no sidewall bubbles, blowouts, or failures. They aren't unsafe or bad tires, they were just always at the bottom of their category in terms of performance, refinement, grip, so I never considered buying a set. If my hands were tied in terms of availability, I would feel perfectly comfortable running Nankangs, especially on an application like a Figaro. I would go for it.
Pros: acceptable grip in dry
Cons: poor grip in rain
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Passat
I swapped out the primacy's with nankang ns-20s and I feel like the car is less responsive. For instance, when quickly changing lanes on the freeway I feel like the ride is more spongy. They're way better for traction, but I feel less agile.
Pros: better for traction
Cons: less responsive, more spongy
I have Nakang NS2 in the front of my Alfa Romeo Brera. The Brera demands a lof of from front tires, they wear pretty well and have pretty decent grip (not great).
The thing is, you may like or not like, they have a soft construction. So you are more on the confortable side, but roll a bit more on corners and give you less steering feedback than a better tire like Michelin PSS.
Pros: wear pretty well, decent grip
Cons: soft construction, less feedback
Vehicle:
Alfa Romeo Brera
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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