Kumho KL71's

[Chastiser]

an excellent directional mud tyre.

have now been running these for a month or so. i have the 33x12.5x15 size.

excellent performance in mud, sand and on rock. plenty of grip and good self cleaning qualities. they also bite well when driving out of ruts.

they are also excellent on road, with little noise in comparison to other mud tyres i have tried. plenty of grip and water penetration so no aquaplaning. steady at speed.

i got mine from jcs tyres (in discounts section).

Mike

[Red Oktober]

How are you finding the wear on them Mike ....

I've had mine (31x10.5x15) on for just over 13 months
only worn this much ...


so ...i am well impressed with them ....it looks like I'll have them for the foreseeable future ...then i'll get another set

[Phil Parker]

I have been thinking about getting a set of these after being very impressed with how they performed on Mikes Pajero, and some of the rave reviews these are getting both on and off road.
In the end.. I ordered a set of 285/75/16 Bf Goodrich Mud terrains this afternoon, I'm really not sure if I've made the right decision!
It was only the "Mileage" you get out of the BFG's and previous good experience with them that swayed it.
Has anyone used the Kumho's and the Bf's on similar type vehicles-and If so what do they reckon??
Horses for courses?

[Chastiser]

@ Red, bit early to tell wear wise, although i will be keeping an eye on the fronts as i tend to drive a 'bit fast' on road and cornering etc will put extra potential wear on the outer treads. ill be rotating them front to back quite often to keep this as even on all four as possible. however, they still look new at the mo, with about 3K miles on em, that being quite a bit of motorway and off road mixture driving.

@ Phil, yes i guess horses for courses. i havent used bfg's. i was drawn to the kl71's cos of the good surface contact on road, due to the tread pattern, particularly in the centre of the tyre. but still having good qualities off road too. i guess in my mind its the closest compromise i could get without having to put a/t's on. but as you say, they perform very well indeed, no matter what i use em on

Mike

[Manc Mudder]

great offroad mud tyre i bought 265/75/16 £100 each free delivery lewis 4x4 .

http://www.bfgoodrichtires.com/overview ... /1152.html

[nialdavies]

I'm thinking about getting a set of these for my 90 defender. I currently have 235/85/16 but have heard of other people going for 265/75/16 on the same size wheel, are there any pro's/con's between the two sizes??

[Red Oktober]

those two sizes are pretty much the same in overall diameter ...

but the 75's are a bit wider ..needing 7-8" rims


HTH

[Spyderpigg]

Thinking of buying these KL71's does anybody know how many miles they are likely to last ?

[Red Oktober]

mine didn't last as long as i'd hoped they would ..... bearly lasted for 15k (combination of motorway and offroad miles)

[Mr.B]

15k and your moaning
i think thats good on a heavily modded truck thats useds as intended

red in comparisson i run goodyears extra laod tyres on the works van and barely get 12 out of the rears and 8k (thats 8weeks) out of the fronts, mind you they are limited to 80mph so its that speed everywhere

[Red Oktober]

i was comparing them to my current tyres (Dick Cepek Crusher) ..... that have already done nearly 12k and still look very good

[Nick4X4]

if you only got 15k out of them kumho's, i think i will stick to my insa dakars.....over 20k and still going..

[mudmagnet]

ive got these on my daily use disco and they were fitted about 4000m before i got the car but they are almost bald now and the total miles on these tyres is about 12000
ive got dakars on my other disco and they have been on for about 4 years still with plenty of tread

[61jason61]

i've been thinking about these for a while now and the only other tyre i've liked other then the kl71's is the insa turbo's.

hear negative things about them from some of the plcuk members, but after what i've read above i think these are the tyres i may go for.

265/75/15-16, standard paj sizes arn't they?? mines on 265/75/15 standard rims.??

[Spyderpigg]

i can live with 15k, although i will look into into the insa Dakars, my bike tyres only last about 3k