Budget Performance? Tires

**Odiong929** · September 20th, 2006 08:22 PM

GT is a good choice. I would prefer it than Hankook or other similar brands. I've used it for more than a year running 200 km daily at 120-150 kph in hot ME roads. Although I'm using Michellen now to compare, I would probably use it on my next tire change. Why their tire is good? I think its because rubber trees is abundant in Indonesia and Malaysia. IMO the other tires are expensive because they get their raw rubber from SEA including Mindanao.

**albert_b** · September 21st, 2006 03:57 PM

sige next tire change ko I'll try GT :-)

**jim** · September 21st, 2006 04:07 PM

Originally Posted by albert_b

Anyone using Gajah Tungcals? Maingay ba siya? Maganda ba?

I use GT Champiro 60 14's. I'm contented. It looks great and I can do 100 + kph along tagaytay curves to lemery with them even when raining (no joke!). The only thing is that they are noisy

**bm5er** · September 21st, 2006 05:56 PM

Thanks for the responses everyone. I think this is a good discussion of people's experiences with different brands of tires.

At the 225/40-18 size, we have tried
Continental ContiSport
Dunlop LM
Nankang NS2 (not enough time to evaluate yet, tell you in a year if they will last that long)
Bridgestone SO-2 - our choice.

At the 245/40-18 and 275/35-18, we have tried
Continental ContiSport
Dunlop LM
Bridgestone SO-3 - our choice.

At the 205/45-16 and 215/45-16, we have tried
Good Year
Bridgestone SO-2 - our choice.

At the 195/55-16, we have tried only
Good Year Eagle NCT-5 RSC (run-flat system component) - very slippery.

**simplicity** · July 16th, 2007 12:02 PM

up, up and away!

palitin na ang mga goma ko.
195/55/15
may naka gamit na po ba Nankang dito?
how was its noise? handling (esp sa wet)? durability?

**webmiester** · September 20th, 2007 01:24 AM

Originally Posted by redorange

I used Nankang tires prior to switching to BFGoodrich g-Force Sport and the Nankang were not as good as the Yokohama A520 that it replaced. The tires were the NS-I model which were 205/50R15 and V rated, don't know if it was the tire or me but I seemed to get flats alot with that set. In one incident I was driving at about 140kph and I ran over something on the road(I think it was a pipe) and it blew the sidewall. I have hit deep potholes at speed with the BFG and the Yokohama and neither has blown the sidewall. The Nankangs also didn't grip as well as the Yokohama and both were V rated. Can't compare it to the BFG in grip cause the BFG is Z rated. BTW I got the Nankangs at the time because I needed tires and they were the cheapest V rated I could find.

V orZ rated? What do these ratings mean?

**1D4LV** · September 20th, 2007 09:53 AM

Originally Posted by simplicity

up, up and away!

palitin na ang mga goma ko.
195/55/15
may naka gamit na po ba Nankang dito?
how was its noise? handling (esp sa wet)? durability?

imho lang. korean made tires like nankang and kumho are made for the weather and road conditions of korea, which is way way different from the tropical climate as well as the road conditions of the philippines.

a tip: if you would choose your tires, choose the ones made in the Philippines (like Goodyear, Yokohama, Bridgestones) or the GT tires, which are made in Malaysia.

have used Nankang before, manipis ang sidewalls. madaling bumukol. Federal Tires, which are made in Taiwan (have also used that before) are quite noisy, and Niky even mentioned na mabilis ang wear nya, although hindi ko na-experience dahil nagpalit ako ng mags.