Kinforest tyres??????????????

[angel20]

Thanks all ended up getting Maxxis ma-v1 fitted and am happy with them.

cheers Scooter

[GTVLAD79]

Thanks all ended up getting Maxxis ma-v1 fitted and am happy with them.

cheers Scooter

Hey mate what size did you get?

[Killer]

On the subject of tyres in general - but slightly off the topic, related to the initial question.... What is a "good tyre"? One says it can last from father to son. The other says it can withstand high cornering speeds and have buckets of grip. Etc.
I personally prefer high grip tyres for safety reasons. Currently have Hankook K 104 (made in Korea), but it appears they are not imported any more. Note also, you need to stick (!) to legal sizes and load rates etc when selecting tyres - and this unfortunately narrows the selection drastically! Tyres age too in couple of years and get harder (less grip), so when purchasing them, ensure you get fresh set - you can see the manufacturing week and year on a long number on the side wall, last 4 digits. Avoid anything older than couple of months.
What comes to wet grip, the tyre compound is relevant, not just tread depth. Hard tyres slip around even when new....

[Mecha-wombat]

good job scooter

[jas5111]

I know www.bsawheels.com.au stock these brands of tyres and they gave me excellent advice and service on the right tyres for my car. They are a wholesale business, but they are really helpful in directing me to my local dealer.
I have these tyres on my car for 2 years now and travel to and from Canberra every week as I am a sales representative. Every week I travel in excess of 1000km and these tyres are very good in the wet, dry, cornering. They are also extremely quiet.

[Dave]

You are also replying to a 2 year old thread

[Ishrub]

I know www.bsawheels.com.au stock these brands of tyres and they gave me excellent advice and service on the right tyres for my car. They are a wholesale business, but they are really helpful in directing me to my local dealer.
I have these tyres on my car for 2 years now and travel to and from Canberra every week as I am a sales representative. Every week I travel in excess of 1000km and these tyres are very good in the wet, dry, cornering. They are also extremely quiet.

And Chinese and very, very, very hard rubber, long wearing, low grip tyres that will crack before they wear out. For average use at legal highway speeds with non-agressive driving they will be fine and last 104,000 + km.

If you drive hard in all conditions they will quickly display their limitations and you'll end up in a ditch or worse. Nothing wrong with them if you match your driving to suit which is certainly advisable.

jas5111 please re-read the thread including this:

I actually had Kinforest KF660 235/40R18 tyres on my Magna and I have to say you should really steer clear of them if you can afford something better (even Nangkangs are leagues ahead of these tyres). Lots of road noise and very little grip in the wet (I never felt safe attempting to take a corner in the wet at anymore than a granny's pace).

Eventually I did come off the road one wet night with these tyres, and although this was partly attributable to speed, I feel that better tyres would have prevented me from having an accident. Luckily I only sustained minor damage. This occurred when the tyres had only travelled about 10,000km and still had plenty of tread left. After coming unstuck that night I decided that the Kinforest's were just too unsafe and changed to Goodyear Eagle F1's and have never looked back.

Morale of the story, spend the money up front and buy good tyres rather than coming unstuck and having to shell out money for repairs and better tyres at a later date.

[gremlin]

ive got kinforest on mine now.. seem fine... good enough for the magna to drive to work and back.. i do push them now and then, cant complain to much about them for what they cost me...

just had a look at one of our cars here that have nankangs on it.. "made in china" on them aswell

[vlad]

ive got kinforest on mine now.. seem fine... good enough for the magna to drive to work and back.. i do push them now and then, cant complain to much about them for what they cost me...

just had a look at one of our cars here that have nankangs on it.. "made in china" on them aswell

Nankang tyres are from Taiwan. Nankang, or NanGang in Chinese phonetics means South Port and is district of Taipei, Taiwan.
Wanli, means 10000 Miles is Chinese.