Sorry Alan, but Hankook and Kumho are rubbish for ordinairy road tires
compared to Michelin, Bridgestone, Pirelli, Continental and a few
others, whatever the type. Especially Hankook is terrible in the wet. I
changed new Hankooks for Michelin's on our newish Hyundai after a week.
I have Hankooks on my Healey (OK, it's a Jensen, sorry) and they are
lethal, but I have not yet found the Toyo's I want. The only advantage
is probably their price.
Kees Oudesluijs
NL
Some Kumho used on the track are OK.
Alan Seigrist schreef:
> Both Hankook and Kumho are made in Korea - good quality. Don't know
> about Nexus...
>
> On 3/13/09, Oudesluys <coudesluijs@chello.nl> wrote:
>
>> Many of these tires made in Taiwan, China, India (Kumho, Nexus, Hankook
>> etc.) or remanufactured tires do not perform very well, very often there
>> are issues in the wet and stability amongst others. I would not even
>> touch them.
>> One of the exceptions seems to be Toyo (but these may be Japanese).
>> These can wear quicker than others but that is not an issue with these cars.
>> Kees Oudesluijs
>> NL
>>
>>
>> Dallas Congleton schreef:
>>
>>> This is in the FWIW category, as I have no personal experience with
>>> these tires but after a long wait for some backordered 165-15 Kuhmos,
>>> my local tire dealer recently received some 165-15 Nexus brand. They
>>> looked just like the Kuhmos, with the same tread, etc; but with a
>>> different name on the side. They were the same price as Kuhmos, and as
>>> all these tires are now made off shore, one could assume they were
>>> made in the same factory.
>>> The tires looked like equal quality to the Kuhmos, and had I not
>>> already found some tires I would have tried these, especially for the
>>> price..
>>>
>>> Dallas Congleton
>>> 67 BJ8
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "BJ8Healeys" <sbyers@ec.rr.com>
>>> To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
>>> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 9:37 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Tires
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> I have a set of 165-15 Kumho Powerstar 758s on my car and like them very
>>>> much. I bought them from Allen Hendrix of Hendrix Wire Wheel. But
>>>> he says
>>>> these tires are becoming unavailable, like so many other brands of
>>>> tires in
>>>> the sizes to fit our Healeys. Last time I spoke with him, he had not
>>>> been
>>>> able to identify a good alternative yet.
>>>>
>>>> Steve Byers
>>>> HBJ8L/36666
>>>> BJ8 Registry
>>>> Havelock, NC USA
>>>>
>>>>
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