The Official(sorta) Tire Thread
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I have 255/45 17 KUMHO Supra on front and 275/40 17 KUMHO ECSTA ASX on rear.
I bought car with these tires and I guess they were not supernew. So I can't really judge them.
As I noticed in my experience KUMHO tires tend to become very loud and firm with time also self-disbalanced ( technical term ). I don't know how long previous owner had these tires on my vette, but I have them for maybe 24K and rear's are almost bold and front's are like new but very firm and shaking after 40MPH.
My dad bought Kumho SOLUS on his Astro Van and they are very good and quiet. Already more than 5K on them and balance is fine. Very good tire.
To me it seems like KUMHO's ( not all of them but ECSTA's for sure ) has tendency to wear out uneven or maybe they become firmer with use or something like that - I can't find any other reason why they would disbalance.
I bought car with these tires and I guess they were not supernew. So I can't really judge them.
As I noticed in my experience KUMHO tires tend to become very loud and firm with time also self-disbalanced ( technical term ). I don't know how long previous owner had these tires on my vette, but I have them for maybe 24K and rear's are almost bold and front's are like new but very firm and shaking after 40MPH.
My dad bought Kumho SOLUS on his Astro Van and they are very good and quiet. Already more than 5K on them and balance is fine. Very good tire.
To me it seems like KUMHO's ( not all of them but ECSTA's for sure ) has tendency to wear out uneven or maybe they become firmer with use or something like that - I can't find any other reason why they would disbalance.
Last edited by dr_cranii; Oct 8, 2010 at 03:02 PM.
