Nexan, Falken, Nankang, Marangoni, Vredestein Tires?
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vreds are great tires but due to the high demand they jacked up all their prices- still pretty cheap but in the price range now where you can consider other tires for alittle more
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On Nankang's: DO NOT, I repeat do not put Nankangs on your car. When I first got my CLS, there were Nankangs on it and they had splits on the sidewalls. The MB dealer that inspected it pointed it out, when the car was delivered, damn. Scary, and Nankangs are known to split in the middle.
Vred's are pretty cool for what I hear.
I use Michelin's Pilot A/S Plus now, 500 TW AA A rating. 45K warranty from Michelin. A little expensive, but like mentioned earlier it connects the car to the road.
On my R, Toyos. They have been awesome, been in snow, rain, sleet, ice, summer, and they held up with great performance.
Vred's are pretty cool for what I hear.
I use Michelin's Pilot A/S Plus now, 500 TW AA A rating. 45K warranty from Michelin. A little expensive, but like mentioned earlier it connects the car to the road.
On my R, Toyos. They have been awesome, been in snow, rain, sleet, ice, summer, and they held up with great performance.
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I've tried all the brands mentioned with the exeption of the "Macaroni" tires,everbodies experience differs with each brand. I had Kumho's on my Supra for less than 24 hours had the tire store replace them with Nitto 555's(awsome tire). The Kumho's were replacing Falkens which were'nt bad,as for Nangkangs I'm on on my 2nd set of rears(wonder why,lol)with no problems at all. The Vreds which is what my car came with were good also,but, prices down here (FL) are the same as higher priced tires like the Nitto's and Toyo's go figure?
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That will happen with just about every tire with 30 series on the front. Been there done that on my old S55.
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I have not tried the vreds, but I've tried about everything else on that list, and they're pretty crappy.
Nexans are crummy, Falkens are o.k. except every one of them I tried (on different cars even) wound up with cupping/uneven wear problems. And they don't last that long anyway. The other REALLY annoying thing about falkens is that they kept causing a strong pull to the right, again even on different vehicles. I'm not a falken fan.
Marangoni = crap.
Every I ever talked to who has vreds loves them. I hear they handle like a pirelli or a michelin, but for 1/3rd of the price. I will be trying out a set when I'm done with my current set of PS2's. The PS2's are a great tire, by the way, by far the best I've had, but there's no effin' way am I paying $1600 just for a set of tires again. Michelin is really smokin' something good when it comes to their new pricing.
Nexans are crummy, Falkens are o.k. except every one of them I tried (on different cars even) wound up with cupping/uneven wear problems. And they don't last that long anyway. The other REALLY annoying thing about falkens is that they kept causing a strong pull to the right, again even on different vehicles. I'm not a falken fan.
Marangoni = crap.
Every I ever talked to who has vreds loves them. I hear they handle like a pirelli or a michelin, but for 1/3rd of the price. I will be trying out a set when I'm done with my current set of PS2's. The PS2's are a great tire, by the way, by far the best I've had, but there's no effin' way am I paying $1600 just for a set of tires again. Michelin is really smokin' something good when it comes to their new pricing.
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Ive got 19 inch Vredsteins...not bad at all, pretty good and long life, but for the price im in love with KUMHO's, best bang for the buck, best high performance tire in the RAIN too, i loved those.
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Hey guys,
well I was doing a search on Nankang, because I'm running AMG offset 5 spoke rims
off a CLK, and damn the car just EATS rear tires.
Originally the car came with normal 17" wheels known as "C7" rims in the C Class world, a 7 spoke MB design, but I "upgraded" to the AMG's when a deal came up.
I've had Michelin (1st set),
#2 Continental Extreme Contact whatevers (noisey as hell!),
#3 Fuzions ZRi ( not bad but hella stiff, good in wet and dry) stuck with those for a a few sets...
#4- General Exclaims- Absolute crap
#5- Michelin PS2's that came with the current set of AMG rims, (excellent, but yeh again wear fast)
#6.- Bridgestone Re050r- Pole Position- Excellent, but expensive and short wear...
rears wore out in 10K miles...but the fronts lasted almost 22-25K miles.
replaced the rears with
#6- Sumitomo HTRIII- Saw them on a review on TR, and they stood up well to Bridgestone as far as performance..but I went through 3 sets of rears while still running the RE050 fronts...
#7 ??????
Either I got back to wheels I can rotate...or find something that last longer, OR is wayyy
less expensive.
My current pair of Sumi's on the rear is at the 2/32 marker after only $4500 miles!!!
So , I was considering putting the Nankangs on the back...but I have a feeling I'd regret it...I travel over a serious mountain road, and um...don't wanna die if thats ok with everybody.
well I was doing a search on Nankang, because I'm running AMG offset 5 spoke rims
off a CLK, and damn the car just EATS rear tires.
Originally the car came with normal 17" wheels known as "C7" rims in the C Class world, a 7 spoke MB design, but I "upgraded" to the AMG's when a deal came up.
I've had Michelin (1st set),
#2 Continental Extreme Contact whatevers (noisey as hell!),
#3 Fuzions ZRi ( not bad but hella stiff, good in wet and dry) stuck with those for a a few sets...
