MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: nathangallo on January 25, 2012, 07:53:23 pm

Title: Kuhmo tyres
Post by: nathangallo on January 25, 2012, 07:53:23 pm: Just ordered myself a set of these for the golf, went for mid ranges spoke to my mate in the shop and he said there awesome for the money, opinions?
Title: Re: Kuhmo tyres
Post by: Gazzgti on January 25, 2012, 07:56:39 pm: I have the KU31 on the rear of mine they are not bad, have got vreds on the front.
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Post by: GTI Leeds on January 25, 2012, 08:01:41 pm: Had Kuhmo on my Astra VXR, wasn't a big fan if im honest. Too noisy for my liking
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Post by: KevMK5 on January 25, 2012, 08:46:40 pm: Had conti's and the kunhos on my old vxr and had no issues.

Will be looking for tyres for the golf soon and am thinking flakens or kunhos
Title: Re: Kuhmo tyres
Post by: martziniuk on January 25, 2012, 10:09:47 pm: I had the ku31 on the fronts, they were quite good in wet and dry but absolutely dreadful in snow. I now have Falken Fk452 on the front which are a better all round tyre IMO.
Title: Re: Kuhmo tyres
Post by: nathangallo on January 25, 2012, 10:32:28 pm: So all in all for a mid range tyre not bad then? Wasn't expecting much as not high price but ok for time being :smiley:
Title: Re: Kuhmo tyres
Post by: Phil Miller on January 25, 2012, 10:40:20 pm: Quote from: nathangallo on January 25, 2012, 10:32:28 pm
So all in all for a mid range tyre not bad then? Wasn't expecting much as not high price but ok for time being :smiley:

They are a good mid range tyre, we fit loads at work, i had Autogrips on my TDI (i needed 4 tyres at once :ashamed:) anyway i done 30,000 miles on them and when i changed them it was because they were below the limit on the inner edge, still had 3 mm on most of the tyre, but they werent good in the wet, the Kumhos last well and IMHO are good in the wet
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Post by: Andy on January 25, 2012, 10:56:14 pm: Kumho tyres are a good mid range Tyre,fitted hundreds of them with no complaints
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Post by: jedi-knight83 on January 25, 2012, 11:08:01 pm: got 19" KU39's on my van and love them. Would happily put them on my car as well
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Post by: S800BRN on January 26, 2012, 05:44:05 am: I've Kumho Ecsta XTs all round, came with my wheels - no complaints from me.
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Post by: monte on January 26, 2012, 07:40:51 am: Quote from: S800BRN on January 26, 2012, 05:44:05 am
I've Kumho Ecsta XTs all round, came with my wheels - no complaints from me.

I had these once, (they came nearly new with some wheels I bought)

Whilst they seemed to perform ok, the road noise was terrible on mine. :scared:

I seriously thought I had a shot wheel bearing. Then when I changed to the Conti's the noise disappeared :happy2:
Title: Re: Kuhmo tyres
Post by: jimojameso on January 26, 2012, 08:22:40 am: I had KU31's when i had my mk2 and they were like cheese. Grip was reasonable but they wore out in around 9 minutes. :driver:
Title: Re: Kuhmo tyres
Post by: ukdub on January 26, 2012, 08:33:31 am: I ran them on a set of 19" BBS CH's for a while. Road noise was ok when new but terrible when half worn, were OK for a mid range tyre.
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Post by: Gene Hunt on January 26, 2012, 12:24:46 pm: Can't beat Contis but if you'r on a budget there not bad. :smiley:
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Post by: Fizman on January 26, 2012, 01:55:09 pm: Just ordered 4 KU39s myself today. Reviews are very promising. I wanted to change up a little from my Falken 452s but couldn't justify going for Goodyear F1 Ass 2s at the min.
Title: Re: Kuhmo tyres
Post by: PDT on January 26, 2012, 02:00:37 pm: Quote from: jimojameso on January 26, 2012, 08:22:40 am
I had KU31's when i had my mk2 and they were like cheese. Grip was reasonable but they wore out in around 9 minutes. :driver:

Had the same results when I have used them. My tyre fitter gets huge discounts being the regional supplier of Kuhmo, so I pay next to nothing for them. But I prefer to pay a bit extra for a higher spec tyre and last twice as long.

I have conti sp3 on the back of the 135i, they get tortured with the amount of power/torque put through them but even after 6 months and 9k miles I still have 6.8mm of tread (standard 8mm). My last set of Kumhos lasted 1/2 that milage with a far less powerfull car.