Tires NANKANG or Kleber

Nankang FT-9 tires have been awesome for me. I basically rally my little van out in the woods so I can attest to their durability.

They also handle pretty well on road.

And they are LT rated!

Kleber quadraxer all season. Fara probleme perioada asta pe zapada. Am testat si pe gheata sticla, pe o aleea intre case, am putut porni, accelera la 20, frana tare de la 20 cu oprire as zice ok.

Change the tires, you probably have turanzas, which are terribly stiff and hard.

I managed to put up with them for 10,000 km.

I switched to Kleber all-season tires and it’s more comfortable, and interestingly - much quieter.

These are comfortable highway tires that ride SMOOTHLY and quietly. I am selling as I want to begin dune bashing so I upgraded to All-Terrain tires.

Kleber Quadraxer 3 and BFGoodrich Advantage All Season are also made by the Michelin group, as second tier brands, and they have a similar performance profile to the Cross Climate 2 as they have very strong winter performance.

I’m a novice driver that has a total of 3 HPDE days on this set of tires. 2000 S2000, Nankang AR1 255 rear and 225 front. I had it aligned last year, with 1/4” toe in as per specs and most recommendations for the AP1 S2K. As you can see, my front tires have minimal wear compared to the rears. On track the lack of rear grip vs front is quite noticeable. There isn’t any wheel spin out of corners, the rear is just loose and twitchy in mid-high speed corners. I’m wondering if that’s why the rear wear is so much higher.

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.

uz vyse roka mame na jednej Fabii KLEBER QUADRAXER 3 (215/40/R17) ... a nemozem povedat ze by bol s nimi problem, jazdi sa s tym kade-tade, mesto, mimo mesto, avsak treba povedat, ze taka zima ako bola ta posledna .. tam sa toho moc vyskusat neda ... ale bol to kompromis, na aute ktore rocne nabeha do 6000km sa neoplatilo drzat dve sady pneu

Dude, my set of nankang tires from week 44 2023, stored in a shipping container, are worse than this. Literally sidewall cracks all over. Tossed that shit out so fast...

Those looked better but couldn’t be balanced. I got my money back because they had a defect.