Kumho KU39's Quick Review

[Syy]

Just a quick review for all you guys needing tyres soon.

Just had a full set of Kumho KU39's fitted to my FR PD130 for a bargain price of £266 fitted and balanced from blackcircles.com

I drove 274 miles down to cornwall this weekend and had the tyres fitted before the drive down so the perfect testing scenario.

- Very quiet and comfortable at motorway speeds could actually hold a normal conversation without shouting, my car is on Raceland coilovers and it was still a pleasant drive down. Im no expert but i think the sidewall is a little softer to aid in the comfort dept.

- fantastic wet grip ! when i was in Cornwall it rained ALOT ! and the car felt very stable and grippy on the cornish back road twisties, not once did i feel the tyre was reaching its limit.

(i did hit the girfriends tolerance limit though )

in total ive driven just over 600 miles on these tyres in only 5 days, so far im very impressed with them i would recommend them to anyone ! apparently they are now OEM on alot of manufacturers.

IMO a very good quality "budget" tyre without the high price tag.

http://www.blackcircles.com/catalog...R17/Y/84/f?returnurl=/order/tyres?version=2.0

http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Kumho/Ecsta-KU39.htm

 

[smithy84]

ive got KU31 on mine and i echo your opinion dude. great value for money and to be fair ive payed more for worse in the past on previous cars.

 

[Ed_Sutch]

Running 195/40/17 Kumho, other than the spinning in 3rd in the wet when you plant it they're not bad.

The tyres the OP mentions, get them on eBay for like £210 delivered for a set too, better than blackcircles.

 

[rf860]

Running 195/40/17 Kumho, other than the spinning in 3rd in the wet when you plant it they're not bad.

The tyres the OP mentions, get them on eBay for like £210 delivered for a set too, better than blackcircles.

then you need to get them fitted and balanced. Blackcircles service is excellent and saves a lot of hassle for little extra.

 

[spud31]

Been saying this for ages about the KU39s was told i knew nothing lol
There superb my fronts have done 13k still have 3.5mm cannot fault them, far more stable than the falken fk452 and toyo t1r

 

[rf860]

Been saying this for ages about the KU39s was told i knew nothing lol
There superb my fronts have done 13k still have 3.5mm cannot fault them, far more stable than the falken fk452 and toyo t1r

really? I've got t1rs there a really good tyre i think, bit noisy mind you. Going to try something else next.

 

[Syy]

then you need to get them fitted and balanced. Blackcircles service is excellent and saves a lot of hassle for little extra.

Was the first time i used them and i agree the service was excellent, all in all a very fair price i thought, i had all the allignment done at the same time which was only £20 extra from the garage. My last tyres were destroyed on the inside edge so thought i should have it done.

really good tyre for the money, happy customer

 

[Razzario]

Running the 39s here and they're great. Bit off when cold though but then again they ain't winter tyres

 

[spud31]

As said before KU39s are Kumhos version of Pilot Sport 3 but not paying michelin price!!!!
I would say these are a premium tyre at sensible price nothing like a budget tyre.
First thing i noticed was how quiet they are, whre i bought mine from was so confident in them he let me take his tuned golf r out to show how good they are!

 

[gliderboy]

Thanks for this, I've had already 2 on order so I'm now confident with my purchase.

 

[Red Panda]

I'm on KU31's for my front tyres and rate them a lot. They seem to have the magic combo of good grip and also that they don't wear out too quickly. I was going to try something different in the future but think I'll just go for KU39's