First I'm going to start with a strong double thumbs UP!
I've had these on my car now for about a month and I can start by saying WOW!
I'm rolling on 17's on my Ford Racing Tuner Rims and I am seriously impressed with their performance.
I won't be driving with these in the snow, so I won't be able to do a product review about their "All Season" strengths there, but in the rain, I am thoroughly impressed.
I've not done anything to my suspension. I am running all stock ZX3 suspension and I know there is some severe fender gap and I look like I'm going off road or rally racing, but these grip the road and add to the already great feeling I get from driving my focus (Like it's on Rails!).
I even took a trip up in a parking garage here in Manchester and did some good speed in it (it was empty) up and down and had a very hard time making those tires slip, or squawk on the slick, flat, glossy, painted concrete surface of the garage and the tight turns. Very impressed. Heck, I could even hear the rubber gripping and letting go (that's how closely I listened to those tires).
If anyone needs a high performance, Z rated, All Season Tire, I recommend these tires 100%. There is a bonus to these! Kumho warranties these babies for 30,000 miles!
If you have any questions about the tires, feel free to e-mail me or message me and I'll give you what I have. I hope to post more about my experiences with these tires as they happen.
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How do you find the turn in response on them?
Some very quick tires also don't handle very well over pavement cracks when cornering hard. The Pirellis seem to be the best balance for me so far.
thanks for the review.
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I'm actually completely impressed there as well.
I take a lot of long, sharp turns onto and off of the highways here in NH and there are bridge merges, cracks, pot holes and crack sealant everywhere. I've not found them to slip when I go over any of these and some of my turns...I know a few of you can vouch for me...I tend to take a little fast. (Mikey knows, he does it too).
It's almost like I've had suspension work (minus the body roll) when I turn my wheels. I'm super impressed with them. They look like they would be directional tires, but they aren't. A very nice mix of tread and a good channel for water in them.
I can give it one con - the tread likes to pick up rocks. lol!
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I think it was mostly Buddy that told me about how he liked Kumhos and he does a lot of racing. I like to get feedback as well and all in all I've heard a lot of really good things about Kumho and so far, I'm not disapointed.
I have heard from people, like Ray @ MFF.com that he disliked Pirellis a lot. I can't vouch for that as I've never owned any.
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Nice write up chelly! I've heard a lot of good things about Kumho's so it doesnt surprise me that you're also happy! Glad to hear it and post some of ya rim pics ( even though I already saw em) but they are HOTT!!!
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