Kumo tires?
rodeo02
05-02-2009, 01:57 PM
Do you guys have any experience/opinions on these? http://www.kumhousa.com/Tire.aspx?id=5aab7642-6120-4ac6-83d7-4270bc9ecbf2&cat=22 My 195/60-15 Continentals are about shot, so I'm looking for cost effective replacements. I can get a full set shipped to my door for under $250, mounted/balanced for another ~$50. I gasped at the price, but nearly bought a set of Cooper CS4's for ~$400 out the door some months ago, but my usual Cooper guy only had 3 in stock at the time so I bailed. The Snow stopped falling so it sat on the back burner 'till now. Unreal that a cheapy econo-car like my $12K Cobalt has tires that START around $100/ea if you want any semblance of a name brand on there. Long gone are the days of a $40, 13 or 14". :lol:
Joel
Joel
rodeo02
05-03-2009, 10:27 AM
Whelp.. I bought them.. fleaBay.. $242.52 shipped to the door. We'll see how it goes!
Joel
Joel
cliffs_redneck
05-03-2009, 06:38 PM
Keep us updated on the Kumho's! My Continentals only have about 4300 miles on them, but I don't like the idea of another winter with them. Looking at TireRack's survey results for Kumho Solus KH16 and Kumho Solus KH21 tires, they both seemed to do pretty well. (Disclaimer: I've never purchased from TireRack and I certainly don't work for them, but I haven't really heard anything bad about them.) Locally, a tire dealer told me that the Solus KH21's are good tires, but will wear quicker if you drive on gravel roads as I do. He recommended (for my 06 Chrysler Sebring Touring) Hankook Mileage Plus II, which I really like so far with about 30000 miles on them. Much better than the originals, which were Goodyear Eagle LS's.
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