Tires Cooper or NANKANG

Nankang AR1’s are absolutely amazing but I wouldn’t recommend driving on them in anything but completely dry weather as they’re basically a road legal semi slick.

I just put on a set of Nankang Greensport Eco Plus 165/60R12. Reviews seem to be all over the place but I've been happy with them so far, including in some recent rain. My area doesn't get snow at all so I can't comment on that.

I’ve been pleased with Cooper tires over the years. Both vehicles I have right now have Coopers on them.

I've been buying my nankang tires directly from the EU branch: https://www.nankang.eu/ Fast shipping.

I use good all season Cooper Tires on my Fusion and get around pretty good in the snow. Ice is always the wildcard.

I am running Cooper's from tire rack.

20k on them, look great, wear hardly noticable.

I tried the Nankang CR-S V2 to see if it’s any good. On the road, noise levels are good for this kind of tire, nothing to complain about. Also, driving normally, it handles rain without having issues. That being said, I don’t know if I can say that they handled my last trackday particularly well.

Once they are up to temp and I figured out the correct pressures, the balance was very neutral and it had immense amounts of grip. My laptimes were fast and consistent. So far, so good.

The day came to an early end though, due to a puncture on the front left tire. I am not sure what was the cause of this, but this is the only tire I ever had where it happened. Maybe it’s just really bad luck, but again, I’ve never had that happen with any other tire I used. Don’t mind the wear on the picture, the tire wore down badly because I did an entire (slow) lap on the flat tire when it happened, all the other tires showed no issues in terms of that.

I put Cooper AT3 265/75-16 (Pro-4x size) on, which I like pretty well. I've had ok luck with it driving through Illinois fields when hunting.

Not cooper tires. I have them and my truck has a hard pull due to the design.

It happened to my dad when he bought cooper tires. I'd like to avoid other brands that have dented sidewalls.