Affordable Tires

Initial Review, 300 Miles on Tires
February 03, 2012

This is my 3rd set of Kumho tires ranging from mud terrain tires to performance tires. These tires are a great deal for the money and the quality is just as good as the more expensive tires. I cant wait to try these on some warm pavement in the summer when they get sticky. I would definitely recommend these to anyone looking for a replacement to the OEM tires at a very affordable price.

Initial Review, 5000 Miles on Tires
October 29, 2011

These tires are great. While they don't handle as well as the RE760 Bridgstones that I had on the car before. they will be a far better value. The RE760s lasted less than 15K these tires have 5k on them and they are barely worn. The only wear I can see is feathering on the edge from cornering. I drive agresivly and use all of the BMW's sporty characteristics and these tires come through. No squeeling in the corners. The tires are in no way as sticky as the RE050s that were the best handling tires that I had on the car but who can afford a new set of tires every year? These tires are half the cost and will lst three times as long.

Initial Review, 400 Miles on Tires
January 21, 2012

First iuse this tire for track days. The car has 19" wheels so all tires are expensive. I run the tires until the bead shows. I have run r compound ties, michielin sport cups (3), Hoosier A6 (1), street compounds Michelin PS2 (4) super sports (4), Yokohama sport vans (6) ADVAN AD08. It is within this experience that I report on the RE11. The number in the parenthesis is the number of track days I got out of each tire. The RE11 lasted 7 track days and stick well, not as good as the R-compound as you might suspect. The ADVANs wore well but did not stick. The RE11 are a good compromise of wear (cost) and grip. Until I win the lottery and can afford to rin the R-compound I'll stick with the RE11s

Initial Review, 600 Miles on Tires
October 12, 2011

This tire came with my new truck. Quite frankly, I'm embarrased for the manufacturer of my truck for the junk that they provide. They said that the tires that came on the truck are "All Terrain." They're not! The tire is pathetic. I am an outdoorsman, and I'm shy of going off the paved road because they don't perform in mud, or anything else off the beaten track. The winters are severe where I live, and I question the safety of the tire on compromised roads. With only 600 miles on them, tread wear is already noticable. I'll be replacing them as soon as I can afford it.

Initial Review, 3500 Miles on Tires
November 11, 2011

I have only 3,500 mi on this set of tires, but so far I must say they are an excellent buy. As soon as I bought them, I went on an 1,800 mi (roundtrip) vacation to SC from DE and they performed wonderfully. They gave a much more comfortable ride, and definately MUCH more quiet than the old sumi's I had on the car before. I have not driven them in snow yet, so I don't have an opinion on winter traction as of yet, but I will update this review in the spring. I HAVE driven them in torrential rain and had NO traction problems. With the 100,00 mi treadwear warranty, they are also a good economic buy, and I would recommend them to anyone, hat's off to hankook for putting together an ALL AROUND excellent product while at the same time keeping it very affordable to the common man

Initial Review, 100 Miles on Tires
January 05, 2012

So i bought a set of star specs because of all the rave reviews ive seen here and otherwise. Greatest investment ive made in a long time. Granted, I literally only have about 100 miles on the tire currently, they are wooooooorlds better then the crap rsa's that came with the car. there is no more hesitation or nervousnes. the tires react instantly to any input from the steering wheel, and this is all while still wearing the flashing away. All this goodness and still very affordable. would recomend to anyone who is looking for a "fun" tire.

Initial Review, 83000 Miles on Tires
December 18, 2011

I got 83,000 miles on these tires and they still looked decent. Tire shop said that the tires would probably just fail due to wear than the tread wearing out. I figures with 83,000 miles it was better to replace them for new tires than take a chance of a blow out on the highway. The tires are bullet proof; excellent handling, incredible wear, fantastic smooth ride. I replaced them with same tires since it made sense not to try anything different. Well, after 40,000 miles I got a freakin nail in my front right side near the sidewall that could not be repaired with a plug. I learned that with an AWD vehilce you need to replace all 4 tires and not just one or two as you can do with a front or rear wheel drive vehicle. I couldn't put out the $1K for the Michelin's I wanted so I ended up with some Dunlop's AT20. Not exactly the same quality so I'll see how these do in comparison to the Michelin's. Recommendation: if you can afford the LTX M/S, buy them, you will not be disappointed!

