are these any good?

26th January 2010, 16:30

as above

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/195-45-15-WR-N...item2c5277cfa0

26th January 2010, 16:32

Just another budget tyre

26th January 2010, 16:34

o right ok, i got told by a lad at work n he said there not a bad tyre

26th January 2010, 16:37

One of the better budget tyres

26th January 2010, 16:39

any good tho? life etc?

26th January 2010, 16:44

I've run them before (on 14" steelies) and they're really good on life. Regular tyre pressure checks and they keep from wearing.

Had mine on since sept, and they're still as good as, to be fair.

Hope this helps.

26th January 2010, 16:45

ok cool, cheers

26th January 2010, 17:00

I swear Nexen are a company under Michelin. Don't quote me on that though!

26th January 2010, 18:03

ok cool, cheers

26th January 2010, 18:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by -Alex-

I swear Nexen are a company under Michelin. Don't quote me on that though!

I've been told that too.

26th January 2010, 18:15

these were on my vtr when i got it, pretty good tbf for budget tyres i wouldnt advise goin throwin into corners or anythin as mine didnt hold on much lol

26th January 2010, 18:17

meaning not much grip?

26th January 2010, 18:19

I'm finding them good for grip, I guess it depends on your driving style...

26th January 2010, 18:20

You get what you pay for really with tyres

26th January 2010, 18:22

had these on my old vtr and i think they were better than the proxes t1-r i have now

26th January 2010, 18:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdizzy

ok cool, cheers

Well I'm buying a set of 4 myself, especially since they offer free fitting in Manchester! So mega bargain considering, they should be fine for standard road use

26th January 2010, 18:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by -Alex-

Well I'm buying a set of 4 myself, especially since they offer free fitting in Manchester! So mega bargain considering, they should be fine for standard road use

thats what i see them as, geting me from a 2 b and not being low budget tyres

27th January 2010, 19:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdizzy

thats what i see them as, geting me from a 2 b and not being low budget tyres

They are very budget, not particularly special.

Have you had a good look in the for sale section? Bickerton is selling a set of decent tyre's thatll more than do the job, hes local to us too so nice and convenient.

27th January 2010, 20:32

A good laugh I find is to have like 25 quid budgets on the back and a high quality grippy tyre on the front takes some of that boring understeer away

27th January 2010, 20:33

I just bought my second set of these in a row. The real reference is Nexen N 2000.

Not the best on the dry, but that gets better with wear (a tiny bit of understeer but my car is not lowered so might behave better if you have -30 mm), but quite a lot of grip. Awesome in the wet and I do mean awesome. You can go through pools of water like butter. Also, people will not tailgate you in the wet as these throw tons of water behind. I have used a lot of different tyres including brands and I have never had such good behaviour with all weather tyres.

These are very similar to Eagle F1's, a bit softer. I second the person who said they're better than Toyo T1R's. You can make an easy 20k miles out of them, so it's real value for money.

The funny bit is, the dry/wet response reverses a lot with time: they get better and better in the dry as you wear out the outer lines. I do rate them as excellent, especially for the price and better value for money compared other brand tyres.

Quote:

Originally Posted by -Alex-

I swear Nexen are a company under Michelin. Don't quote me on that though!

Kumho, Korean. Falken is the company under Michelin.

27th January 2010, 21:34

thanks mate

28th January 2010, 18:43

I had these and didn't rate them at all.

29th January 2010, 09:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mikol

I had these and didn't rate them at all.

Correction: you had one. As seen in your progress thread:

For your information, mismatched tyres don't handle too good

29th January 2010, 13:03

Oh how silly of me to forget you know my car better than I do!

Correction, I had two. I had the Falken tyre in that picture changed for a Nexen so I had a matching pair on the front axle, which were fitted the whole time I had those alloys on the car.

So for your information, I doubt you know more about what my car has driven on than me. Nor handling if you think a £25 tyre will give you anything near a decent hold on the road

29th January 2010, 14:24

heheh awesome news. I thought the same as you about budget tyres until I tried these... I used to go michelin on the 106. I did the mistake to go brand x on it increased drag on the car, which did not accelerate so much while drinking more petrol.

Anyway, i believe the subject matter was to find out a decent budget tyre. As I mentioned above, they're not the best on the dry (gets better with wear), but doing pretty good in the wet. The performance to price ratio is the best I've seen.

29th January 2010, 15:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by saxo_mike

had these on my old vtr and i think they were better than the proxes t1-r i have now

what makes these nexens more superior than the t1r's?

29th January 2010, 17:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnr32

what makes these nexens more superior than the t1r's?

He said he THINKS they are better on his car. Main word thinks, he never said they are better lol.

29th January 2010, 17:15

My vts came with these.

Personally, having driven the car 3 miles to the MOT station in the dry, i would have quite happily taken them off & thrown them in the bin.

Luckily somebody chose to take them away with the wheels.

Toyo T1R's are considerably better & about £20 a set more.

IIRC, Auto Express did a budget tyre test last year. They found that Conti's with only 2mm of tread were considerably better for grip than any of the budget tyres on offer.

To me, that proves that budgets