kumho tyres ?? any good ??

[gpk_gti]

hey guys,

anyone had any experience with kumho tyres? looking at 18" ecsta....

noisy?? soft compound?? hard?? dry and wet handling???

any help would be appreciated.:D
pm me if they are that bad please!

[DubSteve]

Bad experiences thats all I'm saying, Yokohamas all the way :)

[MattyT]

I have Nexen 3000's myself - so far, so good!

[gpk_gti]

hows the handling ? noisy at all?

[h100vw]

I have ecstas on my Audi, well over half worn in 12 months but they are soft. Never get to drive the car usually except weekends. No complaints about noise due to loud exhaust and 2 kids.......

Also have Nexen 3000s on the Ibiza and they are really good, not had any moments with them yet and they have had a few good work outs!!

Cheap too, which is nice.

Gavin

[BL33SU]

i have them right now.. very noisy and handle **** in d wet.. i mean heaps **** i can drift with them

[Oneofthegreats]

I can say that I used to use brand new Kumho PowerMax's for burnout comp's & never lost using these tyre's.

Kumho's SMOKE hard.

But apart from that, I wouldn't have a clue as to their other characteristic's.

[Jarred]

Kumho's SMOKE hard.



and thats all that matters....




Unless you actually didn't want your tyres to smoke... obviously

[ausgolfer]

I also had Kumho powermax's on my gti and they've been great, grip and handle well in dry and wet and smoke up a treat;) They lasted me well.

Have a pair of OLD yokohamas(509's) on the front end of my gti at the moment and it handles like a bucket. NO grip at all.

[gpk_gti]

well,,got the KUMHO's (ill get the type later for u guys).paid $150 ea at TEMPE tyres(arrggghhhhh).
Was raining this morning and the tyres were still new.Grip in the wet was good! and this arvo it was sunny and the grip in the dry was very good,comparable to my conti 2's!. No cabin noise from the fronts and to be honest ,I can hear my rear conti 2's over the fronts.
I was quoted $375 for pirrelli p-o nero but $700+ for 2 tyres is crazy.
Ill keep you guys up to date how the KUMHO's are going.

[BL33SU]

glad u like them.. for sum reason on my car they r ****..

speaking of tempe.. my f**kn springs poped out 2day when they lifted the car up and never told me and i drove home to find my springs totally out!! :mad::mad:

[gpk_gti]

thats exactly why I fitted the wheels back on my car myself at my mechanics this morning.DONT LET THEM TOUCH YOUR CAR! ITS KAOS IN THERE!

[BL33SU]

yea they try n do everything quick.. learnt my lesson.. was ****tn myself wen i saw the springs leaning on a muffler mount

[gpk_gti]

why do these things only happen to you??? lol:D

[BL33SU]

yeh dunno heaps of bad stuff has happened to this car.

[gpk_gti]

well vww'rs ,,Ive had the kumhos a week and all I can say is they are fantastic.dry grip is very good and wet is just as good.
here is the link for fitments.
http://www.kumho.com.au/product_detail.php?source=product_high_performance _premium.htm&category=High%20Performance&tyre=KU31

kumho ecsta spt ku31
225/40 18 $150 ea fitted