DAZ1985
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http://www.tyretrader.com/pages/tyres/search_tyres.asp?fitted=no&width=195&height=50&diameter=15&speedrating=V
thats never right
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Corsa_Scotty
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link sends you to the homepage mate
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Ste L
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"Based in Taiwan, the Nankang Rubber Tire Corporation Ltd was established in February 1959. Nankang has two manufacturing plants in Taiwan and one in China."
well part chinese, wouldn't expect any less, than a copy of another tyre, just like they do with cars
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Ste L
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quote: Originally posted by Corsa_Scotty
link sends you to the homepage mate
http://www.tyretrader.com/pages/tyres/info.asp?id=31794
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DAZ1985
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SteL
[Edited on 22-12-2008 by DAZ1985]
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ShEp
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They really are crap, Seen them and fitted them, but not to my car, I'm not stupid
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John
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They were getting good reviews iirc.
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Nic Barnes
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nankang are awful tyres. really really poor. id buy a sava over a nankang anyday unless i wanted cheap tyres for a cheap car.
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ShEp
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Sava aren't so bad,
Goodyear brand 
Stay clear of, Nankang, event, sunny etc all rubbish
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Nic Barnes
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yeah sava kinda ok. middle of the road thing. dongfeng is my current favourite named tyre to avoid.
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ShEp
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dongfeng 
wanli is bad enough,
Who you work for Nic?
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SportBoy
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darkhorse is always a good name for a tyre too
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Nic Barnes
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quote: Originally posted by ShEp
dongfeng 
wanli is bad enough,
Who you work for Nic?
company called gates tyres in carlisle

they scream quality. w rated aswell. as if id go that fast on some of them...........
[Edited on 22-12-2008 by Nic Barnes]
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Kurt
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theres something i saw the other day.. yellowfish or yellow sea or something
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Nic Barnes
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yellow sea yeah. theyre another top brand up there with king forset. oddly not a 4x4 tyre. we had 225/45/17 king forests in for a bit. oh dear.
as for the original question. if theyre r888's as the pic says, they are a toyo tread even in the pic. but if theyre 55 ish quid for 19/45/16's thats a bargain. you cant get r888's in that size though, but can get r048 yoko's which i didnt know till the other day.
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ShEp
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They look very dunlop'ish Nic
I just wouldn't use shite tyres,
You in wholesale?
What cheap deals can you do for me? 
Think I've heard of gates before
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sand-eel
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what about linglongs
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Nic Barnes
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theyre nearly a dunlop sport 9000 pattern though........so they cant be bad............
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DAZ1985
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I cant see them being as sticky as toyo 888's
Be curious to see a review
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Nic Barnes
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ive never heard of them before. will check up on them at work tomorrow.
infact id actually say thats a mistake on that advert. its a toyo in the picture.
[Edited on 23-12-2008 by Nic Barnes]
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Paul_J
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The picture looks just like r888 toyo's... So maybe someone's listed it under the wrong thing???
Surely Nangkang site would list their tyres if they made a r888 equiv.
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Paul_J
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http://www.nankang.com.tw/home.php?fn=eng/product
If they existed they'd be under here...
Someone who obviously inputs things on that database has entered the details wrong for tyretrader I think!
You may find you order them and pay little and get cheap r888's... or you may find some other Nankangs turn up on your door.
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Corsa_Sport21
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Hmm gotta dis-agree on the Nankangs are shite front here.
Ive had them on a few cars and they arent that bad.Infact id say they were pretty grippy.Was running them on my circa 200bhp V6 Mk3 GSI and they wouldnt spin the wheels on take-off and i used to be able to launch it off the line pretty good.Corner wise,they held up well too.
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Ste L
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even listed under 195/45/16 & 205/40/17 too
[Edited on 23-12-2008 by Ste L]
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myke
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NS2's are ok aren't they?
never used them, but have heard reasonable things about them.
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