nankang tyres, possible fault??

[silver gts-t]

last year got defected for my front tyres and couldnt afford to buy a decent set and settle for a set of nankang tyre,

6 months later....

with in a week, both have gone flat for no visible reason.

one of them went flat at work, while the car was stationary.

the other last night while driving.

unfortunately i didnt realise that night that it was flat, only when i noticed a slight noise and the car was veering to the right (normally goes to left because of bush)

pulled over and whaddaya know! FLAT!!!!!

now the tyre that went flat while stationary was filled up left for a while and had no leak??? after i got it checked out.

the second is now ruined because the steel belt was driven on while flat. i filled it up and again seems ok.

now what i did to test that tyre is put water between the tyre and rim and check for bubbles, NOTHING!! on both sides.

so basically im thinking the tyres maybe faulty and just not sealing.

luckily i still have the reciept and going back on tuesday to talk to the guy that sold them to me and see what he has to say.

anyone else have similar experience???

[KamikazeR33]

have always found nankang tyres to be fine

maybe u had someone play a prank on u at work

the other one i have no idea.....

[silver gts-t]

have always found nankang tyres to be fine

maybe u had someone play a prank on u at work

the other one i have no idea.....

thats what i was thinking but after the second flat, i thought it to be weird.

and with the car 100mm low and a flat tyre also, it wasnt a funny practical joke

[silver gts-t]

anyone?

[(B1) MR_fanny]

have you actually taken your tyres off to check for flat spots?? my old nangkang had a chunk come off on the inside of the tyre exposing the steel belts which eventually led to a flat.

[silver gts-t]

when i got the first flat and handed the wheel to a servo, he checked it out saying there dosnt seem to b a problem at all with it

[Duncan]

the most common reason for a flat like that is the valve not being inserted correctly, causing a slow leak.

But back to the tyre place sounds like a good idea to me

[silver gts-t]

the most common reason for a flat like that is the valve not being inserted correctly, causing a slow leak.  

But back to the tyre place sounds like a good idea to me

took them back

there seemed to be no fault at all

if it was a valve what are the odds of 2 in a week?

anyway the guy sdaid understress it would normally be vlaves but he said its hard to get good metal ones

most are shit and leak

[someonestolecc]

hmm I couldn't afford the tyres I wanted either so I got 2 nankangs on the back for blue slip (making it 4 nankangs on the car... 4 too many) - haven't noticed anything with em yet.

will keep an eye on them - good luck to ya let us know how it goes.

[oscar32]

I had a set on my line for a while, and they seemed like any other low quality tyre, kinda sandshooish but legal.

Flogged them without mercy, never had any dramas other than a lack of smoke, grip and cred

[Paradizzle]

Other then this problem how would you rate these tyres? for around 700 you can get 255/40/17's on back and 235/45/17 on front pretty cheap. Whats the grip like? do you think you could get anything else better then nankangs same size for around $700?

Cheers,

Paradizzle

[someonestolecc]

There's a thread on k104's in this section of the forum but noone seems to have them.

I paid $170 for 225/40/18 so $700 is average no?

[Sydneykid]

How often are you guys checking your tyre pressures? Every car I have ever owned had sloooooowly decreasing tyre pressures, some worse than others. Brnad of tyres makes no difference they all leak something. I check mine once a week after I get them, then once a month if they haven't gone down noticeably after a few weeks.

[silver gts-t]

i had checked them 2 weeks prior when i did a service

36psi