Handling ?

**TerryO** · 20th February 2011, 11:03 PM

Originally Posted by Pacemaker

I fitted 275/65/18 today. I put on Kuhmo KL61 ATS.
I fitted 255/55/18 3 weeks ago they were Falken STZ04. I wasnt happy with the performance in the wet of the Falkens. Ive done 120kms on the Kuhmos. The ride is so much nicer but theres only about 10mm between the tyre and front bar at the bottom. They dont touch at full lock at idle speed. Havent tried doing a u turn at any sort of speed yet. So far im very happy.

I put two Kumho A/T's 255/60/18's on one of our vehicles when I couldn't get the Hankooks it came with at the time. The ride on the Kumho's was good but they wore out really quickly. From memory the Hankooks lasted 100,000 ks, the Kumho's 30,000 ks and the ride and handling was not really any better.

I hope your Kumho's last longer then ours did.

cheers,
Terry

**clubagreenie** · 21st February 2011, 12:16 AM

I have 4 of these size AT's with around 30-40% left on them you could have. But since everyone but me on here seems to live in perth...

**Pacemaker** · 21st February 2011, 10:43 AM

Hi terryo,

The standard Kuhmo AT's are quite a bit softer. They have good grip but dont wear really well. Im suprised you only got 30,000 kms out of them though. Most people ive spoken to that have had them said they got 50 to 60,000 out of them.
These KL61 SAt's have a tread wear of 680. Ive been told that guys are getting 70 to 95,000 kms out of Kl61s. Only time will tell.
So far ive done 510 kms and still very happy.
Oh and they dont rub either. Atleast not on the bitumen any how.

**FISHGUTS** · 21st February 2011, 12:44 PM

Freedriver,

I advertised my 18" alloys + tyres here on the Markets page and also in Gumtree (a local version of ebay). Took about 2 months, a little perserverence & they eventually sold (via gumtree). More space under the patio and they paid what I shelled out for the replacement alloys (8 x P38a 16" three spoke) & tyres (5 x preloved Kelly Safari MSR's).
You will get more that way rather than a trade-in I would suggest.

Cheers,

Peter.

**biggin** · 21st February 2011, 05:43 PM

Originally Posted by freedriver

I don't have ace on mine, it handles very nicely with the 18 s on . Thanks for the thoughts,by the way, will the speedo still be out if I get the gearing back to stock by changing the diff ratio?

I think the speedo uses a signal from the speed sensors on the hubs, so the gearing change will have no effect on speedo reading.

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