How long do your kumho's last?

italiabari10 · 08-01-2014, 01:15 PM

I bought a set of kumho ecsta le sport 265/35/18 finally had them installed beginning of june. Two months and less then 1,500 miles my tires are bald. I did drag the car one day no burn outs. All highway miles and jumping on the car here and there. Still think these wore way too fast!

Any thoughts?

RW Carbon · 08-01-2014, 01:59 PM

That seems pretty low. They are comparable to Hankook tires. You might need an alignment.

italiabari10 · 08-01-2014, 02:02 PM

had a alignment when I put them on. I have my springs on the stiffer size...raised the rear for clearance and still need to drop it some. would hard springs make tires wear faster?

RW Carbon · 08-01-2014, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by italiabari10

had a alignment when I put them on. I have my springs on the stiffer size...raised the rear for clearance and still need to drop it some. would hard springs make tires wear faster?

No, not necessarily. If the tires are wearing normally then your foot might be too heavy

Those tires should last much longer than that.

italiabari10 · 08-01-2014, 07:37 PM

Well my foot is decently heavy (years without a turbo car builds up) lol but 2 months bald heavy is pushing it. Just seems like that is a crazy amount of tread gone in a short time....if I tracked a lot in two months then it make sense. What would be average for these tires?

ShocknAwe · 08-01-2014, 07:47 PM

Any uneven wear? I had Kumho tires on a car way back. They cupped on a good alignment in about a thousand miles and wore out in about 5000 miles. Just because a tire is middle range cost wise doesn't mean it's any good. Kumho are worse than most cheap Chinese or Indonesian tires IMO.

italiabari10 · 08-02-2014, 02:52 AM

Well this was a waste of $400 in two months. I got kumho's cause they had decent reviews and heard they are pretty sticky tires. Which does mean wear faster. Any recommendations street tires? I'll just get slicks for the track.

mechavore884 · 08-03-2014, 05:27 PM

regardless of sticky tires being sticky 2 months is FAR to low for kumhos, my personal pref (since I;ve ran all of these LOL) check out the BFG super sport A/S or the General Gmax as03s also the Sumitomo HTZ Z3s

Gary@TireRack · 08-04-2014, 08:11 AM

Rotatable setups are seeing 20,000+ on the ECSTA LE sport with staggered rear sets seeing 10,000+ miles routinely. Something else is going on for those to only wear 1500 miles.

jsublime · 08-04-2014, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Gary@TireRack

Rotatable setups are seeing 20,000+ on the ECSTA LE sport with staggered rear sets seeing 10,000+ miles routinely. Something else is going on for those to only wear 1500 miles.

I got almost 20k out of my le's. The fronts still had 4/32 but the rears were done. 2 months is crazy.

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italiabari10 Private 0 Rep 69 Posts Drives: 09 135I Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Howell, MI iTrader: (1)	had a alignment when I put them on. I have my springs on the stiffer size...raised the rear for clearance and still need to drop it some. would hard springs make tires wear faster? __________________ 09 135i, BW S366, jp works top mount monifold and D0wnp1pe, tial mvs 38mm, VRSF 7" FMIC, JB4 w/MHD ST flash, mac, anti lag, 3.5 tmap, 255 fuel pump, agency power midpipe, ER Charge pipe W/ tial, Vogtland coilovers, M3 subframe bushings, VMR 710 matte black, Alpina B3 flash.
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italiabari10 Private 0 Rep 69 Posts Drives: 09 135I Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Howell, MI iTrader: (1)	Well my foot is decently heavy (years without a turbo car builds up) lol but 2 months bald heavy is pushing it. Just seems like that is a crazy amount of tread gone in a short time....if I tracked a lot in two months then it make sense. What would be average for these tires? __________________ 09 135i, BW S366, jp works top mount monifold and D0wnp1pe, tial mvs 38mm, VRSF 7" FMIC, JB4 w/MHD ST flash, mac, anti lag, 3.5 tmap, 255 fuel pump, agency power midpipe, ER Charge pipe W/ tial, Vogtland coilovers, M3 subframe bushings, VMR 710 matte black, Alpina B3 flash.
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italiabari10 Private 0 Rep 69 Posts Drives: 09 135I Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Howell, MI iTrader: (1)	Well this was a waste of $400 in two months. I got kumho's cause they had decent reviews and heard they are pretty sticky tires. Which does mean wear faster. Any recommendations street tires? I'll just get slicks for the track. __________________ 09 135i, BW S366, jp works top mount monifold and D0wnp1pe, tial mvs 38mm, VRSF 7" FMIC, JB4 w/MHD ST flash, mac, anti lag, 3.5 tmap, 255 fuel pump, agency power midpipe, ER Charge pipe W/ tial, Vogtland coilovers, M3 subframe bushings, VMR 710 matte black, Alpina B3 flash.
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mechavore884 Lieutenant 35 Rep 528 Posts Drives: the fat mobile Join Date: May 2013 Location: NOVA iTrader: (3)	regardless of sticky tires being sticky 2 months is FAR to low for kumhos, my personal pref (since I;ve ran all of these LOL) check out the BFG super sport A/S or the General Gmax as03s also the Sumitomo HTZ Z3s
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Gary@TireRack Moderator 369 Rep 4,745 Posts Drives: Formerly 1995 M3 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: South Bend, IN, Tire Rack HQ iTrader: (2)	Rotatable setups are seeing 20,000+ on the ECSTA LE sport with staggered rear sets seeing 10,000+ miles routinely. Something else is going on for those to only wear 1500 miles. __________________ Gary. Tire and Wheel Forum Moderator. Tire Rack Sales Rep Gary@Tirerack.com http://www.tirerack.com/a.jsp?a=AH8&url=index.jsp Please refer to 'Gary/E90 Post' as your previous contact when you order online to help support this forum.
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