Looking for some 18" tires and saw these on ebay for super cheap, are they very poor quality? Good/bad wear, I'm not too concerned about traction, not laying down much power

 

garbage tires.... i wouldn't even use them on a show vehicle....

 

they suck ***, i had them on my 17" tsw, and they lasted ohh a month. If your looking a for a good cheap tire take a look at the kumo 711 or 712, a good cheap tire.

 

I had Nankang EX500's for 40,000 miles, lowered 2.5" at -2.3 deg. camber. They wore very evenly, were okay in the rain, but there are other MUCH better tires out there.

 

you get what you pay for

 

Had Nankang NS-1's. Lasted about 10k miles. If your lookin for cheap tires that are pretty good, go with kumho ecsta supras.

 

I had 15" Nankang NS-1s and they sucked. They were very hard rubber and had poor wet traction. But, they were cheap!

 

the jury is out

 

I had them in on my old 17"s, they SUCKED!!!! They were horrible in the rain, I thought I was getting a good deal but I thought wrong.

 

lets see...

a 205/40/17 Nakang has no speed rating... just 205/40/r17
They say M+S on them, meaning MUD AND SNOW
They have a 340 treadwear rating on them... YEAH RIGHT
They look like off-road tires with the tread ***** they have...

Basically, if you want a 38x7.5x17 then SURE go for it! That would be a cool tire! but not a 205/40/17

 

Ok, I'll look to see what else I can get cheap but I"m only gonna have them for a couple months and the car isn't lowered that much, don't know, maybe I'll just try them anyway

 

Do you guys think that the Kumho Supra 712's would be a lot better? They are on tirerack for like $60-80 more a set.

 

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I had the exact same tire, and lasted about 40K. Like someone said, the rubber seem too hard, where it sometime loose traction on loose dirt much more easier than other tires. Even at 40K, there still meat left.

So what happened? On Xmas eve, I got the urge to rotate my tires. On one of them, the inside sidewalls started to bust where the steel belts were coming out. And I was about to drive 200mile trip the next day. If I hit the road, the tires would have busted, and who know.......

I would not have discover it if I did not get the urge to rotate my tires.

GLD - No on Nankang.

 

i know for a fact that kumo's are better, alot better. Like I said in my post above, if you want a GOOD cheap tire 711 or 712 are the way to go........