Nankang Tyres and your experience

Hi all

I have a set of bbs rm 15x6.5 et33 and I need tyres for them. I want fairly low profile but not crazy stretched.

After much research it seems I need to get something like 165/50, 175/50 but only Nankang seem to offer those kind of sizes.

When reading other posts there seem to be people that think you'll be in a ditch as soon as you go round the first corner,  but others think they're OK.

So to anyone that has actually had them on their car, what are they like?

Or can anyone suggest alternatives in those sizes? Bridgestone Potenza seemed to be popular but they don't seem to make them in those sizes anymore.

Thanks
Steve

Nankang are fine unless you drive like a nugget. 

I've had loads and loads of sets… would I trust them on an Audi R8, absolutely not. On a front wheel drive 110 odd bhp car, they're fine. 

I even had a set on my 2.0 turbo 280bhp mk2, 165/40's. It gripped and drove fine, would I chuck it full pelt into a tight bend in the wet? Hell no… but I don't drive like an idiot. 

The 'ditch finder' name they got was very much linked to the early generations of their tyres, I find them perfectly fine and very affordable. 

Roach said

Nankang are fine unless you drive like a nugget. 

I've had loads and loads of sets… would I trust them on an Audi R8, absolutely not. On a front wheel drive 110 odd bhp car, they're fine. 

I even had a set on my 2.0 turbo 280bhp mk2, 165/40's. It gripped and drove fine, would I chuck it full pelt into a tight bend in the wet? Hell no… but I don't drive like an idiot. 

The 'ditch finder' name they got was very much linked to the early generations of their tyres, I find them perfectly fine and very affordable. 

Same for me .. Had them on my 200bhp 480nm tdi mk2 185/35/17 … worked fine in dry , horrible in wet conditions

Good to know, cheers. Do you know which variant you had?

I've had ultra sport ns2… but I've also been super cheap and run ns20 with no issues. 

Again if you want to drive hard hard, maybe have a think, but as a normal drivers tyre, they're fine. 

If you want to drive quickly around the corners fitting stretched tyres will not help as there is less tread in contact with the road with 165 tyres compared to 185 there's 80mm less rubber, more if you fit 195 tyres, same applies when stopping the car…  

I don't want stretched show tyres. I understand grip and braking is relative to tyre width. I thought 165 or 175 that I'm talking about was right for a 6.5 rim. I have 195 50 on them at the moment and they're like balloons so I want something that fits the rim width better.

Open to suggestions on size and brand.

165/50 is what I use on a 6.5. 

I ran 165/40 16 nankang on a 7.5" and as said in the dry, they were fine on my 280bhp mk2.