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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