Kumho Ecsta KU31

Fitted after reading good things on owners forums and yes great tyres for the money. These are up with the best for £70 a tyre these are a steal. No way would i pay for Michelin , Pirelli or Goodyear. As much confidence as when using expensive Yokos on prevous car. These tyres have taken me across Europe and taken mile after mile of 130 cruising.

reviewing these again after 20k miles. in that time theyve been back on track again, regularly thrashed hard on b roads and driven on motorways for thousnds of miles.

its time to change again as theyre just above the markers and ive got to take the car to le mans and i dont think the french would be too impressed with 2mm of tyre tread (even wear, but thatll be due to suspension geometry)

the tyre performed consistently right through to the end of its life. the tyres inspire so much confidence that i got a set for my gf's 05 fiesta when that was due.

in hard use you might be left wanting a little more grip in the dry, but thats only at 8/10 - 9/10 driving, you dont do that often.

in the wet they never feel phased. on the odd time ive had to lean on them a little bit harder than expected ive been impressed, most memorable would be the cat and fiddle pass when it was so wet there was water streaming across the road and you could still really push on.

road noise in my gf's fiesta was massively reduced compared to the contis it had before, but in my golf ive modified it too much to really appreciate reductions in road noise.

i highly recommend these, id have another set if i didnt like trying new things so much, but the fact i put some on my girlfriend's car ought to speak volumes.

definately a performance bargain

I bought the car 2nd hand it had Goodyear eagle nct 5's,
which I found to perform well for my type of driving(smoothness/stealthy speed) but when a bobble was found on a front, vw quoted £88 but I decided to take the opportunity to try and replace all 4 with something better,so used this site amongst others,and 2 tyre shops(quickfit/national)to make an informed choice.
I am delighted to report the kumho ku 31's are near silent,more comfortable over potholes and track staight on heavily grooved inside motorway lanes.
Of course, if I owned a Toyota MR2 instead of a mk 5 GT diesel golf, the tyres wouldn't suit(the sidewalls are soft).
A quick visit to ebay motors yielded 4 ku 31's fitted total price £152.00!
Will post again when the mileage racks up.

was due to take delivery of some new light weight wheels which were a different size and the current tyres were long over due for been replaced, so as id only be useing the new tyres foe around 3-4 weeks wanted a set of cheap tyres. found the kumos for just under £70 on the net and for the size i could not believe it. due to the price i was not expecting them to be very good but i must say i was impressed they have been used very hard and have coped very well i would say that they are on a par with the origanal conti sport contact 3's my car camw with and cost less than half the price of the contis. very good tyre especially for the money deffanatly worth a try.

tyres wear evenly and last just as long as the manufacturers originals Mitchellin pilot

Had a couple of instances on roundabouts where car drifted if cornering at slightly high speed but only during winter months with damp surfaces. seems fine in dry.

I had these on a Vauxhall Nova with a very stiff -40mm suspension kit. This became my only car and I did everything in it from shopping, to chinese food delivery every weekend over 2 years; the car was driven very very hard on almost every journey. These tyres were very good to begin with but became dangerous in the wet when the tread got to about 3mm (after 8000 miles). Dry grip was good and when the car run out of grip, it would gently break into understeer, letting you know what was happening. Wet grip is fine to begin with, as is their aquaplaning resistance. I replaced the fronts with Falken ZE512, these were not as good. I would buy these again for a lightweight car like a Nova (or modern equvalent: Saxo, 106, C1, Aygo et al) but not for a heavier car as I think they would wear out even quicker.

definately a performance bargain. ive tried a lot of tyres and was due a change again and didnt fancy going back to the predictable eagle f1, i like to try new things.

i read a few detailed/useful reviews of this tyre (briskoda site, etc) so thought id give them a try.

their dry limits are comparable with F1s, Proxies, Paradas, they provide sufficent grip for "spirited" road use, you wont be left wanting unless you like to go berserk on the road.

in the dry, these really do seem to be on par with eagle F1s, particularly with wet braking and their ability to control standing water.

i did approximately 100 miles on these tyres at the nurburgring a couple weekends ago, again more hard driving. i was very suprised that were no signs of excessive wear, only light feathering after hard use.

they are predictable at the limits (the limits were not exceeded massively though), the break away is very progressive (these tyres are also very popular with E30 bmw drivers for pretty much this reason)

so far wear is all even, i think theyll last as long as my yokohama paradas did (20k miles), i am more than happy with this tyre and for the price theyre an utter performance bargain.

Driving a mr2 turbo means the tyre quality needs to be good!! I bought the kumho's after checking out falkens and toyo's. I have been really impressed with the quality and feel the tyres give me they are supurb in the dry and for the money very good in the wet, you know when your on the limit and they will take some punishment.

Running these on the front of an E38 BMW - a big heavy car - I found the dry grip to be excellent - nice bite on turn in and nice progressive feel. Wet grip on damp roads is generally good. However, on VERY wet roads I've had a few scary aquaplaning moments, but this may be the sheer weight of the car pushing the nose on. The big problem I've had with the KU31's is keeping them balanced. They seem to go out of shape when the car is parked up for a couple of days. I've put about 10000 miles on these tyres and hope to get about another 5000 before changing. Overall a decent tyre for relatively little money but I will probably go upmarket for the next set.