Hancook Tyres

cjmcork

Hi,

does anyone know if they're any good? I do about 800kms per week and am changing my front tyres (the existing front were only changed about 4 months ago and will be moved to the back)......I rang my local dealer and I was looking for Bridgestone, but the best they have is Hancook - if they're rubbish, I'd need to know........

Ta,

CJM.

mcmc

I had some on my old lanos and got many a mile out of them, But i was not doing anything near 800km a week.

vectra

cjmcork wrote: »

Hi,

does anyone know if they're any good? I do about 800kms per week and am changing my front tyres (the existing front were only changed about 4 months ago and will be moved to the back)......I rang my local dealer and I was looking for Bridgestone, but the best they have is Hancook - if they're rubbish, I'd need to know........

Ta,

CJM.

I suppose a lot depends on your driving style.

They are very popular.
Probably not as good as Premium brands but you get what you pay for.

I can reccomend the ones i use
Sonar 205/45/16
I burst two fronts there the time of the Ice earlier on this year and could not justify putting two Dunplots back on.
I rang around and got reccomended these by a good friend of mine.
I rang the fitting station and they could not praise them enough. They said they were made by Nang-Kang
I remembered using N/K tyres before and foung them OK.

I went ahead and put them on.
To be honest. I really would want to push the car ridiculously hard in belting rain to find any difference between them and the Dunlops.

Dunlops were €135 each fitted.
Got these for €160 fitted for the 2

OH

They are said to be excellent wearing tyre as well. High milers and great grip.
I wont hesitate in getting them again.;)

i dont know where you live but I got these in
Rathcormac Tyre Centre.

Hope this helps

** EDIT **
I suppose your username give a hint to your location so near enough to you. :cool:

CJhaughey

In my experiece with the Hankooks on a Landcruiser, I can honestly say they were better than all the others I had fitted before, that includes, Bridgestone, Dunlop, and Pirelli.
Not better than the BF Goodrich/Michelin but thats understandable given the difference in price.
I would fit them again.
Thats my experience with Hankook.

trad

I used Hancooks on a VW Caravelle for about 6 years. Fronts lasted about 25k miles and rears lasted up to 60k miles. Rarely got a puncture, never skidded under braking or acceleration, all in all a very dependable tyre in my experience. I was doing up to 50K miles per year.

mullingar

Which model tyre?

Some are good, some are not so good:

http://www.tyretest.com/pkw_sommerreifen/hankook/index.html

As of today, these are the list of the most popular Hankook tyres and # different reviews on tyretest.com:
Tyre Categories Test Reviews


K102 x52
K104 x112
OPTIMO K406 x186
OPTIMO K415 x44
OPTIMO K715 x85
RADIAL K701 x45
VENTUS K102 x51
VENTUS Prime K105 x354
VENTUS S1 evo x122
VENTUS SPORT K104 x462
Ventus ST RH06 x64
Ventus V12 Evo x139


Edit, The latter Ventus V12 is an amazing 5th place on the best summer tyre on tyre-test.com