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| ZXTjato | Jun 20 2014, 10:52 AM Post #856 |
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Love those cheap-O nankangs so much I ordered 4 more
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| ZXTjato | Jun 21 2014, 10:44 AM Post #857 |
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So I got this email on my tracking numbers and stuff and it's sayin that the tires come in at 68 pounds per set (2 tires tied with banding) and there are 2 sets 4 tires total. I went out and weighed a set myself an I came up with 18 pounds....not 68 pounds. So it looks like I been ripped, time to get some answers here and see what's the deal. |
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| Woodie | Jun 22 2014, 05:49 AM Post #858 |
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68 lbs for the set of four sounds about right. In the area of 15 lbs a piece. |
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| ZXTjato | Jun 22 2014, 09:47 AM Post #859 |
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They are just tires, I put 2 nankang tires on the scale and I got 18 pounds, not 68 pounds. There is no way 4 Taiwan 12" tires with out rims weigh 68 pounds. Since I've worked shipping I would round off to 20 pounds flat per carton. |
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| banginmetro64 | Jun 22 2014, 09:27 PM Post #860 |
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Do they come on a pallet? Could be pallet weight? |
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| ZXTjato | Jun 22 2014, 11:44 PM Post #861 |
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no they 2 geo metro 12" tires zip tied together ha ha they only as big as a pizza
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| pvr007 | Jun 23 2014, 05:30 AM Post #862 |
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Jato, Im going turbo, are you? =P |
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| ZXTjato | Jun 23 2014, 09:51 AM Post #863 |
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I have my twincam in the garage so I would turbo that motor in a heart beat. But my stock motor is to weak to handle turbo from what I hear 3-5 psi and that's it. If I upgraded the internals on a motor I would for sure. But as it sits right now I do have quite a lot of "go" from a stock geo, able to cruise at 75-80 with ease every day, even with the AC on I can still be at 60 mph in 18 seconds I would guess. I actually need another metro to play with, this bein my daily driver and all
Edited by ZXTjato, Jun 23 2014, 10:45 AM.
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| ZXTjato | Jun 23 2014, 12:32 PM Post #864 |
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On second thought id rather do a stroker big block 1.2 liter G10 than a turbo |
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| pvr007 | Jun 23 2014, 04:14 PM Post #865 |
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Well I am going turbo and I will not need the current headers I got, interested?
Edited by pvr007, Jun 23 2014, 04:16 PM.
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| ZXTjato | Jun 23 2014, 07:30 PM Post #866 |
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Probably send me some pms and we can work something out. |
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| ZXTjato | Jun 25 2014, 01:23 PM Post #867 |
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![]() Today's project, only 108° so got to get this done, next week supposed to be 110° 112° or more... |
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| Greywolf | Jun 25 2014, 04:00 PM Post #868 |
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I hope you're not serious about NANKANG tires - Back in 2006 I was a service tech at a SUNCOAST RV dealership here in Memphis, and we noticed a lot of NANKANG tires were blowing off their treads on the freeway. Since RV's are basically crackerjack boxes the structural damage was severe on a lot of them but nobody had anything they could really point at and say "Yes, it's the tires at fault" ~Until I began checking the DOT stamps on the sides of some of the tires. Keep in mind it was back in 2006... I found several tires that had a last four on the DOT stamp that read some time in 2011. (!) THe last four digits in the DOT marking are the WEEK out of fifty two weeks in a year, and the year that a tire is actually MOLDED (and you can look this stuff up, I'm not faking this up or pulling any punches here) So if I saw for example 4211 as the last four - it meant the forty second week of 2011... Since it was 2006 at the time, it meant that (F)ing tire must have been sent back from the future! More likely they were cast, and then warehoused because the manufacturer didn't expect to be able to export them for several more years. And I saw a lot of different obviously faked tire markings on NANKANGS, and every single one was a tire brought in on a rig that had experienced catastrophic tire failure on the road!!! All with different date stamps, but almost every single one post-dated into the future by four or five years. The bottom line is that after that I will never trust a NANKANG tire on anything at all. For your own sakes - be aware of that and know how to check the date stamp so that you know exactly how old a tire you have on your wheels. PRE-dry rotted rubber is the very last thing on earth any of us need. HERE is an excellent wikipedia link that details everything marked on a tire, towards the bottom see what it says about the DOT marking: (ADDITIONAL MARKINGS; DOT code) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tire_code And yeah, I did edit my dang post - so what? Edited by Greywolf, Jun 25 2014, 04:10 PM.
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| ZXTjato | Jun 25 2014, 04:28 PM Post #869 |
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Yea great reminder for those that don't know how to age the tires. As far as the nankangs I would not run them on a truck, or a large sedan and I would never ever run them on any vehicle that has to perform, job, payload, traction, race...any thing. The nankang tires are super flimsy and the price shows how well the tires perform. If I inflate the tires to the "recommended" 32psi they are so flimsy that I would roll them of the bead. So since I know what I'm into I'm on my second set of nankang tires for the geo. My Honda gets Pirelli tires and my truck gets michlen tires. Reason these vehicles get the better tires is because the truck hauls/towing and the Honda is the family travel car. The geo gets cheap nankangs because it is not as heavy and it gets the most miles. Thanks for the input on the nankangs and heavy vehicles, I had suspected that the quality was nonexistent. Just proved my point with your review. But nankangs and geo for the win
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| ZXTjato | Jun 25 2014, 04:32 PM Post #870 |
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That is why I said cheap-O because that's exactly what they are ![]() Other reason I like the nankangs is because yet are extremely light. With a 4:39 trans light fly UD pulley and the 3tec head job....burn the rubber right off the nankangs. My kumo tires weigh more. Not that it's an issue it's just a "thing" I noted Edited by ZXTjato, Jun 25 2014, 04:37 PM.
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no they 2 geo metro 12" tires zip tied together ha ha they only as big as a pizza

6:44 PM Jul 10