Nankang Super Trippers

adamb · Post by **adamb** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 8:10 pm

hi,

Where has everyone been getting these tyres from? i've been to every tyre store in Morley and no one has heard of them before. They have all been offering me BFG's and toyo's for over 200 each. Can any store in WA get them in?

thanks
adam

Matatak · Post by **Matatak** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 8:14 pm

i no where theres 4
but i dont really wanna give those details away as i want them lol

they arent new tho so keep lookin and ull maybe find

so u got 14s to put them on or gettin some or wt?

Subafury · Post by **Subafury** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 8:19 pm

i picked mine up today from ian diffen in balcatta. didnt have anymore tho.

Matatak · Post by **Matatak** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 8:20 pm

oooo how much subi

adamb · Post by **adamb** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 8:24 pm

yeh i got 4 desert rats from ian diffen yesterday. 65 each, i wanted 5 but they didnt have anymore. so if i find any nankangs they will be old stock?

adam

Matatak · Post by **Matatak** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 8:41 pm

hope ur gettin a lift kit in at same time lol

adamb · Post by **adamb** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 8:47 pm

yeh i was going to get a 3" lift kit off ebay for 250 but the seller bailed out on me. should i just buy one off the byb site?

rtcb65 · Post by **rtcb65** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 8:56 pm

Have you tried asking for them as WILD CONQUERORS. or try asking for Nankang N828/829.
Hope this is helpful

Western Australia
Get A Grip Tyres
9 Fairbrother St
Belmont WA 6104
Ph 08 9479 6141
Fx 08 9479 6131
Email: [email protected]

Matatak · Post by **Matatak** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 9:06 pm

adamb wrote:yeh i was going to get a 3" lift kit off ebay for 250 but the seller bailed out on me. should i just buy one off the byb site?

hmmm maybe sum1 has a second hand complete one around
if not then yer buy new but itll be like month wait or more
frmo wt ive been told get an alloy one theyre better.

90brumby · Post by **90brumby** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:47 pm

i got mine (well not mine ny more) from Kmart Tyre auto but when i got my 5th rim they said there was none left

but there wearhosue may have restocked now

subalex · Post by **subalex** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:39 pm

Matatak... I've heard many comments against getting alloy lift kits. Bent or simply snapped lift blocks under off road stresses didn't attract my interest. There have been plenty more people going for the steel jobs and they'll last longer than the frame of your Subie. As for weight, they work out about the same in the end and the steel ones are treated so that they don't rust. A no brainer I think.

subalex · Post by **subalex** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:42 pm

Matatak... I've heard many comments against getting alloy lift kits. Bent or simply snapped lift blocks under off road stresses didn't attract my interest. There have been plenty more people going for the steel jobs and they'll last longer than the frame of your Subie. As for weight, they work out about the same in the end and the steel ones are treated so that they don't rust. A no brainer I think.

As far as rims and tyres. I've just got a new set of Speedy's arrive at the shop for me to pick up and one stockist of tyres told me just today that they can get me 4 Nankangs. Only four and not 5. I'll have to wait for a new shipment for the spare. While that guy wants $125ea I've got one other supplier who has offered them for trade price of $110.

Post by **yarney** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 8:35 pm

We don't have any trouble getting Super trippers over here in gods country why don't you guys get together and order a hole heap at once and maybe get them a lot cheaper
we can by them for $105 at fourbys in Brisbane any time

Outback bloke · Post by **Outback bloke** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 6:04 am

subalex wrote:Matatak... I've heard many comments against getting alloy lift kits. Bent or simply snapped lift blocks under off road stresses didn't attract my interest. There have been plenty more people going for the steel jobs and they'll last longer than the frame of your Subie. As for weight, they work out about the same in the end and the steel ones are treated so that they don't rust. A no brainer I think.

Some one has been pissing in your pocket if you have been told that alloy kits can bend or snap. Think about it for a while. How can a solid alloy block bend or snap? The reason people go for steel is because it is cheaper. It is the typical Subaru owner syndrome. No other reason. Sure they are treated, but the treating will never outlast solid alloy.

As for the tyres, simply go to the nangkang website and write down the url. Take that to the tyre shop and say here it is, get me a price.

http://www.nankangtyres.com.au/prodDetail.php?pid=23

subalex · Post by **subalex** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 2:39 pm

I can honestly say, BYB-01, that the then President of the Subaru and Recreational 4WD Club, a Subaru trained mechanic and highly experienced Subaru offroad driver and modifier was not trying to spin a yarn when he told me that the alloy lift kits had actually broken on cars he'd seen himself on some trips and those returned to him to try to fix at his workshop. However, this may have been because of improperly tightened bolts (that he commented had snapped on a few).

However, this is getting off the topic. I've been told today that just next week there will be a shipment of Nankangs here in Sydney for the buying. I'm getting some then. I tried passing on the number of Fourbys in Brisbane to my tyre dealer but they came up with an "out of stock" response from their supplier. Who knows... maybe they're keeping them all to themselves for the Queenslanders!

smoov · Post by **smoov** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 4:31 pm

Want Nangkangs in a 14" in NSW?

http://www.tyreland.com.au/contact.htm

Last time I bought some for my old L, he had them in stock.

subalex · Post by **subalex** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:12 pm

Smoov, thanks for the advice there. Thanks to you I drove home with a new set of Nankangs today. They were the only store that I called with a set in stock since the warehouses etc were all saying that they didn't expect any more in Oz for another 8 weeks... a line that I've been getting for weeks already.

Anyway, that was the last of their stock, in fact, I could only get 4 from them so I've kept one of the old, slightly smaller, tyres for a spare that I could use in a pinch until new stock arrives.

Only disappointment is that I've now got to trim the guards.

adamb · Post by **adamb** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:30 pm

I eventually managed to get 4 from Ian Diffen in Balcatta, where Subafury got his from. They didnt have any more though. I put them on today to see how they would look. Makes it look like a small monster truck with the new offset of the desert rats.

Adam

Matatak · Post by **Matatak** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:38 pm

so whens the Lift coming? then u can botl them on and leave em on
(and hows the lfiter tick lol)

adamb · Post by **adamb** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 1:58 am

lol lifter tick is still there, but i dont want to keep that engine so im not too fussed about it. i still have to order the lift kit, just thought i had better get the tyres before someone else bought them. Does the 3" lift stop rubbing altogether or is there still some trimming that needs to be done?

Adam