The HeavyMetal Project

[CumminsJeep]

Cheng Shin makes inner tubes and small equipment tires as well. I used to sell them when i worked for the small engine shop. I think Maxxis is a more than proven tire in the offroad world so who makes them doesnt bother me in the least oh and as for you gettin creepys...


RIGHT ON BRO....RIGHT ON

[HeavyMetal]

as far as I am aware, they are not one and the same. maxxis isnt just a sub-brand for america

Cheng Shin Rubber is the name of the actual business maxxis operates under globally

Nankang is another show altogether.

I just made a commercial for Maxxis and the guy's boss who was giving the OK didnt even speak english, and was internationally based under Maxxis. I will ask next time I speak with them on the phone.

Maxxis was founded in Taiwan in 1967, and is today one of the largest and most respected tire companies in the world. Operating in Asia, Europe, North America and South America, Maxxis distributes its products in approximately 170 countries and employs more than 22,000 people.

Maxxis is a brand name of tires of Cheng Shin Rubber. Maxxis has its American headquarters in Suwanee, Georgia, with other U.S. facilities in California and Texas. Internationally, Maxxis has facilities in Taiwan, China, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, Germany, and Canada. They produce tires for automotive, light truck, motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle, bicycle, karting, and industrial applications. In the United States, all Maxxis karting tires are distributed by Goldspeed USA.

Cheng Shin Rubber Ind. Co., Ltd., d/b/a Maxxis International is how they are listed on the Maxxis site. D/B/A is doing business as.

[Kyle]

Maxxis runs their own deal, theyre HUGE (22,000 employees)

based out of asia, but obviously have a large american operations presence

i am not sure where their plants are for specialty tires like creepies

MAXXIS is the american subsidiary for nankang tire co. which I believe is out of tiawan.
They used to make bike tires (think BMX) and I remember when maxxis came out for that.
looks like from their website that the creepys are made in shanghai china. at least from what I can tell.

Thats really a shame, Manbang i mean Nankang tires suck, we sold those all the time at my old work and people thought they were getting cheap high performance tires but they were really just getting cheap tires. Ever since i worked at Town Fair Tire i decided that i would never buy non main stream brand tires again and really try to stick to made in the USA tires. You can really see the difference in quality, and life of the tire etc.

I know Maxxis are good tires but it really sucks that they are part of a crapy company like Nankang.

They still make bike tires, I have a set of Maxxis Minion DHs for my MTB.

You are right, i had maxxis hookworms on my old bike.

[Burton58]

looks like a leaf sprung 44 and baja claws. should have found an older pic

[Zullock Holmes]

[Buffalo Phil]

If it starts to peel I'm going to be furious. We prepped the fucking shit out of that metal.

[HeavyMetal]

How well did you prep the back for the herc? I prepped the shit out of mine and it still peeled up on my grey jeep.

oh and x2 maxxis makes bike tarz. i got a few slicks of theres kicking around

im afraid of it peeling to be honest, but oh well

we roughed up a lot of the surface with some 35 grit sandpaper, but not all of it...the rest was just basic prep with a wheel and 60grit paper.

i was told as long as i dont expose too much water to it i should be fine, which shouldnt be too big of a deal in the back hatch area. but im still worried for the same reason you said

[crosbike]

How well did you prep the back for the herc? I prepped the shit out of mine and it still peeled up on my grey jeep.

oh and x2 maxxis makes bike tarz. i got a few slicks of theres kicking around

[Ruepart Hoaxley]

They still make bike tires, I have a set of Maxxis Minion DHs for my MTB.

[ct67_72]

MAXXIS is the american subsidiary for nankang tire co. which I believe is out of tiawan.
They used to make bike tires (think BMX) and I remember when maxxis came out for that.
looks like from their website that the creepys are made in shanghai china. at least from what I can tell.

[HeavyMetal]

Where/Who are Maxxis tires made?

Are they a stand alone tire manufacturer, or do they sub it out to a major brand? For instance Nitto tires are owned by Toyo But made in the USA where as Toyos are made in Japan.

Maxxis runs their own deal, theyre HUGE (22,000 employees)

based out of asia, but obviously have a large american operations presence

i am not sure where their plants are for specialty tires like creepies

[Kyle]

Where/Who are Maxxis tires made?

Are they a stand alone tire manufacturer, or do they sub it out to a major brand? For instance Nitto tires are owned by Toyo But made in the USA where as Toyos are made in Japan.

[HeavyMetal]

Ha Ha, Thats some decent mileage for those tires.

they sure as hell aint dead yet either, ima run em as per usual until the creepies get back in stock whenever that may be

ill give em credit where its due. got em april 2007, DDed a Lot for 2 years and then drove to the trail/around after that.

[Kyle]

Ha Ha, Thats some decent mileage for those tires.

Are you going to paint the interior parts of the cage?

[Lawn Guyland]

time for some organizing and final touches before we bring heavy to the RCQ next week!