Federal, Fulda, Nankang,,,, anyone know about these brands

1993SSP

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Any of you guys know anything about these tire brands?? Do they rank up there with the Kumho's? I found them on www.tire-easy.com, excellent prices to me on them in the size I am looking at and are great looking tires, but anything can look good in a picture lol

 

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Nankangs suck sack!!!!

I had those on mine, after 3 decent burn outs (20 seconds) they were gone. wires hanging out. They were terrible in the rain and made a lot of noise.

Now I have toyo proxes and they are quite an improvement.

If the federal and Fulda are anything like Nankang, dont touch them.

 

HISSIN50

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Amongst the less expensive tires, I'd go with Summitomos personally.

 

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Get one with some decent sidewall.

 

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+1 for the crap Nankangs (Korean I think) absolute garbage at a performance standpoint. They might work fine on a civic or somthing with like 3lbs of torque.

Never heard of the other two brands <--maybe that's a problem right there

It's hard to skimp on tires and expect them to perform

 

gunmetal5.0

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Tires are the last point of contact, a possible weakest link voiding all other upgrades.

 

1993SSP

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I had never heard of Kumho at the time I purchased them, they have been awesome tires, so I didnt know if those brand swould be a good choice or not

 

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I learned a LOOOOONG time ago that tires are the ultimate "you get what you pay for" item on a car. In 20+ years in the car business, I can't begin to tell you how many off-brand Asian-made tires I've seen in shreds. I wouldn't consider driving on anything but a Goodyear, BFG, Michelin or Bridgestone, in that order.

 

N8Miller

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i sell these tires all day long at work.
dont get the nankangs.
a guy with an ls1 camaro runs the fuldas, loves them
the federals are a nice all season traction tire....

 

1993SSP

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The federal tire is the one that reall has my attention, for the size im needing and $125 a tire, it's gonna be hard to pass up

 

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I've had good luck with the kumhos an there were like 250 delivered from tirerack.com i have 225/60 front an 245/50 rear (16")

 

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what tires last the longest 225x60x15 stock
im luckt to get 15,000 miles

 

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be carefull I hear those tires have a high lead content

 

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I had Federals on the vert with the roh zs wheels. I liked them.

 

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which last the longest??????????

 

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do your self a favor and get Toyo tires...best tire made