I need new tires (195-60-15 H) and have been looking on tirerack.com. Cost is a priority since I don't feel like shelling out the $$$$ for superawesome tires again.

I was looking at the Kumho Solus KH16's vs BF Goodrich tires at Costco.

Kumho's are $51.89/tire (incl s/h). I believe BFG's are ~$70 incl. everything except alignment PLUS a $60 instant discount.

I haven't used Kumho Solus' or BFG's on any car, so I'm looking for input/feedback.

Any advice?

2/5/2006 1:53:32 PM

whatever's cheapest

2/5/2006 1:58:43 PM

haha I just got back from putting on 4 uniroyals 195-60-15 H on my civic for $301 total

I usually just go to pepboys and buy the cheapest, but went for a bit better one

2/5/2006 2:20:39 PM

Quote :

"whatever's cheapest"

and hell, i've got some kumho's on the front of the vette right now...i wear the damn things out too fast to bother with anything more expensive. check ebay, sometimes you can pick some new ones up cheap on there

2/5/2006 2:52:55 PM

i think you mean my civic

2/5/2006 2:53:10 PM

actually my civic the 2004 civic


55k on the old tires and 2 of them got splits on the sidewalls last night

2/5/2006 2:59:31 PM

I have bfg's kdws on the back of my car and kumhos ecstas? on the front. The kumhos don't hold air well and they don't last as long. Im gonna replace the kumhos sometime soon - they suck

2/5/2006 3:04:15 PM

tirerack is good pricing, but shipping is what will make it $$.

goto walmart, or some cheap tire places around here.

or if you want a littler pricier, then goto discount tire or just tires and just do some price matching.

2/5/2006 3:59:30 PM

i am running kuhmo ventures on my tahoe and like them. cheap to bitch

2/5/2006 4:38:49 PM

I've got some cooper cobras on my truck and they were pretty inexpensive. I got pretty damn good usage out of them too. I got about 45000 miles out of them. Granted I could rotate them b/c I was dumbass when I lowered my truck. I bought 2 different size wheels. Also I still have the same rears on there. I was going to replace them all but then the mechanic was like "you're back tires still have atleast 20,000 miles left" so I saved

2/5/2006 4:43:59 PM

get sears or NTB to beat costco by 10% of the difference on the BFGs

2/6/2006 10:23:31 AM

i heard that BFG's are ass and that's all that costco sells as their value line.

i got 4 Goodyear Eagle GT-HR's at discount tire for $314. it's not the best deal i could have gotten, but it def. isn't the worst.

i dunno if they are any good yet. for some reason, i feel as though the kumho's (if they had been in stock) would have been a better investment. we'll see though, i've got a week to try them out. they are nice so far. except when turning, they make a thunka-thunka noise. i haven't quite figured it out yet, but i'm running them pretty hard to break them in, so hopefully the noise goes away.

i've always got the kumho solus kh16's or HP4 716's to fall back on though.



[Edited on February 15, 2006 at 2:37 AM. Reason : the only experience i've had with goodyears was terrible.]

2/15/2006 2:34:41 AM

Radial T/A

WHITE LETTAS A MUST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

2/15/2006 11:34:30 AM

Quote :

"i heard "

2/15/2006 12:54:30 PM

tirerack.com reviews.

a grain of salt.

Quote :

"haha I just got back from putting on 4 uniroyals 195-60-15 H on my civic for $301 total I usually just go to pepboys and buy the cheapest, but went for a bit better one"

uniroyals are ass.

[Edited on February 15, 2006 at 1:12 PM. Reason : yh]

2/15/2006 1:11:46 PM

BFG tires varry based on which ones you get. Some are awsome tires.

2/15/2006 1:38:03 PM

saME WITH uniroyal.

2/15/2006 1:42:40 PM

^Both radial T/A [bfg] and Tiger Paw [uniroyal] being pretty decent for price.

2/15/2006 3:08:21 PM

I just ordered 4 Kumho ECSTA ASX for the Mark VIII, $390 installed. Decent reviews on Tire Rack and from a couple of folks on the Lincoln boards, we'll see how they do. I was going to go with Bridgestone Tuaranza LS-V's, but couldn't justify spending almost twice as much ($135 each vs. $70 each). The main knock on the Kumhos seemed to be treadlife, and I don't drive enough (average *maybe* 10K a year) to let that stop me.

2/15/2006 6:57:08 PM

tire rack reviews mean absolutely nothing. period.

2/15/2006 7:09:40 PM

In that case, my choice leans on the good word of a couple VIII owners over at http://www.fordvschevy.com. I'm okay with that.

[Edited on February 15, 2006 at 10:10 PM. Reason : d]

2/15/2006 10:10:25 PM

good im glad for that.

did you look into the vouges? your car takes 225/60/16 right?

2/15/2006 10:13:32 PM

That's the size. Not familiar with vogues though.

2/16/2006 12:08:22 AM

man if i keep 16s on the bonneville then itll probably get vouges when the potenzas wear out.

http://vogue-tyre.com/

i like these

2/16/2006 2:14:36 AM

wow

2/16/2006 2:18:46 AM

im about to order some chrome hammers though

2/16/2006 2:19:50 AM

^^those are the tires I see on the caddys!

2/16/2006 6:13:59 AM

Update, the goodyear eagle gt-hr's are quiet and takes potholes really well.

We'll see how quiet they are in about 10k.

2/18/2006 6:34:16 PM