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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 12:21 AM
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are these tires good...just bought them

i just got kuhmo ecsta spt tires for my car anybody using these, did some research everyone really rated them very good. 9 times out of 10 they were rated better than the stock pirellis. any input would be nice.
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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 12:25 AM
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anybody?
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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 12:32 AM
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I had them on my old mustang, ran em in the winter too with the rwd. I was very impressed with them. Very quiet ride, seemed to hold the tread well, and traction was sufficient. I believe they are rated 30k miles? They are a good balance of treadlife and performance, whereas the rosso's are too sticky to last long. I plan on running those sames tires when my stockers wear. And most importantly, the price is right!
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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 12:35 AM
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I had them on my old mustang, ran em in the winter too with the rwd. I was very impressed with them. Very quiet ride, seemed to hold the tread well, and traction was sufficient. I believe they are rated 30k miles? They are a good balance of treadlife and performance, whereas the rosso's are too sticky to last long. I plan on running those sames tires when my stockers wear. And most importantly, the price is right!
yah the price was awesome and they look awesome too, will have them installed tomorrow. hopefully they hold traction as well as the pirelli's.
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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 12:38 AM
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They won't be quite that good, but you will not notice a huge drop off. They are a damn good looking tire too. Compared to the other options at our size (3 if we're lucky) they are the best option imo.
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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 12:43 AM
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well they gotta be better than my completely bald pirellis.
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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 12:45 AM
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I had a bad experience with mine. They were 205/40R17. Every tire bubbled up.
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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 09:31 AM
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I heard the sidewalls on all the kuhmo's suck. Be careful.
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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 09:33 AM
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i heard nothing but good things about them
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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 09:51 AM
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Bottom line is a lot of people have heard things. You drive with `em and tell US
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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 11:51 AM
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Bottom line is a lot of people have heard things. You drive with `em and tell US
well there getting installed right now so i drive them home from work tonight and let ya all know.
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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 03:50 PM
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Thumbs down goodyear sucks!!

ok so i had my tires installed at goodyear in eagle rock/ los angeles. and they scratched all 4 rims . after i just spent 2-3 weeks stripping sanding and polishing them. and ther trying to say it wasn't them who scratched the rims cause it's impossible !!! they must think i'm an idiot. i know damn well how to operate a mounting machine and a spin balancer. and i also know it's all to easy to scratch rims on a mounting machine.
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 12:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Spastic Chicken
Bottom line is a lot of people have heard things. You drive with `em and tell US
well so far the tires handle quite well. better off the line traction than the pirellis by far. and cornering is just as good too.
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