new tyres help

[JustCruisn]

I ordered 4 more Ku31s today, that will be my 3rd set. 1st got over 50,000km, latest got 46,000km.
The wear markers are all the tread I have left and they still pull up quick in the dry.

Michelin PS3 at $250 is a great price but is still more than twice the price of the Kumho @ $110.

I could never get more than 15-20K from Michelin and Pirelli as the tyre compound is so soft, the ratings are 220 vs Kumho 320.

I'm looking forward to killing the last of my tyres in the next few days until the new ones arrive

So for me those premium brands do offer slightly better performance but IMHO it comes at twice the price and half the mileage.
Michelin $1000 for 20,000km
or Kumho $440 for 50,000km. This is what seals the deal for me.

[brad]

Except KU31 are effing noisy in the last 2-3mm and they are directional, which kills it for me.

Which Michelin were you running that you only managed 20,000km? I've always found them to be long wearing. A lot of my mates run PSS, PS2 & PS3 & they all find them great on wear.

I found the KU31 to be a short lived tyre for my chaassis / driving style.

I also put 4 KU31 on Dad's Accord Euro because of the price and they were a bit of a disaster (really weird wear patterns) but I put that down to the driver & crap alignment.

225/40r18 KU31 run about $140ea in Sydney. I assume that they are $110 at Paradise Garage or whatever that cheap Kumho place is in Brissy?

I do about 25,000km/pa and if I was shelling out $1k every 9 months for tyres I'd be rethinking my tyre purchase stategy too. I'm happy to spend the money every 18 months.

[JustCruisn]

$110 is St George Tyres
Add shipping and local fitting so $630 all up.
Michelin pilot sport preceda PPl but was a different fitting 225 50 R16

[blackers10]

We have had ku31 from option 1 garage before. They were fine.
Getting a decent wheel alignment seems to be the hard part

[JustCruisn]

A little update.
I've had the new Kumhos on for a little while and I can say they are noticeably quieter and much more grippy than the ones that came off.
So this does support the comments that the KU31 does get louder and less grippy over time. I guess you don't notice the gradual increase in noise and reduction of grip over the years. But going new again it is obvious.

[dylan8]

Iv found all tyres do. I think that's why some cheaper brands get a bad rap, where in actual fact they are ok. I remember reading about a particular brand (maybe the contis I use to run) about as you reach different points of wear in the tyre how performance, wear speed, and noise changes.
They actually had multiple wear markers to indicate this.

Nothing beats fresh rubber. I just went from Pirellis to Kumho to bct, same size tyre, same wheels, same alignment in the last couple of months.
The bct win hand down, I'd say purely because they were fresh (1month after manufacturing or something)