niwid
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Anyone else got them?
I bought a new set for the new wheels i put on my polo, (solus variety) and today I notice that there is already a fair amount of wear on the inside edge after just 1500 miles
I told a mate, and he said he had Kumho Ecsta on his Fiesta a while back and they wore out very quickly too.
Is this heard of a lot?
cheers
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g40jon
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ive used kunho tyres before and found them to be very good bar their comedy name! i would suggest your tracking/camber is out or your driving the car hard and scrubbing the tyres out
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ChasR
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On previous cars they have been fine.
Whilst some cars are known only really working on certain tyres well (Volvos and Mk3 Mondeos being two examples (no idea why that is the case)) I would suggest you take a look at your lower arm bushes and camber/tracking settings.
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Last Edit: Feb 9, 2012 0:22:45 GMT by ChasR
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I had the same problem with some Pirelli tyres which appeared to be made out of playdough. I was also told to stop throwing the car into corners so hard and fit taller profile tyres, this seemed to help >.>
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cavman
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albeit not exactly the same, I had Kumho mud tyres on my old landy and they were extremely hard wearing, high quality and unbelievably good value. In the off-roading world Kumho are considered to be very good wearing tyres.
James
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Never had a problem with Kumhos, they're my brand of choice...as stated, check your geometry....
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Last Edit: Feb 9, 2012 9:12:15 GMT by johnson
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mylittletony
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I had Kumho ecstas on my 205 and got 30,000 miles (including about 30% spirited driving) out of them before I sold it with a couple of mm left.
I also never managed to get them to break grip in the dry, they'd be my first choice when the time comes
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EmDee
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Every set I've had have been great tyres for me. Maybe not the best performing ones on the market, but a good mix of great value, wet/dry performance and longevity.
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bstardchild
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Every set I've had have been great tyres for me. Maybe not the best performing ones on the market, but a good mix of great value, wet/dry performance and longevity. All of that ^
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I can't really add anything that hasn't been said but I'll repeat it all because it's good advice.
Kumho make decent tyres which wear about as fast as anything else on the market.
Inside edge wear is usually down to poor tracking, which is usually like that because the car has been lowered and the tracking not reset, or worn lower wishbone bushes.
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Fitted a set of Kumho's to my Swift.
I push the car fairly hard and the tyres are holding out well, although a Mk1 Swift is sub 800kg.
I would say they're a touch less predicatble than the Hankook Ventus which were on the wheels when I got them for both wet and dry grip but they're doing a fine job for £35 a corner.
I think I would buy again.
Rob
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tofufi
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I run their commercial van tyres on my camper. No problems here, both for normal and cold weather tyres.
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Irregular wear will always be down to poor tracking. However I will add that the set of kumho ecsta supras I had on the road rally car were a bit interesting... seemed very grippy for about 1000 miles or so and then "went off" and weren't anywhere near as grippy, but were harder wearing. (Please bear in mind that 500-1000 miles on the road rally car is more like 3-5k of normal road use.)
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Feb 10, 2012 20:07:45 GMT
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I had Ecstas on my Ka and Solus on my Soarer. Great tyres. No abnormal wear.
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niwid
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Feb 10, 2012 20:14:56 GMT
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hmmm, il get my tracking checked then
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Feb 10, 2012 21:21:12 GMT
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Not had any problems with them on my Rover 200 Diesel. I've just had more fitted on the front, the last ones got down to 2.5mm after about 20,000 miles but my tracking was out so it scrubbed the inside edge out of them.
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Feb 12, 2012 11:46:35 GMT
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Kumho tyres are rubbish! Pay a little more and get something decent. I would personally recommend the Marangoni's.
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Feb 12, 2012 11:52:28 GMT
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Kumho tyres are rubbish! Pay a little more and get something decent. I would personally recommend the Marangoni's. comedy genius right there
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Brian Damaged
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Feb 12, 2012 12:35:30 GMT
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We use Kumhos exclusively on this: If the road tyres are half as good as their competition range they'll be outstanding.
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