Thread: Kumho Muddies - Good?

Shamo, I had them on the rangie from mid 06 until late June this year. I got them through fourby's at Moorooka when they were first released. Have a look on Outerlimits as there is a thread on them KL71's I think is the model. Do a search on Tyre Topic - Kumho KL71 in General Tech 4x4

The only reason I got rid of them is because they didn't pass the vehicle inspection requirements for the Cape trip because I had sliced a couple of the lugs. They have since been sold for someone else to continue having fun with.

They are a great tyre both on and off road. I only ever had the four of them and didn't have any punctures so the directional spare wasn't an issue. In the 31's I found the actual size to be a bit smaller than other 31's eg BFG muds, so if you are going to have a different brand spare just check the actual size not just the advertised size. This may not be an issue with the larger sizes though.

The only reason I didn't get another set for the trip was that a second hand set of 5 MTZ's popped up, poor bloke wrote off his car with less than 500km on the tyres

For a comparison I did change back to the bfg muds that I have for the Levuka trip last year and wished that I hadn't, they got swapped back as soon as I got home.

I say go for it.

Cool thanks for that Guy, the kl71's (the ones you mentioned) are the ones i am actually looking at, they look fairly good and agressive and have a fairly wide spread between lugs which i think would be good for self emptying, do you know about any other pro's and con's about having a wider spread in your lugs?

Shamo

i would be guessing the wider the lugs are apart the nosier they would be come..that is a guess though

I ran high mileage on a set fitted to a '89 pathfinder. the only reason I took them off was because the lugs had hardened and they become roller skates on wet roundabouts.fabulous mudrunners, sang a bit on bitumen. these were Khumo Venturers M/S if were still talking about the same thing. was 5yrs ago.

Kumho have a great construction,are strong and good as far as a mud tyre goes on road
They can be rotated properly as long as they are flipped on the rims
(Easy if you have a competent tyre fitter)

what disadvantages would arise with rotating a directional tyre so the tread is running backyards

Originally Posted by dobbo

what disadvantages would arise with rotating a directional tyre so the tread is running backyards

Well you'd have to spend more time backing out of puddles and going around.