Dear Swoope, My air pressure on the Kumhos was set on all 4 tires at 32 pounds then 36 and then 39 over the 2 week trial period. Thank you for your concern. Cheers.

 

great,
at least you did it right. i am running the spts in the stock size at 36 psi i notice just a slight loss of turn in.

other than that they are better than the stock bridgestone in every way....

why would you buy tires (kumhos less expensive) then change them in two weeks???? if the tire dealer made the deal that is great...

good luck with the bfgs.

beers

 

uh.. so you returned the tires without even breaking them in? After 500 miles everything improves on those tires..

 

i was being nice. search release compound.

beers

 

Locally there are about 3 different local used tire shops that i cycle between anytime i need some new rubber. You'll be really suprised what you can find if you keep looking. Getting great tires for $35... can't beat that.

Just a friendly tip.

-hS

 

wow..your ignorance!!!

 

at least he's keeping it jDm yO!!!

 

I have no idea what tirerack charges for S&H, but this is one hell of a deal... Kuhmo ECSTA MX 225/40YR18 $ 107 ea. .

 

wow ,

i am beffudulded on this one..... damn, booyzzz.... i am gay and i got the right car???????

damn, i got the right car and i can jump out da hood, or closeset!!!

or my parents bought me a delsol and i need a sex change.

beers

 

Kumho is what I've run for the last year. My Potenzas gave up the ghost after about 18k miles. The 245 40/18 Kumho's have good grip and a great price. Check reviews on them and other tires at www.tirerack.com

 

Ecsta SPTs. I drive just as "spirited" as I did with the bridgestones and they are on pace to last at least 30,000 miles. I am sure there are cheaper tires out there, but then we are talking about sacrificing performance.

 

Wow... some of you seem pretty bitter in your defence of Kumho tires. You must be trying to justify your decision to install cheap tires. Frankly, I can't think of any other reason why you would care. I never said they were bad tires, I just said there are better tires available on the market, and I'll be using those other ones...

Have you ever considered how a $94 tire is manufactured vs a $250 tire? I can assure you that much more time and effort is involved in developing the technology, and manufacturing the $250 tire. This does not mean the $94 tire is crap, but it does mean the $250 one is on the leading edge of what is available on the market. If you choose a tire in between these price ranges, you are likely getting value in that mid-range also. If you plan to debate this point, please feel free to post...

 

So what is the difference SPECIFICALLY between the manufacturing of the Korean ($94) tire or the Japanese ($250) tire? I would love to hear your inside information.

*sits and waits*

If your going to just say there is a manufacturing difference only because the price is so different than you seriously need to go back to the 3rd grade.

-hS

 

Awww swoope, i can't believe you didn't spot this. It's from the "Wheres the jDm style at" thread.
https://www.rx8club.com/showpost.php...7&postcount=84

-hS

 

Yeah, "Korean crap" didn't read like "bad tires" at all.

A lot more than R&D goes into the cost of a tire. How much does labor cost in Korea vs. Japan vs. somewhere else? How much do raw materials cost? Land for manufacturing plants? How much does Kumho pay for advertising vs. Yok and Dunlop? I don't know the answer, but you can't blindly assume one product is better than another just due to price. Where are all the stories of kumho tires failing and otherwise sucking if the $250 tires are so much better?

Ask an autocrosser what the dominant DOT race tire is right now. Kumho. Which is faster yet actually cheaper and lasts longer than it's closest competition (Hoosier, which is purely a race tire company). Then think some more about Kumho's ability to engineer and build a good tire.

Not saying kumho is the only way to go for everyone, but when you characterize stuff as "crap," you might expect some backlash.

 

[QUOTE=iridearocket]Wow... some of you seem pretty bitter in your defence of Kumho tires. You must be trying to justify your decision to install cheap tires. QUOTE]


"Bitter" ? --- get off your high horse. The only 'bitter' comment was the "Ignorant" one to a you calling us "crazy" for buying a well rated but less expensive tire.

I do not need to justify anything to YOU - but if want to give my opinion about a product I have purchased I will - period. Perhaps you have a need to justify your purchase.

 

I'm getting Kumho SPT's for my next tire. They may be cheap, but I've yet to hear anyone, anwwhere, say anthing bad about them.

I think companies that charge 250 per tire are sometimes more living off their name than how good they actually are. If I could get away with selling a tire for 250 instead of 100, I'd do it also. If Kumho could get away with this, they probably would too. But like most Korean manufacturers, they are starting at the bottom price-wise because of a lack of public acknowledgement. When the Japanese first came here, they had to be "cheap" also. Now we have Lexus and Acura and Infiniti...go figure.

 

Im just going take my $50 General Tire tyres and buy a bucket of white paint slap the name goodyear michelin etc on it and sell it to you for 350!!

 

Have you ever wondered how a $33K RX-8 GT is manufactured vs a $34K RX8 GT? I can assure you that much more time and effort is involved in develpoing the technology, and manufacturing the $34K RX8. This does not mean the $33K RX8 is crap, but it does mean the $34K one is on the leading edge of what is available on the market. If you choose a RX8 between these price ranges, you are likely getting the value in that mid-range also. If you plan to debate this point please feel free to post...

 

Well I can tell you are from the "bigger is better", "more expensive is better" and I bet you "whiter is better" philosophy right?

Such IGNORANCE!!

Granted I love my '04 RX8 but in 2 short years it's seen the dealership 9 times due to either recalls or problems!!!! while my '04 Hyundai Santa Fe has seen the dealer NIL, ZERO, NADA, in the same number of years. Look at Consumer Reports this year and Hyundai is as good, if not better, as Mazda Quality.

So based on your "theory", a Mercedes CL must be better than a Mazda 3... yeah right...

My 2 cents,
Carlos

 

thanks,

it all comes together now.

beers

 

At the present time, Korean artisans are among the finestr in the world, as seen in their woodworking with acoustic and hollow-body electric guitars. Xenophobes are lames. (You'll find it in the dictionary; it's the big book on the shelf.)

 

what do acoustic & hollowbody guitars have to do with quality car production??? i think quality varies from company to company...

 

Exactly, which is why the term "Korean Junk' pissed so many people off. The country of Origin is not what determines quality, it is the product itself. And the Kumho Tires are anything but Junk.

 

Try General Exclaim UHP. An inexpensive rebadged Continental tire with excellent ratings.