Was having a look on oponeo.ie since I will need a set of rears in the not so distant future and 265/35/19 Kumho KU39s are 131euro each which seems ridiculously cheap! They seem to have decent reviews too, what are people's thoughts on em?
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Was having a look on oponeo.ie since I will need a set of rears in the not so distant future and 265/35/19 Kumho KU39s are 131euro each which seems ridiculously cheap! They seem to have decent reviews too, what are people's thoughts on em?
I have Kumho's on the M5 and they stink. Michelin Supersports are meant to be the mutts nuts. I'm also a huge fan of PS3'sQuote:
Originally Posted by Peter-E36
Strange have seen hundreds of great reviews on bmw5 about themQuote:
Originally Posted by Dave
How old are yours and whats the tread depth
They are mid range though so shouldn't be compared to tyres two or three times the price
I would say they're an easy 2 to 3 years old, 5 mm maybe. Haven't really checked. They're fine in the dry but not remotely in the same league as Michelin in the wet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gar
I guess it depends on your benchmark. I don't think I would deviate from the PS3's. There's even a noticeable difference between eagle F1's and PS3's. Not performance but the F1's are not as compliant in terms of comfort.
They're 131 euro each....! Even nankangs are 186 a pop :p
That's definitely not the regular price for the Kumhos though I'm sure? Or is it?
Had them on the Gti and brand new on the 335i last month and found them brilliant in wet and dry.
The 335 has all of power through the rear and they held up really good. The Gti had about 265 through the fronts and again found them really good.
I've had kuhmo ecsta's before and found them to be quite good. My attitude with rear tyres is anything half decent will be fine and the traction control can do the rest of the work. Front tyres I always spend a bit extra though.
I'd love to try out some of the higher end tyres though, but I can't imagine they are worth the money. I just cant justify the price to buy them when I know they will wear fast and still won't offer r888 or ad040 amounts of grip. But on an m car there's not much point in having middle of the road tyres so I can see the argument for ps3's etc.
For 260 they would defo be worth taking a chance on!
Another vote here for the KU39's - had the Ecsta Sport on the E36, granted it was half the power of the E92, they were a superb all rounder for me, even in wet conditions. At that price they gotta be on special!
Had Kuhmo's previously on my 335i Peter, and wasn't impressed. Very tough to get to power down I found, for example pulling out of junctions in traffic etc.
Have had Kumho KU31s before on 19s and they were very good. Quiet and comfortable too
Thanks for the feedback gents, appreciate it :)
I sell tyre's for a living,i'm also a key dealer for Kumho as i've sold that many of them over the last year! As far as performance go they are a great tyre for the price,obviously they aren't Michelin PS3's but they aren't Michelin prices either,usually around 60/70%.....At €131 your getting a serious bargain because they cost me more than that to buy into stock,just be sure and check the age/e mark etc
Vredetein are quite good for the price, however I have not had them in a few years but did have them on an M3 and found them very good in the dry, ok in the wet
I recently bought a set of 255/35/18's from Oponeo so far so good price was really good on the Kumhos main reason I bought them!
Ha! I was looking at the wrong size, it's actually 265/30/19 and that comes in at €123 a pop for the Kumhos! It's very hard to say no to that...
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