Nangkang V Federal

[jippa]

have the choice of 2 tyre brands for my car at same price... what are your thoughts on both brands

Edited October 19, 2007 by jippa

[Yawn]

Depends on which model I would say.

But personally, brand wise, id prefer Federals.

[sh@un]

Federal all the way babeh

[jippa]

2 vs 0 so far. not shure what models but there to suit r34 gtr rims and they are both gona cost 790 for the set. im guessing there gona be base models

[evil_weevil]

Federal what?

595's?

535's?

[jippa]

will find out as he only gave me brand choices. what is the difference? dont know much about my tyres

[evil_weevil]

595's are better, however they both come in different sizes.

So depending what size rims you have its hard to say!

[jippa]

just know there 18s. is there a standard size for gtr rims?

[stasis]

nangking or nankang? If its nankang i will go for it. Have you check out the maxxis Z1? Rated by wheels very good

[Yunis]

I have nankangs on mine!

[GorGasm]

Nankangs are a very poor tire.

Federals arent that great but i would definately pick them over nankangs.

I have seen many sets of nankang NS2s blow out their sidewalls.

[Xmetal]

Federal user here, been a good tire thus far and the wear is good.

I asked for a harder compound though as I do the odd bit of towing here and there.

[redevil]

I use nankangs and so do alot of mates, also have run federals in the past both tyres are quiet good no real problems with either

[Tangles]

before you pay $790 for that set get a price for Hankook Ventus K104... same price awesome tyre, far superior to Nankang without doubt cant comment with Fedral never tried them. The Ventus K104 is the shitz ..... 235/40/17 for $190 each and Im using R34GTT mags

edit: ahh 18's my bad. hhmm price the K104's anyway =D

[66yostagea]

I've got 595 0n 17's. Wear is OK. 33k at present, on the rears. Got about another 5k . Cant tell about the fronts, as a dodgy tie rod end scrubbed them

out.

I find them a bit noisy though.

[mitchy_]

before you pay $790 for that set get a price for Hankook Ventus K104... same price awesome tyre, far superior to Nankang without doubt cant comment with Fedral never tried them. The Ventus K104 is the shitz ..... 235/40/17 for $190 each and Im using R34GTT mags

edit: ahh 18's my bad. hhmm price the K104's anyway =D

K104's FTW!

[Richie33]

before you pay $790 for that set get a price for Hankook Ventus K104... same price awesome tyre, far superior to Nankang without doubt cant comment with Fedral never tried them. The Ventus K104 is the shitz ..... 235/40/17 for $190 each and Im using R34GTT mags

edit: ahh 18's my bad. hhmm price the K104's anyway =D

I put K104's on my car and while I haven't had any traction issues I find the fronts are a bit funny with off centre feel. Maybe I was just spoiled with the Dunlop Formula W10's that were on my car when I bought it... they were clearly a few years old and but it felt like the front end was glued to the road. F*ck they were noisy though.

[oxford1327]

had federals on my stagea when i got it and they were lucky to last 30,000klms. they are crap and if you really want a decent tyre go for michelin all the way.

i switched and man what a difference in ride, so much smoother and quiet to boot!!!

just my 2 cents

[jippa]

these are being fitted as part of sale as im buying through motivation over in qld.. got the price wrong 720 for the set and went for feds as they seem to be the popular choice

[WazR32GTSt]

i ran nankang NS-II on my R32 with 18s for ages

low noise

good grip in dry and wet

i don't see what's so bad with them

on my V35 i have yokohama 18" tyres and i don't think they're that much better