Kuhmo Tyres

**macdad** · 13th February 2008, 21:29

?Anyone used this tyre brand,had a quote today for a set of four from my local inde fitter,£71 per tyre fitted inc vat(215x55xr16).?Any info.please.

**GazVXLINE170** · 13th February 2008, 21:32

Originally Posted by macdad

?Anyone used this tyre brand,had a quote today for a set of four from my local inde fitter,£71 per tyre fitted inc vat(215x55xr16).?Any info.please.

Got them on the front, good tyres, thats a good price paid 90ish each for mine - 215/50 R17.

Gazza4

**Damian** · 13th February 2008, 21:36

I use them too, my local tyre place does 225/45/18 for about £85 +vat per tyre

**shippers** · 13th February 2008, 21:38

Are they k104 's

**Angel Boy** · 13th February 2008, 21:44

I've got KH11 on the work horse ibiza and they are surprising good in both wet and dry. i know they get mixed reports, but been happy with mine. can't comment on any others though.

andy

**AJA** · 13th February 2008, 22:03

My understanding is that the Kumho Tyres were originally a 'budget' tyre. I had them on my TSW Pace alloys when I first bought them, and to be honest they were OK, but there's obviously better out there.

I believe they have spent some more money on development and the tyres are much better. Just remember you get what you pay for.

**rushy** · 13th February 2008, 22:08

I had a set last year and they were terrible in the wet and only lasted about 9k. I'm no wheel spinner ether so was a bit gutted at the wear rate.

**Caterman** · 13th February 2008, 22:14

I had Kumho Ecsta's on my Saab and for 225/45/17's i paid £56 each and £5 for fitting/balancing.

A very good tyre in the dry but not as good as the Pirelli's i did have originally, then again they were less than half the price

**pricey** · 13th February 2008, 22:26

My nct5's are getting replaced with Kumho's when they finally hurry up and wear out, I've had
them on the last vec and my astra before that and I really rate them. I had a set of KU11's on
the astra and i'd done 22,000 miles on them when I sold it and they still had about 3mm left on
them. I can't really comment wear wise on the ecsta sport's that were on the last vec as they
weren't really on long enough before I got rid but performance wise they were fine.

All in all, a really good tyre for the money. Like AJA said, they originally started out as a budget brand
but they have put a lot of money into r&d over the last few years and have improved vastly.

**yorkshireborn** · 14th February 2008, 02:03

like AJA said they use to be a very low budget tyre 4 / 5 years ago i used them on the Omega £48 a corner they must have made big leaps in quality for a price like that.