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Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 6:29 pm 
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NS11's on my car for the last 3 sets. 1 on front and 2 on rear. Nice and grippy wet or dry, had some slight understeer issues but a driving style change fixed that.

Found them a lil soft as the fronts have worn out now in about 10 thou K's, but thats completely on driving style, you wont be dissapointed.

 

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Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 7:38 pm 
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How do you wear out the fronts? Sure it's not an alignment issue?

 

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Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 7:41 pm 
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got nankangs on my BA, 18"'s, 235's, they are pretty damn grippy, i find it hard to get sideways, i have to hook it heaps, specially compared to my stockies i had on it b4, but brake jobs r a diff matter :lol: although i dont do many of them at all, u know, the whole damaging thing...
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Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 9:42 pm 
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yeah i got the 235x45x17 on the front and 255x40x17 on the rears, and they grip quite well.
i think they're the NSII's or something, but i'm happy with them.

anyone heard of the 235x45x17 federal tyres?
are they any good?

 

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Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 10:37 pm 
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yeah i got the 235x45x17 on the front and 255x40x17 on the rears, and they grip quite well.
i think they're the ex601's or something, but i'm happy with them.

anyone heard of the 235x45x17 federal tyres?
are they any good?


I had feds and they wear out quickly. Brother has nankag 18's and said they grip well but do have high road noise.

 

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Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 10:58 pm 
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I am using Kenda tyres on my ED at the moment, they are nice and grippy, to the point i am having a slight trouble spinning them in the wet, they are awsome in the dry too
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Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 11:51 pm 
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got (i think) 235/45ZR19's on the run around BA at work and theyre noisy as. they grip really well and having only put 5000km on them its hard to say what the wearing is like, but theyre really noisy
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Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 1:55 am 
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ive got 235/40/18 nsII's all round on the ed and i reckon there ace. grip well no matter what road condition. two thumbs up from me.

also has anyone heard of wanli apparently there really good too

 

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Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 2:08 am 
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road noise? Thats for the doof doof is for.

Can't say I noticed any big difference inroad noise between the GY Eagle F1's I had on before these NS2's

 

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Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 10:14 am 
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yeah my bro had 16in wanli's on his car a couple of years back.
they aren't too bad.

 

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Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 11:00 pm 
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hi guys, wow i posted this ages ago , i chose the falken ze 326 over the nan kangs as they were very similar priced, but compared to my old goodyear ga's on 15inch these 18inch wheels plus tyres got like about 10 times more grip. i use to be able to make my car understeer and oversteer easily but not it takes alot of effort :D .
i'll probably try nankengs when i have to change this set of falkens as the replies seem to be very positive!!
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Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:22 pm 
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data_mine wrote:
How do you wear out the fronts? Sure it's not an alignment issue?


Nah its all aligned prop. Got a castor/camber in it too. Just pushed em a bit too hard. Got a few shims removed and tightened up to try n slow down the wear. They are noisy but as someone else said, thats what systems are for.

 

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Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 6:58 pm 
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smoke_rubber wrote:
yeah i got the 235x45x17 on the front and 255x40x17 on the rears, and they grip quite well.
i think they're the NSII's or something, but i'm happy with them.

anyone heard of the 235x45x17 federal tyres?
are they any good?

 

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Quoting ourselves are we????

 

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Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 7:23 pm 
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wtf?
damn computers

 

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