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Another tire thread
I have noticed that my car tends to pull to the side, and follow ruts in the road worse as my tires become worn. I also notice that they seem to have a lot less grip. Is it just me, or do Kumho tires get slippery when they get old? Never noticed this with the Yokohamas. When they started to get a little more smooth, they kept their grip, anyone else noticing this with Kumho?
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Well, low profile tires tend to do that. When you're driving down a bad road, the car tends to pull easily over road imperfections.
As to why you're losing grip as the tire wears, I guess that depends on the manufacturer. Tire construction varies, and I guess Kumho decided to go the frugal route if you feel that your tires are losing grip as it ages. You shouldn't really feel any loss of grip unless there is no tread remaining on your tires.
As to why you're losing grip as the tire wears, I guess that depends on the manufacturer. Tire construction varies, and I guess Kumho decided to go the frugal route if you feel that your tires are losing grip as it ages. You shouldn't really feel any loss of grip unless there is no tread remaining on your tires.
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You know there is not one mention of a particular model, just brands. Every brand has its bad tires / good tires / GREAT tires. And to say that Kumhos are shitty...my Kumho MXs are pretty nice street tires.
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Originally Posted by Shmoo
Kumhos are shitty tires anyway, so loosing grip isn't suprising. I would upgrade to something better when they wear out.
I did not have this problem with the Yokohama AVSi's I had before. I was just wondering if anyone eles had noted this with the Kumho Ecsta's. I will almost certainly get Yokohama ES 100's or some Falkens next time around
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yeah the kuhmos tend to behave more eractically when they are worn
im running 50 seris 712s and after a year they are worn too and so they tend to take road imperfections more noticecable
they are a great tire combo when new though
im running 50 seris 712s and after a year they are worn too and so they tend to take road imperfections more noticecable
they are a great tire combo when new though
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Originally Posted by RboYi
Agreed, my buddy who has a BMW 325IS got new Kumho's, he did some canyon driving and they would grip like no other. It slowly started to degrade as it aged, noticably.