Nankang Tires

RonRizz

well, the Nankangs are "Ultra High Performance" Zrated tires, so..... anyone with personal experience with them??

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fuzzywuzzy

No...no they are not. A tire with a tread wear rating of 360-480 is no where near the Ultra High Performance category.

You bought a nice high performance sports car please treat it as such and put the proper tires on it.

RE-11's, PSS, PS2's, are some of the best street tires and the RE-11's aren't expensive at all and are amazing! (they (RE-11) are in the Ultra High Performance category)

RonRizz

I'm finding them at a wear of 200 , and Z rated with 19" tire. 275/35/zr19..........at discount tire direct...... I appreciate all the input, but I would really like to hear from someone with first hand knowledge of the tires, if there is anyone out there....................

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RonRizz

Well, I went with the Nankang Ns2's on my tire guys recommendation...
Ultra HP Z rated tires under $200 each.
I have about 1000 miles on them thus far, and can honestly say I see no difference in handling from the stock potenzas, and I have pushed them hard to try to find a shortcoming.....
They are much quieter than the potenzas as well.
The biggest difference I can see is in the amount of tread between the 2 tires. The potenzas come new with 7/32 tread, the Nankangs are at 17/32...Quite a difference.. Time will tell as far as mileage is concerned, but I certainly hope they do better than the stock tires.

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tjlazer

I have these tires on my 300ZX Twin Turbo and they are great. (255-35-18, 285-30-18) No complaints so far. Great bang for the buck tire.

If they had them in Nismo sizes I would of got them for my 370Z.

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Mr. G

I had them on my IS350. 25k miles afterwards they still had decent tread in them.
Hard as hell the compound and grip was crap on spirited driving. Later on changed to some Hankook V12.. night and day my friend. Hankooks are so responsive and grippy compared to that.. plus quieter and provided a much smoother ride.

I would recommend getting the Hankooks.. plus they are not that expensive.

RonRizz

So I have had the Nankangs on For over a year, and 13K miles. The factory Bridgestones were under 2/32 after nearly 12k, The Nankangs are still between 4 and 5/32. Huge difference.
I also picked up a set for the fronts at around 19K. I can see no discernable difference in handling at all ( under MY normal driving habits) I do occasionally push the car, and have nothing but confidence in the tires. I will absolutely buy them again, and recommend them to others.

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