Nexen Tyres

[Hendry]

Anyone ever heard of them and are they any good?

 

Needed a new car and called the local ATS to my work (my work has a nationwide contract with ATS to supply us with tyres for our rentasl fleet) to see if they could sort me out a deal, with the Clio being an oddball size (195/50/16 88v 88V extra load - fuck knows why a small hatch needs extra load rated tyres but anyway) anyway the cheapest decent stuff was £114 for a Dunlop, fuck that! So I asked him if he had any cheaper stuff, he said not really in that size they didn't really buy in anything but decent brands for stock but their supplier sells most things so he'd get whatever was cheapest and not some cheap Chinese remould ditchfinder crap, anyway he scored me a "Nexen NBlue Eco" for £50 fully fitted, valve, balance etc but I've never heard of them, are they any good?

[twosmoke300]

Not a bad budget tyre now . Used to be rubbish . Oe fit on loads of Korean stuff now

[Shep Shepherd]

Had some on TV2. They were perfectly good for what I paid for them (£55 a corner).

[jonathan_dyane]

Average but tolerable I'd say. I've done some miles on them and they're a little wooden but not dreadful.

 

Get him to quote you on some Vredesteins.

[skattrd]

They were fine on my Saab 900, a mate had them on the back of his MR2 and they gripped ok on that.

[Squire_Dawson]

Nexen are Chinese. When I was hard up I had one fitted, but now never buy cheapo tyres, and try and avoid Chinese stuff in general. Firestone are not much more expensive.

[sierraman]

I think the question you have to ask when it comes to tyres is does the name sound even vaguely Chinese or a bad translation? I'm talking Ling longs and Landsail here? If not you are probably ok so long as you aren't the Pistonheads type that browbeats anyone not fitting anything less than Michelin Pilots.

[srad34]

Firestone are far better, if you can stretch. They are made by Bridgestone too (allegedly)

[sierraman]

Barum are a good choice if you can get a deal on them. Made by Continental, used to have a pair on the back of a Sierra. Really grippy with a decent life.

 

Alternatively Firestones are competitively priced in comparison. You often find the price between some ling longs and some mid range tyres like Barum etc is a probably less than a tenner a tyre.

[M'coli]

I had one (bought a couple of wheels and tyres through eBay to keep it legal) on the 106 for a week, it was awful and got slung.

[dugong]

Nexens on the MGF. 

And they're cack. 

[HillmanImp]

Firestone are far better, if you can stretch. They are made by Bridgestone too (allegedly)

 

When I was first driving we used to call Firestones, Fireslips as they were so shit in the wet. Are they better now? It was 20yrs ago so they might have got better. 

[xtriple]

I had Nexens on my Merc SL! They were on it when I got it and I was well dubious of them. Due to the size of the bloody things (285/35/19 on the backs 255/40 on the front) I decided to give them a chance...

 

Bare in mind the thing never went out in the rain so limited knowledge but they were fine and I used to push it quite hard round corners and give it serious welly (how sad to use such a phrase   ) and they never so much as chirped. I would have them again no worries.

[Noel Tidybeard]

nexen are korean and have been going for 71 years!

[HillmanImp]

nexen are korean and have been going for 71 years!

 

Jimmy Savile was 84 when he died, Age is not an indicator of quality.

[Partridge]

I have them on the front, although not by choice.

 

They don't seem to like the cold we're having at the moment. I've had one or two sphincter tightening moments when preparing to halt for haltlines/traffic lights/fucking great big Leyland Olympian taking a gap so tight you'd not get a Rizla between the bus and my car. I know it's the tires at fault because after 9am and before 8pm (ish) my car stops a lot better, when the road's a bit warmer.

 

What's worrying is the fact they're almost brand new! I'd avoid them.

[the judge]

Is it just me who noticed its a clio and not a 300 bhp monster? Wouldn't bother me at all and i doubt i would notice.

[Split_Pin]

Had them on my Vectra and they were fine. Got a single Wanli on the front of the Corsa too, it doesn't make the handling any more dead than it already was. Shite in the snow but.

 

Unless you have a quick motor however and take the Nurburgring to work, Nexens or whatever will be fine.

