Kumho tires?

[Chris Meutsch]

Originally Posted By: pbm
I had KR-21's on 2 different vehicles and they weren't bad.
They rode quietly and were good in the rain. The one issue I have with these tires is they are grossly optimistic calling these 85K tires....they are more like a 40 or 45K tire.
They should have something like a 400 or 440 UTOG Treadwear
rating, IMO.


My experience mirrors the above.
I would buy them again, however.

 

[Eddie]

I had the Kl51s on my Subaru and they were very good.

 

[PandaBear]

I've used their KH4 and LX Platinum, both seems ok and decent.

 

[Boss302fan]

Continental LX20's are really good tires for a CUV/SUV. Priced right and will last 50K plus...

 

[Bgallagher]

Hankook Optimo H727. Quality highway tire with a good tread life.

 

[Rand]

on a highlander

if you want car tires

the General AltiMAX RT43 is much better than kr-21's


Kumho Road Venture APT KL51 are decent too
currently 80$ rebate

Firestone Destination LE 2 have a 70$ rebate and
are good priced too.

 

[Papa Bear]

Originally Posted By: jimmy87
I'm looking at the solus kr21. Toyo open country are the tires coming off.


uc50ic4more has Kumho KR21 tires on his Century and I think they work great.
He has thousands of miles on them and I do the maintenance on his Buick. They are wearing well and ride quiet and true.

 

[ronbo]

Had the Kumho APT 51 on my Rav4 and they were a good 3 season tire. The winter snow traction was bad and had to buy a set of snow tires.

Look into Firestone Destination LE2 not LE. Have them now and they are smooth, quiet, good traction in dry/wet and cheap in price.

 

[HTSS_TR]

Originally Posted By: jimmy87
I went to discount tire the other day and the sales man tried to throw the kumhos at me, he said that the kr21 is better than the good year integrity, I'm however still shopping around, i might just have to spend a little more to get a good tire, at discount tire the price for a set of kumho solus kr21 is $502.

Any tire, even the no name Chinese tires, is better than Good-Year Integrity.

 

[jimmy87]

Well guys like just about everything else it seems the kumho's have mixed reviews, I might pull the trigger on the kumho tires today, I'm also going to look into the firestone destination le2, looks like a good tire has some good reviews on it, it's almost $100 more for them vs the kumho's, I'll let y'all know what I decide to purchase. I'm not to concerned about snow and I do realize that they probably won't make it to 85k miles, if I do go down the kumho route I'd be happy if they make it to 40k miles, although I'm not really a fan of any thing Korean.

 

[Ken2]

Originally Posted By: jimmy87
I'm looking at the solus kr21. Toyo open country are the tires coming off.

Wins the mediocrity award
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/surveyresults/surveydisplay.jsp?type=ST

 

[jimmy87]

Kumho actually beat out quite a few other brands that cost more. I just might pull trigger, thanks!

 

[HTSS_TR]

Originally Posted By: Ken2
Originally Posted By: jimmy87
I'm looking at the solus kr21. Toyo open country are the tires coming off.

Wins the mediocrity award
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/surveyresults/surveydisplay.jsp?type=ST

Kumho Slus KR21 is not the top 5 of Standard Touring All-Season. But in the High Performance All-Season Kumho Ecsta PA31 is rated #1 by consumers.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/surveyresults/surveydisplay.jsp?type=HPAS

 

[rshaw125]

KR 21's are 35,000 mile tires. Been discussed here to death.

 

[Boss302fan]

Conti LX20's have a 6year/70K mile warranty...

 

[CharBaby]

Originally Posted By: jimmy87
Well guys like just about everything else it seems the kumho's have mixed reviews, I might pull the trigger on the kumho tires today, I'm also going to look into the firestone destination le2, looks like a good tire has some good reviews on it, it's almost $100 more for them vs the kumho's, I'll let y'all know what I decide to purchase. I'm not to concerned about snow and I do realize that they probably won't make it to 85k miles, if I do go down the kumho route I'd be happy if they make it to 40k miles, although I'm not really a fan of any thing Korean.


Between the two tires(Kumho KR-21's & Destination LE2's), you'd be better off with the Destination LE2's IMHO. And you may even get the best price OTD/Installed with everything included at your local Firestone Dealer when all is said & done!

And I used to recomend the KR-21s to many folks. I still do but, not on a 3800-4000 lb CUV. Although on many smaller sedans/coupes they're much better at getting their claimed miles. Also, you can stay within your speed rating on the LE2's. I believe they come in "T" & "H" speed ratings.

 

[Errtt]

KR21s doing okay on the wife's Escape. It gets very little driving (have 3 vehicles & she doesn't work), and last year when I went to DT to get new tires, was hoping for something else (like General Grabbers) but at the time there wasn't much available on hand in size, so settled on trying them. So far so good but I am mind set on replacing them via age (she drives so little) before they'll get much wear which seems they typically are known not to get the miles, so that's okay with me. The Michelin's take-offs had little miles but were cracking from age. In fact the DT guy was shocked on how much tread was left but understood the replacing due to age/cracking. Was less than 10k on the take-offs.
No snow driving so they meet the needs here. I've driven her SUV and they ran fine.