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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