[PiperCub]

Had a set on my 406TD estate a few years ago, thought they were OK wet or dry but didn't sling it about tho'. They did seem to wear faster than I'd have thought they should have given the fairly gentle life they had but would consider again for a cheap hack if I didn't want to spend out on decent stuff.

[oldcars]

I had them on my Santa Fe when i got it, they were ok but the Avons on now are better.

[Sigmund Fraud]

I've used Nexens in the past and lived to tell the story. They won't grip as well as a £150 Michelin, but if you drive sensibly it's unlikely that they'll kill you.

 

Regarding the 'extra load' thing, I suspect the car doesn't actually need them. Just check what the maximum permitted weight for the Clio is, I would be surprised if it's more than 1700kg. If this is the case, even a tyre with a load index of 80 should be good enough.

[dugong]

Is it just me who noticed its a clio and not a 300 bhp monster? Wouldn't bother me at all and i doubt i would notice.

It matters if you go straight on in the wet, yeah. But let's all be willfully tight because that's brilliant and clever and very Autoshite. 

[M'coli]

That's why I stopped using the one I'd got.  Even in the dry it was woeful, on the brakes the car would skew around the Cooper tyre on other side, brake just a wee bit more and it would start to howl.  I decided that I didn't want to have to trust it in an emergency stop or manoeuver, i.e. if some clown had pulled out in front of me I didn't want to be in the back of them just because I'd chosen to keep a shit tyre on to keep costs down.

[Bobthebeard]

I have four Nexen NBlue Eco tyres on the Prelude. Been on since last May and no problems at all.

[Rusty_Rocket]

I'm with the judge on this one- I've had a horrendous mix of tyreshite on my various old bangers and never had a problem with OMGUNDERSTEER/ OVERSTEER/ PISTONHEADZZ. If you're worried about going straight on in the wet, you're driving too fast or not leaving yourself a sufficient gap.

[Partridge]

That's why I stopped using the one I'd got.  Even in the dry it was woeful, on the brakes the car would skew around the Cooper tyre on other side, brake just a wee bit more and it would start to howl.  I decided that I didn't want to have to trust it in an emergency stop or manoeuver, i.e. if some clown had pulled out in front of me I didn't want to be in the back of them just because I'd chosen to keep a shit tyre on to keep costs down.

That's why I'm thinking of sacking them off when I'm more flush.

[dugong]

I'm with the judge on this one- I've had a horrendous mix of tyreshite on my various old bangers and never had a problem with OMGUNDERSTEER/ OVERSTEER/ PISTONHEADZZ. If you're worried about going straight on in the wet, you're driving too fast or not leaving yourself a sufficient gap.

Or the tyres are just shit.

[Asimo]

I bought a set of Nexen N9000 for the Subaru a few months ago, from the Subaru agent who was doing the mot. The only make they stock apart from the OEM jobs at much more money. £40 a corner all in and so far am very pleased with them. Of course I don't know how they will wear but the car feels much better than it ever did on the previous Semperits, but they felt horrid from new. It is also significantly quieter on the Nexens.

 

One got trashed with an ignored puncture after a week and it was a bit of a faff getting hold of an identical new one.

[Bobthebeard]

The tyre place that supplied the Nexens for my Prelude actually recommended them over some more expensive tyres. For what that is worth. Autoexpress test. 2012

 

Overall results

 

Position Make Overall rating

1 Goodyear 100%

2 Vredestein 99.5%

3 Nexen 99.4%

4= Dunlop 99.3%

4= Nokian 99.3%

6 Continental 99.0%

7 Bridgestone 98.3%

8 Michelin 98.2%

 

 

Read more: http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/accessories-tyres/60111/tyre-test-2012#ixzz3PlbHbu9V

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Firestone are not much more expensive.

 

 

Aah, Slidestones.    

 

I've just fitted a set of Landsail tyres to one of mine, brand new 225/50 x 16, 180 quid the lot fitted. Tyre technology has come a long way in five years and Landsails are akin to what Michelin/Dunlop etc were making in 2009. I've not driven it like a twat, but I've just driven normally and so far they're fine. Nice and quiet at speed (unlike Michelins with the wheel bearing drone) and they feel like decent tyres.

 

Worst tyres I've had are Corsa and Pirelli.