Kumho tyres

Justintime · 5 Aug 2013 at 01:04

Any good? can get 4 Kumho Solus KH17s for about 250 fitted via Black Circles. I vaguely remember my 525D having Kumho runflats and not having any issues with them to speak of.
Car is a 06 320D, current tyres are good yr efficient grip, which is anything but, running close to illegal soon and can't wait to get shot of them.

I don't drive hard these days and if i do get a new car i'm giving this to my mum as a thank you for giving birth to me etc.. gift, so want decent tyres on it

Phil W · 5 Aug 2013 at 05:24

I have Kuhmo KU39s on my Octavia vRS (235bhp) and they have been great. Never lost grip and they are very good in the wet, too.

The Edge · 5 Aug 2013 at 07:28

Ive had several sets of these, no complaints.

sovietspybob · 5 Aug 2013 at 07:29

A completely average mid range tyre, you can get better but then you can get a lot worse.

They won't spit you out into the nearest ditch.

[TW]Fox · 5 Aug 2013 at 08:18

Some of them are ok, some of them are crappy budget tyres. Suspect the KH17's are the latter not the former.

If you find the performance of the Goodyear to be sub par then the Kumho is hardly going to be better!

ubersonic · 5 Aug 2013 at 08:49

Had KU39's on the rear of my LS400 and never managed to light up the rear tyres (tho I don't exactly drive like a yobbo). Was looking at Kumho's to replace the Nexen's on the rear of the Supra before the engine blew (their quite highly rated by owners).

pastymuncher · 5 Aug 2013 at 09:05

Had KU31's on all corners of my Astra and they were terrible in the wet. Extremely prone to aquaplaning. The thing that made me get rid of them was taking a sharp left hand corner at less than 25mph in heavy rain we aquaplaned straight across the road and nearly ended up in a field. Awful tyres!!

Matt82 · 5 Aug 2013 at 09:08

a guy at work has kh17 on his focus, apparently the car is boarderline lethal and they wont wear out

ku31 and ku39 are absolutely fine though

Martynt74 · 5 Aug 2013 at 09:31

Plenty people on the MX5 forum seem to suggest the KU31's are good and many even use them on their Turbo'd track cars.

I've just had a quote for some KU39's on the Alfa and the guy at the garage was singing their praises above and beyond much more expensive options.

phil675 · 5 Aug 2013 at 10:33

I had KU31s for a while, tramlined like hell from new, since got Uniroyals which are way better and not much more to buy.

Stormster · 5 Aug 2013 at 11:15

Phil W said:
I have Kuhmo KU39s on my Octavia vRS (235bhp) and they have been great. Never lost grip and they are very good in the wet, too.

I ran these on my Type R as good value for the performance, in a different league to the T1R's it had on it when I got it.

I wanted rainsport 2's but they were 40 quid a tyre more, so the KU39's turned out to be a great buy as pretty surefooted in the wet too

ubersonic · 5 Aug 2013 at 11:22

Marvt74 said:
I've just had a quote for some KU39's on the Alfa and the guy at the garage was singing their praises above and beyond much more expensive options.

Well people trying to sell you something are world renowned for their impartiality

Frozennova · 5 Aug 2013 at 11:29

My dad seems to swear by the KU31/39.

Personally I've had good experiences with uniroyal which aren't that expensive either.

Lord-Jaffa · 5 Aug 2013 at 11:50

pastymuncher said:
Had KU31's on all corners of my Astra and they were terrible in the wet. Extremely prone to aquaplaning. The thing that made me get rid of them was taking a sharp left hand corner at less than 25mph in heavy rain we aquaplaned straight across the road and nearly ended up in a field. Awful tyres!!

Driver error.

Martynt74 · 5 Aug 2013 at 11:54

ubersonic said:
Well people trying to sell you something are world renowned for their impartiality

Surely they'd be more inclined to get me to spend considerably more though. I initially enquired about some which were about £35 more a tyre which would've been a hefty increase.

Matt82 · 5 Aug 2013 at 11:55

Definitely

ive had multiple sets of ku31, the BMW even had a pair on the rear for a while, definitely not been dangerous for me, in fact my current Golf has had its set on for more than 25k miles, ive done plenty of miles on ku31s

[TW]Fox · 5 Aug 2013 at 12:59

Marvt74 said:
Surely they'd be more inclined to get me to spend considerably more though. I initially enquired about some which were about £35 more a tyre which would've been a hefty increase.

The more expensive ones cost them more to buy though, probably as much if not more margin in the cheap stuff.

Not sure what makes you think a tyre fitter has extensively tested them all anyway.

bledd · 5 Aug 2013 at 13:22

KH17 are in the same league as KU31/KU39, they're more 'mid range' than the already mid range KU31

Justintime · 5 Aug 2013 at 16:09

Thanks fellas, looks like i'll get the KU39 @ 280 fitted.

pastymuncher · 5 Aug 2013 at 19:13

Lord-Jaffa said:
Driver error.

Not driver error at all. Know the road well which is why i was going slow in the first place. Just truly abysmal in the wet. As Phil675 says, they tramline badly as well. Crap tyres full stop.