Nexen N3000
03-30-2010, 11:08 AM
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After weeks of search, found myself some nice OEM M135 wheels for my summer feet. Now looking to fit these new wheels with Nexen N3000. Anyone with good/bad/ugly experiences on these tires?
Yeah yeah, in know, us xi-er's are still far behind on mods/wheels abilities but we'll get there...
Cheers,
A.
Yeah yeah, in know, us xi-er's are still far behind on mods/wheels abilities but we'll get there...
Cheers,
A.
03-30-2010, 03:57 PM
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My Ride: 04 545i Sport Pkg, Cold Weather, Nav
I put the same tires on my car. I drive with them year round. I think they are a great tire for the price. I even have tracked them twice, once in the rain and once dry and from my experience they handled well. I have put on about 7500 miles so far and the wear is very minimal even after some aggressive track driving. I would not hesitate to buy them again.
03-30-2010, 07:05 PM
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My Ride: '07 530iSport PackageLuxury Packagemore to come
I have only had them on my car for a couple of weeks and so far I have nothing negative to say. They are much quieter than the runflats they replaced. I haven't pushed them real hard either but turn in is good and the grip hasn't let me down. I would recommend them without reservation at this point especially when you consider the price.
03-31-2010, 06:48 PM
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I run them on my 280z. You can't beat the performance (wet and dry) for the price. They give you a pretty good feel before they are going to break loose... trust me 
I'd recommend them.
I'd recommend them.
03-31-2010, 07:00 PM
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My Ride: 2005 545i SMG
I had them before and I must warn you one thing.
N3000 is prone to have flatspots. I travel a lot and my e60 sits in a garage or at the airport parking lots 1+ weeks often. And this will create a flat spot that stays permanently on these tires. I get vibrations between 65-75mph that I couldn't tolerate I replaced the tires with dunlop even though the tires were in perfect condition for another 20k miles. I had no vibrations when first installed then I took a trip for a month and when I came back I had this vibration that won't go away even after driving 10k miles. Even if I don't drive my car for couple days I get a slight vibration at all speed for ~5miles before it goes away. But more than a couple days might give you a permanent flat spot. I confirmed this by visiting a tire shop where they do a road force balance. When I first installed N3000, I had only 8lbs of road force(under 15lbs considered normal). After about a year, before I replace my tires with dunlop, I visited them again to do a final balancing before I ditch these tires and it came out 48lbs of road force(and they showed me about 6 flat spots they can see).
If you drive your car daily and your car won't stay stationary for more than 2 days often then I guess you should be fine.
N3000 is prone to have flatspots. I travel a lot and my e60 sits in a garage or at the airport parking lots 1+ weeks often. And this will create a flat spot that stays permanently on these tires. I get vibrations between 65-75mph that I couldn't tolerate I replaced the tires with dunlop even though the tires were in perfect condition for another 20k miles. I had no vibrations when first installed then I took a trip for a month and when I came back I had this vibration that won't go away even after driving 10k miles. Even if I don't drive my car for couple days I get a slight vibration at all speed for ~5miles before it goes away. But more than a couple days might give you a permanent flat spot. I confirmed this by visiting a tire shop where they do a road force balance. When I first installed N3000, I had only 8lbs of road force(under 15lbs considered normal). After about a year, before I replace my tires with dunlop, I visited them again to do a final balancing before I ditch these tires and it came out 48lbs of road force(and they showed me about 6 flat spots they can see).
If you drive your car daily and your car won't stay stationary for more than 2 days often then I guess you should be fine.
03-31-2010, 07:05 PM
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My Ride: 2005 545i SMG
I would definitely go with falken even though it's a bit more money. I put dunlop direzza dz 101(i hope i spelled right lol) and it gets no flat spot even after 38days of stationary.