Honda Prelude 2.2vtec Tyres

fantastic... truely worth every penny. made the car more stable throughout the cold icey winter months, and gave me more confidence to drive that little bit harder. wear was good still had 6mm of tread after 6months of very harsh conditions. defenatly buy again 5*

Up to 22,500 kms, approx, now with about another 6,000 - 8,000 k's of rubber left on these and have worn extremely evenly - rotated every 7K. Definitely shoeing my iron horse with KU31's again. They give great feedback enabling excellent driving predictability; stable and constant contact in wet or dry; cut through standing water without hesitation; have never aquaplaned. Brake in a true straight line. Are getting a bit noisy now though, but only noticed this after 15,000 kms. I drive long country distances interstate, (1,000's of kms per journey), regularly, on uneven Australian secondary back routes. With little to no traffic I can happily keep up a steady 130 - 150 kms/hour on these road surfaces without bouncing all over the shop. Honda gives a slightly hard sporty ride, but these tyres are forgiving while instilling driver confidence with their firm footprint on the bitumen. Can cruise corners very comfortably 30 to 40 kms/hr above the sign-posted recommended speed, without any kick on the apex. Have never let me down. Admittedly, I have never driven them on ice or snow. My tyre wear seems better than what some others have posted here, but I think is probably more due to car's ATTS suspension ( ), which saves tyres. Obviously, wear will vary depending upon vehicle, maintenance and driving style. I agree with previous poster that these tyres are under classified as they punch well above their weight in terms of price and classification - are up there with grand touring/medium performance tyres. Well done Kumho.

If you're looking to buy some good tyres, skip past these and get some Falken FK452's. These yokos may grip like a bitch in the dry (I mean seriously, your front wheel drive grocery-getter will be cornering like an evo), but they are dangerous in the ice. If you're happy with that then ok, but be forewarned they will plane with the slightest suggestion of snow or ice. Rain is ok I suppose but it's not confidence inspiring stuff. The road noise - ridiculous, not to mention the noise generated by the crap they pick up smacking off the bottom of the car! But this is the stuff you expect from soft compound track tyres. For the road though? It all becomes tyresome (ahem) very quickly. Then we get to the worst bit - the wear. Even after a slightly spirited drive (no wheelspinning, traction loss etc, just high speed cornering) they will be smoking. I drive approx 10 miles a day, I may give the car some welly once a week if that. Within 2 months from NEW they were shot (about 600 miles if I'm being generous), wires right through and no rubber worth speaking of - that sort of wear is fine for a track car, but at the cost of the tyres it seems stupid to me to even market this as a tyre for the street. Nobody expects tyres to go done in that space of time, so are unlikely to bother checking. Plainly dangerous. Then there's the responsiveness - they bang over potholes and pull you into any dips in the road - it's great if you're on the track, but you have to keep your mind on the job when on the roads.
Get some 452's, they are expensive, but the compound is nice and lasts for a long time, comfort is pretty decent, grip is fantastic, and they have far superior grip at 170+mph compared to alot of the cheaper brands marketed to be bracketed safe at these speeds.