18 Inch Tyres For V35 350gt

[Rickal]

Will be taking delivery of 2003 V35 350GT premium today

The cheapsakes complying the car put in Nankang NS-2 245/45/18 rears and 225/45 fronts.

Are these any good ? or should I be changing them ASAP

I'm fairly sure most complying companies fit these tyres as they are by far the cheapest !

[NISMO]

Will be taking delivery of 2003 V35 350GT premium today

The cheapsakes complying the car put in Nankang NS-2 245/45/18 rears and 225/45 fronts.

Are these any good ? or should I be changing them ASAP

I'm fairly sure most complying companies fit these tyres as they are by far the cheapest !

Drive the car and see how you go.

I went with even cheaper crap and the road noise from the front wheels was unbearable.

You car should have come with tyres from Japan which obviously you can't use fro compliance. However, these tyres still belong to you, not the compliance shop. Ask them to hand them over and if there road worthy simply swap them back.

They'll more than likely be the OEM Bridgstones which aren't a bad tyre.

If you leave them with the compliance shop they'll sell them to someone else :-)

Some places say that everything coming of the car needs to be destroyed and if they insist on doing so, tell them you will sign a waiver that you are taking the parts as they belong to you.

[Darckness]

I tried Nankangs once when I had my FTO. I thought they offered excellent value for money. I thought they'd be crap considering the price, but they weren't as bad as I thought. Korean made, so that keeps the price as low as it is...

[ZENNON]

it'll be fine

[-= SKiZO =-]

Nankangs are surprisingly good for the price.

On another point - I thought tyres weren't included in the price of compliance, i.e. you have to buy them extra?

[rs73]

I guess so. Nankang's not bad. What they put on mine is I've never heard of. But it looks directional tread.

How much did they charge you for tyres? Mine's just a few $ short of $900. if they only charge you $5-600 that might reflect even cheaper quality... although price is not always the main indicator.

[MFC05]

Will be taking delivery of 2003 V35 350GT premium today

The cheapsakes complying the car put in Nankang NS-2 245/45/18 rears and 225/45 fronts.

Are these any good ? or should I be changing them ASAP

I'm fairly sure most complying companies fit these tyres as they are by far the cheapest !

Thats what iam running at the moment on my V35 but they are 245/40/18 instead of 45s.

The tyres are fairly good, pretty good grip level drives alright, i donno why everyone is saying they are shit

I only thing i dont like about the tyres is it looks cheap eg the sidewalls areas

[Rickal]

Unfortunately the price I paid was for their "standard compliance" which means they get to keep everything they pull off and put on what they need for a fixed fee.

If I had known about the Nankangs I probably would have paid more for Branded tyres. Each tyre works out at $200.

I guess I will find out how good they are when I get the car, although I would have no means of comparison.

I have heard that they are noisy and dangerous in the wet but are OK in the dry. Is this the general experience ?

[WazR32GTSt]

the nankang NS2 tyres aren't bad at all.. don't worry

[-= SKiZO =-]

Haven't had any noise issues, I have them on both cars. One set is NS2 don't know what the other one is. Same for both sets - as long as you aren't stupid, they are fine in the wet. Dry they are great.

If you don't mind me asking, who is the compliance shop, and what did you pay for compliance?

[WazR32GTSt]

what's the issue with them in the wet?

what i meant to say before was that i had them on my R32 when i was running 18" rims on that and the NS2 is a good allround tyre. dry its great, wet its great. better than many more expensive tyres. there are by far worse/cheaper alternatives out there (eg wanli, clear, simex, falken)

remember that each company makes a range of tyres form good to bad. the NS2 is the top-of-the-range nankang and is much better than the NS1 which weren't good at all and what many people think of when they hear nankang

remember also that nankang are made by yokohama

[scathing]

I've driven on NS2's before. They're not a bad tyre. They're just not a good one.

If you want something to get from A to B, then they're fine. They're durable, they work reasonably well, and they're cheap. $200 seems a bit steep, though. Tempe Tyres sells them, in 40 profile, for $150-175 each.....and you can probably talk them down.

With a higher profile, I'd expect yours to be cheaper.

[rs73]

Thats what iam running at the moment on my V35 but they are 245/40/18 instead of 45s.

The tyres are fairly good, pretty good grip level drives alright, i donno why everyone is saying they are shit

I only thing i dont like about the tyres is it looks cheap eg the sidewalls areas

The ones they put on mine are 45 profile too. Wouldn't your 40 be a bit small ? the sidewall will be around 1.225 cm thinner on each side, which translate to 2.45cm smaller in overall diameter. That'll make your car lower by about 0.5" than others. and your speedo might be off by a further 5% because of smaller rolling circumference.

The ones they put on mine are Kenda tyres. can't find much info about them, and never heard them either.

[MFC05]

I tried Nankangs once when I had my FTO. I thought they offered excellent value for money. I thought they'd be crap considering the price, but they weren't as bad as I thought. Korean made, so that keeps the price as low as it is...

The Nankang are manufactured in Taiwan it its a Taiwanese company.

[Rickal]

Just picked up Car

No issues with tyres in the dry so far. Fairly quite and grips very well, so will keep them for now.

The size was 245/40/18 rears and 225/40 fronts and not 45's as stated before.

The specs on several websites mention that they should be 45's but the tyre plackard on the driver's side door says 40 so I assume it is supposed to be 40.

[WazR32GTSt]

i go by whatever the tyre placard says as that's what the police/insurance companies look at

[rs73]

true, if the tyre placard says 40 then go with 40 - save you lots of problem when trying to register it if the rego office wanna do some inspection on the car.

[MFC05]

Just picked up Car

No issues with tyres in the dry so far. Fairly quite and grips very well, so will keep them for now.

The size was 245/40/18 rears and 225/40 fronts and not 45's as stated before.

The specs on several websites mention that they should be 45's but the tyre plackard on the driver's side door says 40 so I assume it is supposed to be 40.

You will be alright ive being running around on 40 for a couple of months now.