Initial Review, 1899 Miles on Tires
December 10, 2011

I was apprehensive about trying these tires as I bought the BFG Commerical TA Traction tires last year. Those tires were terrible. They did wear good but traction in the mud and snow was terrible. BFG tires are very expensive and the tread wear on BFG's seem to begin wearing quickly with aggressive traction tires on my 06 Silverado crew cab Duramax. These new KM2's are a great tire. They do seem to wear on the outisde front tires fairly soon (I had a front end allignment as well) even with the tires with only 60 pounds of pressure. The traction of these tires is truely great. We went Christmas tree searching at the end of October. There was at least a foot of snow or more getting up to the Silver Tips at the 5000' elevation. These tires performed awesome. I was pushing snow with the front bumper and the KM2's never packed up and slung the snow out of the tread just like they were supposed to do. The KM2's performed equally as well in the mudd. Ice, well, I dont believe any tire is going to work well in the ice. On the second trip, the snow had iced over and was about 4-6" thick. We powered through it but we did slide around on the cambered areas of the roadway surface which was a seat puckering experience at 4500' on the cliff side sliding sideways. I would absolutely buy these tires again and I only plan on buying these tires from this point on. I would like to see the tread a little deeper than 18/32 new to compensate for the early tread wear but overall these tires are truly a great tire. I would highly recomend buying these tires if you do work and play in the mud and snow. These tires do give you some peace of mind in mud and snow. These tires did well in the ice but but they do lose traction on cambered roadway surfaces and I have yet to see a tire that doesent lose traction in this type of situation. I highly reccomend these tires and plan on only buying these KM2's from this point on unless of course BFG raises the price to high and I can't afford them.

Initial Review, 5000 Miles on Tires
November 06, 2011

This is my second set. Recently purchased a more aggressive wheel setup and naturally went with Hankooks. Running 235/40 fronts and 265/35 rears and continue to be pleased with the performance of such affordable tires! Yes, they need to warm up and yes, they will break traction if I want, but most of the time they are SOLID performers, rain or shine. I now have a wider patch front and rear and I still find it hard to break traction, even in the rain. I don't track them, but I really appreciate the value they bring on my daily driver. Recently went on a local club run through the twisties from the "mountain" near Skyline Drive and they held up extremely well. Even if I don't get 20K miles on them, buying them is so easy because they are so inexpensive...today.

Initial Review, 150 Miles on Tires
December 08, 2011

Switching from Michelin MXM4 I expected much less from Kumho...and I was wrong !! They are quieter,more comfortable,better on rain and dry and all that for half the money...unbelievable, but true. Michelin is way overpriced,except if you can afford high end tires for cars that 99.99% people can only dream about. Anyway, I am really satisfied and will update my review after first drive in snow...way to go Kumho !!!

Initial Review, 30000 Miles on Tires
November 03, 2011

I have had these tires for 30,000 miles. The wear is very good on these for being a winter tire. I had to leave these on the rear as i could afford different ones. So even on the rear the tread wear is very good. I will be using these this year and I have put the front ones back on for the winter. They have when above and beyond the call of duty for a snow tire. The Honda will go through 11" of snow(that was our first snow last year) and these are 1st tire I've had that didn't pull when you hit that unexpected patch of slush. My wife drives to Madison and back for work(75 mile round trip) and i feel better knowing these are on the car. We also have them on her Suzuki X90, 4X4 (11,000 miles),so it's a real, rear wheel drive when not in 4 wheel drive and it's a blast to drive when the snow flies!!! These are a must buy if you want to save a few$s over blizzaks. They are noisier but that's what you get with a snow tire. It's worth it!