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Author Subject: Kumho ku31 195/55r15
mikebee

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Post #1
Anyone got any opinions on the above?? Need to replace all 4 tyres on the 6 soon and I'm keen to stick to the size Peugeot designed the car for.

Pe2s look good but £££ and some concerns over sidewall
Stiffness.
Posted 3rd Jun 2011 at 02:35
coskev

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Post #2
Had them on the front of my car and PE2's on the rear,would understeer pretty easily TBHSad
So that made me think they are not a patch on PE2'sWink

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Posted 3rd Jun 2011 at 02:52
mikebee

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Makes sense. They got pretty good reviews on tyrereviews.co.uk so thought I'd ask!

Trouble with review sites is it's all relative to what tyre the reviewer had last, rather than being scientific!
Posted 3rd Jun 2011 at 03:07
steve954

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Post #4
i had them and loved them on this


i now have them on both my other carsHappy

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Posted 3rd Jun 2011 at 03:18
paul_13

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They're f*cking amazing in the wet. Got them on my 205.
Would agree with the understeeriness, but it could well be to do with my suspension setup on the front, which was a bit pants at the time.

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Posted 3rd Jun 2011 at 03:22
jalittle

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Post #6
I hav them in 16s very good grip and not a bad price
Posted 3rd Jun 2011 at 03:50
mikebee

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Post #7
Might give them a try then. If they're crap it's a good enough excuse to do a few track days and then replace with something more appropriate!
Posted 3rd Jun 2011 at 15:25
berger

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Post #8
I have used them before (not on the 306) and thought that they were good, I had them from new and only did 1k or so on them but the grip dry and wet was decent.

I would compare them to T1-R but better in the wet and without the sidewalls of cheese and rapid wear rate.

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Posted 3rd Jun 2011 at 17:07
jalittle

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I had t1rs before them the same grip but hav lasted alot longer
Posted 3rd Jun 2011 at 18:43
cwspellowe

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Post #10
I've heard nothing but good things about these too, never going to be as good as PE2's though as you get what you pay for but one of the better tyres in that price bracket Thumbs up

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Posted 4th Jun 2011 at 01:16
silky

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Post #11
I had them on my 205 track car for a trip to the ring, was very impressed with them for the cost
Posted 4th Jun 2011 at 14:57
ksung17

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Post #12
got them allround on 195/50 and they are good for the price Smile
Posted 4th Jun 2011 at 16:16
lewisdmz

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Post #13
Have you also considered hankook ventus v12's?

similar ratings to the ku31 but a bit cheaper.

edited: making clicky work. The amount of times i've put the bloody url in "".

Posted 5th Jun 2011 at 03:19

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