Nankang mudstars - any good?

[malfunction]

woooo hoooo

talking to wellington regional rep today

they are in the process of making 35s

hell yeah, bring it on

KEEN KEEN KEEN!!! Any idea on time frame???

[GWH]

After reading this thread, I have just ordered a set of these in 235/75 R15 (just under 30")for my stock 5 door Suk Vitara.

Special $185 fitted

Will report in due course how they go.

Cheers.

[The missing mudflap]

Any news on the 35 inch mudstars? whos stocking them near gizzy in 33 or 35?

[The missing mudflap]

stupid question sorry - google answers all

[mudgripz]

Another progress report on mileage and performance from the Nankang N889 Mudstars. Have been running them for nearly 2 years now and they have proved a very good all-purpose mudgrip.

Have done quite alot of club trips in varying conditions and alot of hunting trips and these tyres do the job very well. Have had lots of sets of muds and these mudstars are up with the best for general offroad use.

Started off with 15.5mm of tread new and at 50,000ks on my lwb they are running at 8.5 - 9mm tread left. Very good mileage - especially for the dollars. I think you'd get up round 90,000 if you ran them right out.

Good hard compound, hard wearing and good in the tough stuff. I'll stick with them. Recommended.

[Swamped]

How have you gone with sidewall damage? They look like they could get staked or sliced pretty easy.

[mudgripz]

Quite tough - no sidewall damage and no flats.

[skid]

How have you gone with sidewall damage? They look like they could get staked or sliced pretty easy.

I must say this was a concern of mine too, but to this date I have so far had no flats either, the occasional slow leak from dirt in the beads but no sidewall damage and no flats

the only puncture I have had was on my brand new spare when I parked against a tree with big thorns and one punctured sidewall, so now the spare runs a tube

I love these tyres so much, that I am currently saving up for a new set and this time in 35's

[mudgripz]

Offroading you've got to be continually on the watch for sharp rocks and with a bit of care you avoid most all of them.

These mudstars were a bit of a punt for me, but after 50,000ks I'm absolutely impressed. Darn good tyre and would not move away from them - especially at the crazy prices they sometimes sell for.

A mate just fitted a set of 32s to his standard Safari for hunting from 'Tyres-2-go' for about $225 each. Crazy.

And actually quite nice to drive on road too.

[Big-AL]

i run these on my suzuki, no side wall damage yet

[The missing mudflap]

for the price the feed back is pretty good! Do they clear mud well?

[T-Boon]

Mud yeah, clay not so much.

[mike77]

Hia Mr MudGripz,

Great thread and report, as I'm looking to buy my first set of Mud tyres.

Just wanted to know what wagon you have them on, and the weight of it.

I have a just brought a 96 Challenger say 1900kgs, and am looking at a 31" tyre for. But it will be mainly on road going to work.

But if your getting good mileage, will definately have a look at some mudstars.

[safaripete]

i picked up a full set of 35s for $1156 delivered to me from adenstyres in omaru

will be fitted to an offroad only vitara so will update this thread also

[mudgripz]

A progress report on the 33" Nankang N889 Mudstars on my lwb bighorn. They have now done just over 60,000ks and have about 6.5mm tread depth left of 15.5m new. Might run these out, and on present performance mileage expectation will be 90,000-100,000ks from a set.

They have performed very well off road with no punctures, no sidewall damage. On road handle well and not too much mudgrip hum.

From lots of sets of mud tyres I've used - and to my great surprise - these Mudstars are my pick of general purpose muds. Huge mileage if you keep tyres correctly inflated and aligned, good offroad performance, and still round $270 for 33s if you shop around some.

A punt that worked and I'll certainly buy more.

Mike77 - sorry I missed your question - but I'd certainly put mudstars on your wagon. Maybe look at 32x11.5s as the mitsi will handle the upsize easily if its a 2.8T, and you'll gain a bit more height as well.

[mudgripz]

Well - final report on my set of N889 Nankang Mudtars. Just sold my lwb truck and can confirm the 33" mudgrips had done 67,000ks and were at about 6.5mms tread left. If I had run them down to legal 1.5mm tread, realistic mileage estimate 100,000ks.

My decision from 4 years Mudstar use on and offroad = this is a cracker of a general purpose mud tyre. Big chunky tread handled everything thrown at it very well offroad - slick grass, mud, snow, river gravel on club trips etc, plus good on road manners.

Have had many sets of muds over the years, and to my great surprise for all purpose mudgrip performance combined with huge mileage, the Mudstar is the winner. This is the one I will use for the future - will definitely be on my new truck.

Cobber recently put a set of 32s on his Safari LWB for hunting and at 20k they hardly even appear worn.

They've got a good reputation now and price has gone up some, but as an all round muddie this is a very good tyre. Have watched it far outperform other dearer name brands. Recommended. Note - not a substitute for Simex etc for serious 4x4 trial work.