Nankang NS2R Reviews - Page 5

Given 70% while driving a Vauxhall Corsa vxr (225/40 R18 W) on a combination of roads for 5,000 spirited miles
Great tire. Really good grip in the dry from cold, as soon as they've got heat in them the performance in my opinion is excellent. In the Wet they take there time to heat up but that is to be expected. But again in the wet I was presently surprised. I have the 180 tread wear option as I do a lot of road miles. And again surprised been a semi slick tire I'm on 5000 miles and down to about 5mil with one good track session.

Price I paid £109 per tire. Very good value in my opinion. I would 100% recommend and buy again. Spotty dog!!!
Helpful 10 - tire reviewed on October 26, 2014
Given 86% while driving a Audi S4 (235/45 R18) on track for 1,000 spirited miles
Brilliant dry tire that handles the wet reasonably well. They are not a comfort tire and so are stiff and noisy. Using these tires for the track has been ideal and I also find I can live with them on public roads too.

These tires are available in different compounds. I've found the softest (tread wear 120) to be excellent.
Helpful 9 - tire reviewed on May 12, 2014
Given 81% while driving a BMW M3 (225/45 R17) on track for 5,000 spirited miles
I've had these tires on my car for about 6mths now and done a few track days. i'm really surprised!

Hey.. they not as good as Advan AD08;s but its almost half the price and you get around 70% of the grip.

Noise is expected since they are semi's not a comfort tire.

Lift span is not bad but considering all the track days i've done so far

i would like to try the softer 120 treadwear next.

HIGHLY recommended for the price!
Helpful 9 - tire reviewed on February 5, 2014
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Given 65% while driving a Honda CIVIC 1.6 VTEC (225/45 R17) on mostly country roads for 600 average miles
I'm just buy these tires for the front wheels,quite good on dry condition..but i'm never brave enough with wet condition.. It's also quite noisy when average speed..
Helpful 9 - tire reviewed on December 30, 2013
Given 81% while driving a Honda Civic Type R (225/40 R18 W) on track for 100 spirited miles
Bought them for track days and must say that they performed better than I expected. I have the 92Y XL Track, 120 treadwear version. On the same track quite similar weather conditions the time with new Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 (they overheat very fast) was 1:36.40 and with Nankangs (that did not show signs of overheating after several hard laps) 1:34.50. Almost 2 seconds difference. The wear seems OK. Only hints of squeel under hard braking/conering.

Unfortunately can't compare to other track day tires, but they seem to be a real r-compound tire that needs some heat to operate best. I have 1 degree negative camber up front and this seemed to work fine - tire temperatures across the thread were OK and did not change much from 42 psi to 38 psi hot. I did not feel good to test lower psi as it seems they like quite high pressures - may be something to do with the XL rating?

Wet driving is also better than expected - did not drive on a track though to compare times, but I suspect they could be comparable or even faster than street tires, when they get hot. This is just a subjective opinion after a short city drive in rain.
Helpful 9 - tire reviewed on September 18, 2013
Given 91% while driving a Renault Clio 182 (195/50 R15 W) on a combination of roads for 8,000 spirited miles
Had these on my daily Clio 182 since April now, they have been utterly fantastic. Mine are the 180 tread wear rating.

The dry grip is superb, but not too much as to stop you having fun. Can still make the car very playful when you want it to be ;). I have given them plenty of abuse as I like to drive my car hard when the roads allow and they have never let me down, they can probably grip much more than my driving ability allows.

Had zero issues using them in wet weather, used them on a run up to Scotland in torrential rain and again, no issues whatsoever, in a lot of standing water they aqua plained a small amount but so did the Michelins and Pirellis so they are perfectly fine to use in wet conditions.

The rears still look like new after around 8000 miles and the fronts have another month or so left in them. The tread has worn evenly across the tire, I am running -1.5 camber on the front. Tire pressures up front I run them around 29 which allows them to warm up nicely.

I will have no doubts about purchasing these again when they are ruined on the front, this time I may buy the 120 tread wear rated ones and put them on the rear and put my current rear 180s on the front.

Overall, excellent tires and I much prefer using these over the normal high performance road going tires, especially for the price.
Helpful 12 - tire reviewed on July 5, 2013