re: "... Vredestein tire sidewalls as they were too aggressive and I have heard
that the 185-70-15 tires rubbed when
doing tight turns"
I'm on my third (fourth?) set on my BJ8 with 6" rims and I've never experienced
this problem. I take this road a few
times a year:
*http://tinyurl.com/bqtzaj6*
BTW, learned today that Nokia was originally known for making studded snow
tires. How they got to phones must be quite
a story.
Bob
On 3/26/2013 3:40 PM, Mark Goodman wrote:
> I put Nexen tires on my BJ8 last year, as I did not like the look of the
> Vredestein tire sidewalls as they were too aggressive and I have heard that
> the 185-70-15 tires rubbed when doing tight turns. Nexen is a Korean Tire
> Mfg that makes a good tire. I have used Khumo tires in the past on my daily
> driver which has been a 3 series BMW since 1988, which are also from Korea
> and they gave me great wear an more importantly great performance.
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> I had the 165-80-15 Nexen tires Dynamically Balanced and they do not give
> any shimmy or shake anywhere within the speed range of my BJ8. I recommend
> that you either get your tires dynamically balanced or shaved when you put
> new ones on the car, no matter what brand.
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> I know that some of you are doubters, but the Nexen tires do come standard
> on several Kias, so they cannot be that bad as Kia does have the liability
> issue if they do not hold up well.
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> Mark
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