kumho or cooper

Discussion in 'Modifications & DIY how-to' started by knhtrdr, Sep 6, 2006.

  1. knhtrdr

    knhtrdr Active Member

    which is the better tire and what is a good/decent price for all four.
     
  2. SonicBoom

    SonicBoom Active Member

    I had Kuhmo 712's on my bugeye and was very happy with them(till I burned'm up with too aggressive of a alignment).. I think I paid $105 a piece, but that was 3 years ago. Don't know a lot about Cooper's.
     
  3. knhtrdr

    knhtrdr Active Member

    yeah I know 1llwrx has some coopers on his ride...
     
  4. Ava

    Ava Member

    I just got mine yokohamas from discount tires for 676 with all the trimmings of road side hazzard, etc. They ride pretty nice and is comparable to the Kumho, plus it has a 60k miles warrantee.
     
  5. 1ll-WRX

    1ll-WRX Active Member

    Yeah my Cooper Zeon 2XS were $130 a tire from Discount Tire...roughly 650 with install, mount, balance, road hazzard etc...I like them, They've lasted pretty long and still don't break loose yet under mild driving conditions, actually have yet to push them to a breaking point yet, but I have a stock suspension so, it has more body roll than anything else...I liked them better than my Toyo Proxy T1-S...but It does have the "v" shaped tread that if your not used can throw you off sometimes...probably not your solution for a track tire but I think it's a great street tire...
     
  6. Demo24

    Demo24 Member

    I've got coopers on my car. I didn't pick them, they came with it. Their cheap tires, but they seem to grip reasonably well for such a cheap tire.
     
  7. Having owned a tire store for 15 years we sold a lot of tires. Those 2 brands seemed to have more problems than others.I would take the Kumho first. If possible I would go with Toyo or Falken.We had better luck with those. imo..
     
  8. knhtrdr

    knhtrdr Active Member

    the fuzions have now have that same tread and selling the coopers around the same price

    the kumhos are about $150 cheaper than the coopers the guy was tellin me that the cooper was a better tire. still lookin but right now these are the best deals.
     
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  9. Alex

    Alex Community Founder Staff Member

    Considered the Khumo Escta SPT's ?
     
  10. crashtke

    crashtke Member Supporting Member

    Or the Kuhmo AGX's. I have heard decent things about them as well...more than the SPT's though.
     
  11. josh booth

    josh booth Active Member

    I work at american tire distributors i sell wheels and tires for a living. Go with the kumho asx!! super nice tire aggressive and nice ride 420AA nice tread rating as well.
     
  12. JJang12

    JJang12 Active Member

    falken fk451 is pretty cheap and grips nicely in ATL weather year around except when it snows. I paid around 600-650 for mounting/lifetime balance/road hazard at discount tire. I think fk452 came out this year which promised to outperform 451. so check those out as well.
     
  13. knhtrdr

    knhtrdr Active Member

    almost got the falkens but they did not have them in till monday and I was impateint.
     
  14. MarkM2016GTI

    MarkM2016GTI Supporting Member

    I am really leaning towards the Coopers...They look really good and handle great on Scott's and Shane's rides...I was also considering the Falken and Kumho's....I won't be getting tires and wheels for a while though.


    Mark
     

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