Where to get Nankang ns2's in melb??

wto23 · Postby **wto23** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 12:24 am

I've read these are very good value tyres.
Now my dilema is I can't find where they stock them in melbourne.
Anyone know??

Boags · Postby **Boags** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 10:22 am

wto23 wrote:I've read these are very good value tyres.
Now my dilema is I can't find where they stock them in melbourne.
Anyone know??

These are NOT good value tyres.

They have lasted me about 10,000klms, and have been average, to say the least, while I have had them. Dry grip is predictable, but predictably not very good.

Steer clear. They are dangerous in the wet: zero grip.

Boags

ducktape69 · Postby **ducktape69** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 1:12 pm

yes as above,
i had them on my old 17's.

very very poor tyres in wet and dry.

dangerous and unpredictable.

AB7 · Postby **AB7** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 1:26 pm

Used to have this tyres on my 1.8 Holde Astra (your typical suburban shopping trolley). The car used to do occacional whellspin on NORMAL take off from traffic stop in the wet. Let me emphasize the word NORMAL. This tyres are so slippery in wet cond...its scary!

Id say get Falken, not their bottom of the range stuff like 326 or 329...they are as bad as NangKang. Get FK452, it's around $180 per corner for 17\" and it's very good tyres for the price.

Bevan · Postby **Bevan** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 1:40 pm

DO NOT get NS2s. You will find that thos that wrote they are good are actually simple in some way.

I've got Toyo Proxes 4 and they are a very good comprimise on price and performance. $135 per corner from memory. Very good in the dry and ok in the wet.

Insurgence · Postby **Insurgence** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:01 pm

+1 toyo proxes

$120ish for 15\"

wto23 · Postby **wto23** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:46 pm

Thanks guys.... the reason I was considering the nankangs was due to the praise I've read about the NS2's and they are cheap.... I'm getting 19x235's so even the cheapest tyres we're talking 230 a piece.
After a lot of calling around I'm gonna get some yokohama V103's which retail for over $550 a corner but bob jane has them on special for $295

Bevan · Postby **Bevan** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 9:48 pm

So they'r obviously not for your MX5...

sliq · Postby **sliq** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 9:58 pm

Bevan wrote:
I've got Toyo Proxes 4 and they are a very good comprimise on price and performance. $135 per corner from memory.

whereabouts in sydney did you get those toyo's bev? these are for 16" right?

wto23 · Postby **wto23** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 9:58 pm

na.... the mx5 is going this weekend to make way for an A4. Need the space and since I do so much freeway kms the rattling is annoying me.

gonna miss the 5 tho :roll:

Bevan · Postby **Bevan** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 10:18 pm

sliq wrote:
Bevan wrote:
I've got Toyo Proxes 4 and they are a very good comprimise on price and performance. $135 per corner from memory.

whereabouts in sydney did you get those toyo's bev? these are for 16" right?

Speak to Sujith at Tyrepower Hornsby. Tell him you have an MX5 and that Bevan referred you.

There's a thread dedicated to my purchase here:
http://www.aus-cartalk.com/viewtopic.php?t=24534

sliq · Postby **sliq** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:49 pm

i'm a bit worried with how my 5 drives. it definitely needs new tyres because the previous owner never rotated the wheels around so the steering cranks a bit to the right, so i need a wheel alignment. but is it normal for the steering wheel to vibrate a bit? do i need a wheel balance or are most mx5's like that?

this is what i found from the bob jane website:

http://www.bobjane.com.au/Services/WheelBalancing.asp

thanks guys