#4- General Exclaims- Absolute crap
#5- Michelin PS2's that came with the current set of AMG rims, (excellent, but yeh again wear fast)
#6.- Bridgestone Re050r- Pole Position- Excellent, but expensive and short wear...
rears wore out in 10K miles...but the fronts lasted almost 22-25K miles.
replaced the rears with
#6- Sumitomo HTRIII- Saw them on a review on TR, and they stood up well to Bridgestone as far as performance..but I went through 3 sets of rears while still running the RE050 fronts...
#7 ??????
Either I got back to wheels I can rotate...or find something that last longer, OR is wayyy
less expensive.
My current pair of Sumi's on the rear is at the 2/32 marker after only $4500 miles!!!
So , I was considering putting the Nankangs on the back...but I have a feeling I'd regret it...I travel over a serious mountain road, and um...don't wanna die if thats ok with everybody.
Last edited by C230 Sport Coup; Apr 13, 2009 at 04:39 PM.
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I have heard nothing but good things about Vreds.
I have Nitto NT555's on my 19" Monarchs. I've driven about 1000miles on them and think they're pretty damn good. The price was about the same as Vreds.
I have Nitto NT555's on my 19" Monarchs. I've driven about 1000miles on them and think they're pretty damn good. The price was about the same as Vreds.
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Hey guys,
well I was doing a search on Nankang, because I'm running AMG offset 5 spoke rims
off a CLK, and damn the car just EATS rear tires.
Originally the car came with normal 17" wheels known as "C7" rims in the C Class world, a 7 spoke MB design, but I "upgraded" to the AMG's when a deal came up.
I've had Michelin (1st set),
#2 Continental Extreme Contact whatevers (noisey as hell!),
#3 Fuzions ZRi ( not bad but hella stiff, good in wet and dry) stuck with those for a a few sets...
#4- General Exclaims- Absolute crap
#5- Michelin PS2's that came with the current set of AMG rims, (excellent, but yeh again wear fast)
#6.- Bridgestone Re050r- Pole Position- Excellent, but expensive and short wear...
rears wore out in 10K miles...but the fronts lasted almost 22-25K miles.
replaced the rears with
#6- Sumitomo HTRIII- Saw them on a review on TR, and they stood up well to Bridgestone as far as performance..but I went through 3 sets of rears while still running the RE050 fronts...
#7 ??????
Either I got back to wheels I can rotate...or find something that last longer, OR is wayyy
less expensive.
My current pair of Sumi's on the rear is at the 2/32 marker after only $4500 miles!!!
So , I was considering putting the Nankangs on the back...but I have a feeling I'd regret it...I travel over a serious mountain road, and um...don't wanna die if thats ok with everybody.
well I was doing a search on Nankang, because I'm running AMG offset 5 spoke rims
off a CLK, and damn the car just EATS rear tires.
Originally the car came with normal 17" wheels known as "C7" rims in the C Class world, a 7 spoke MB design, but I "upgraded" to the AMG's when a deal came up.
I've had Michelin (1st set),
#2 Continental Extreme Contact whatevers (noisey as hell!),
#3 Fuzions ZRi ( not bad but hella stiff, good in wet and dry) stuck with those for a a few sets...
#4- General Exclaims- Absolute crap
#5- Michelin PS2's that came with the current set of AMG rims, (excellent, but yeh again wear fast)
#6.- Bridgestone Re050r- Pole Position- Excellent, but expensive and short wear...
rears wore out in 10K miles...but the fronts lasted almost 22-25K miles.
replaced the rears with
#6- Sumitomo HTRIII- Saw them on a review on TR, and they stood up well to Bridgestone as far as performance..but I went through 3 sets of rears while still running the RE050 fronts...
#7 ??????
Either I got back to wheels I can rotate...or find something that last longer, OR is wayyy
less expensive.
My current pair of Sumi's on the rear is at the 2/32 marker after only $4500 miles!!!
So , I was considering putting the Nankangs on the back...but I have a feeling I'd regret it...I travel over a serious mountain road, and um...don't wanna die if thats ok with everybody.
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I have not tried the vreds, but ...
Every I ever talked to who has vreds loves them. I hear they handle like a pirelli or a michelin, but for 1/3rd of the price. I will be trying out a set when I'm done with my current set of PS2's. The PS2's are a great tire, by the way, by far the best I've had, but there's no effin' way am I paying $1600 just for a set of tires again. Michelin is really smokin' something good when it comes to their new pricing.
Every I ever talked to who has vreds loves them. I hear they handle like a pirelli or a michelin, but for 1/3rd of the price. I will be trying out a set when I'm done with my current set of PS2's. The PS2's are a great tire, by the way, by far the best I've had, but there's no effin' way am I paying $1600 just for a set of tires again. Michelin is really smokin' something good when it comes to their new pricing.
Just to be fair, I bought them as a compromise and time will tell whether they work out. I have a set of Corsa's for performance and the PS2's are a step below (maybe 1.5) them, so I don't expect the Vred's to match the PS2's, but they better get 50% more mileage.
The Vreds are better on wet pavement than the PS2's.
