Kingrun tyres

[Craig]

I would like to know if anyone here has used this brand of tyre and can give some feedback on them. I want to fit them to a nissan pathfinder that will be spending a bit of time on dirt and in the Goldfields. The price is excellent and to be honest that is what is worrying me.

http://www.kingruntyres.com.au

TIA
Craig

[T1 Terry]

Can't remember the brand name of the tyre we fitted on the steer of the Mazda, but the sidewalls fail in both of them in under 2yrs. They both still had near original depth tread when they failed so they hadn't done all that much work and all of it was highway running.
Maybe Bruce can check the name next time he calls past the house, the last dead one is still leaning up against the front patio.

T1 Terry

[Greynomad]

"Kingrun" sounds like the sort of English-language name you'd find on tyres made by some backyard operation in China...
I would look verrry carefully at the tyre for a country of origin. If it's China, Taiwan, or Korea, I'd bypass them for a known brand with Australian bricks-and-mortar presence... even if you have to pay more.
If you found the tyres online, I'd leave them there.

[BruceS]

Terry the tyre that you destroyed on the Maz was a Nankang.
Sure made a mess of it!!

[Dot]

Craig, our bus is still down the city but I am sure the tyres we have are something the sound of your (Kingrun) They are Chinese but the tyre fitter told us the tyres were the same as a known brand here. Have had them on for about 6 years and have had no troubles with them. They were $350 each. Shall let yo know the name of them when we get the bus back. One thing though we have not gone too far off the black top apart from Carnarvon to Mt Augustus WA

[T1 Terry]

Terry the tyre that you destroyed on the Maz was a Nankang.
Sure made a mess of it!!

that wasn't from driving it very far, that is virtually how the sidewall let go. the left hand one was much further destroyed because we had to find a spot off the narrow road where we could change it. The right hand one in that is leaning against the house went very close to a turn off track, it was raining, and I felt the first signs so I was ready for it. 3 blown tyres on the front tends to give you nice feel for what is about to happen, the power steering being non functional added to the "feel"

Craig, the tyres on the back of the Hino are branded HIFLY HH301 and seem to be very tough chunky tyres and 2 fitted were cheaper than each Runflop we had to purchase in Port Headland for the run across the bottom bit of the country.
Now these 2 HIFLY are the only non Dunlop brand tyres on the bus, not by choice, just availability at the time, it will be interesting to see which last the longest. The HIFLY certainly look like they could climb their way out of a mud hole where the Dunlops look like they would clog up with mud after the first turn.

T1 Terry

[Craig]

Thanks everyone, I have decided to stick with either the Kumo or Bridgestone. I bought an old pathfinder from a backpacker and am going through the list of things it needs for a roadworthy. I wanted a 4 cylinder vitara and ended up with a 6 cylinder nissan. hahaha, the price was right.

[Dot]

I reckon a pic is in order Craig.

[Craig]

Sure Dot, I will take one in the next couple of days.

[jon_d]

Wise move.

It's a long way to walk in the heat when two tyres are flat.