Kumho Solus KR21

[Kris]

I'm with muranomax. Get GDY LS. Whatever people say about them they are decent tire. I do not trust Yokohama, I do not trust any truck tire. They are simply not suitable for Murano.

[hfelknor]

Originally posted by Kris
I'm with muranomax. Get GDY LS. Whatever people say about them they are decent tire. I do not trust Yokohama, I do not trust any truck tire. They are simply not suitable for Murano.

How does a tire know that it is a truck tire if it can't read the advertisements?


Homer

[ekaxel]

I guess I don't get it. One or two people had trouble with the Kumho. We have had 10 times that many complaining about the GY over the years. There is at least one person complaining about everything new introduced here....

[charliedigital]

Originally posted by njjoe

charliedigital-

Do you recall what the Roadforce readings were for each tire? Those readings could help establish a threshold for other members who have experienced vibrations after having the KUMHO's mounted and Roadforce-balanced.

-njjoe

Sorry, I dont have that info.

[zebelkhan]

Originally posted by ekaxel
I guess I don't get it. One or two people had trouble with the Kumho. We have had 10 times that many complaining about the GY over the years. There is at least one person complaining about everything new introduced here....

I guess that has a lot to do with the level of tollerance of different people about different things. I have the Kumho tires and I do notice a slight vibration at certain speeds, usually above 70 mph and usually on very smooth roads. I have not yet roadforce balanced the tires because I don't find this level of vibrationa big deal. In my 100 mile a day commute the vibration has not bothered me, or I don't even notice it at times at all. Then again, the stock bose audio on the MO is also just fine with me. That is not of course to say that I just take things as they come to me. A look at my signature will tell you that is not so. But I think I am a bit realistic when it comes to things that are very difficult to make perfect.

[quikkik]

got them kumho's today

everything went smoothly.
installation
wheel balance

drove it in the rain and i noticed the difference right away from the good years.

hopefully this good feeling lasts.

[gang]

Ok, I'm ready for a set, but do any of the discount chain stores carry Kumhos? I checked STS, Sears, and Pep Boys, and none carry them.
A local place (in New Jersey) wants $134 a piece + mounting. I can order them from Tirerack for $86 and get them mounted at Walmart but that's a bit more hassle.

[muranomax]

Originally posted by gang
Ok, I'm ready for a set, but do any of the discount chain stores carry Kumhos? I checked STS, Sears, and Pep Boys, and none carry them.
A local place (in New Jersey) wants $134 a piece + mounting. I can order them from Tirerack for $86 and get them mounted at Walmart but that's a bit more hassle.

Your best bet is Tire Rack shipping the tires to a local installer directly.Before you do that make sure your local tire guy can mount and balance a 18 inch wheel.Many old tire balancers cannot balance 18 inch wheels properly. You will end up spending more money trying to get it balanced right. Check your local Nissan dealer. They have the latest tire balancers that do a very good job. You can also check with a local branch of Discount Tire if you have one in the area. Remember mounting and balancing tires properly in Muranos can be tricky sometimes.

Thanks

Muranomax

[pbeinetti]

My saga is over, finally. With all the problems I had with the Kumho tires, I cannot recommend them. A message poster above said that some people are more sensitive to vibration and rough riding than others, and that's true. Maybe I'm one of them. Frankly, I think most people would rather have a smooth riding vehicle than one with a vibration, or a rough ride. I have replaced the Kumho's with the Mastercraft Avenger LSR. The Mastercraft is made by Cooper, and is essentially the same tire as their CS4 -- only less expensive. Cooper, and other tire manufacturers, do this -- make a tire with their brand name and sell it for a higher price than the same tire, with a slightly different look, that they sell at a lower price. The Mastercraft (and, CS4) is an exceptionally smooth riding tire -- holy cow, what a difference. It is quiet to the point that you hear zero road noise -- I mean zero. No vibration and no rough ride -- finally. The cost is a bit more than the Kumho's, but way worth it IMO. I paid $125 per tire, which is less than the Good Years, plus it has an 80,000 mile treadwear warranty, and a 45 day return poilicy. See info on the tire below. The CS4 is about $148 per tire, but it just looks a little bit different -- that's all. I'm running 38 pounds in the tires now, and they feel great. I think I'll be able to go to 40 pounds, and they'll still ride well. Good for handling, treadwear and gas mileage.

Mastercraft

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[HuskyFan]

The Bridgestone dueler H/T tire is being used on the 2009 Murano, so this may be a tire to consider also.

[KountryK]

Got a used 2006 Murano about 1yr ago, w/32Kmi. Love the vehicle. it came with four, what looked like almost new Mastercraft Touring LSR 235/65R18 106T tires. started getting slow leak in one tire, now notice both passenger side tires have side wall bubbles. Anyone know of any defects? Need to replace these tires, any suggestions?

Thanks,
K...K

[nafddur]

Originally Posted by KountryK

Got a used 2006 Murano about 1yr ago, w/32Kmi. Love the vehicle. it came with four, what looked like almost new Mastercraft Touring LSR 235/65R18 106T tires. started getting slow leak in one tire, now notice both passenger side tires have side wall bubbles. Anyone know of any defects? Need to replace these tires, any suggestions?

Thanks,
K...K

I put Cooper CS4's on my 04 SE a little over 2 years ago (3/09). My factory GY's had 61K on them, and had enough life left to go to around 70K easily. But I found the Coopers for $140 each (after a $10/tire Cooper rebate), so I bit the proverbial bullet.

I considered Kumhos, but decided that the quality problems reported here and on other forums were just not worth saving a few bucks. Plus, with the reported Kumho quality problems, I really didn't want to mail order those tires. The only place I could find near me that had Kumhos was Sears, and I'm not a big fan of Sear's automotive departments.

As noted in a post further up in this thread, the Mastercrafts are low cost Coopers. But the fact that the car you bought had new tires put on it at only 32K miles, would be of more concern to me than the cheapo tires that were installed (obviously, inexpensive tires were put on when the car was put back on the market, just so it could be resold with `new' tires).

At any rate, 2 years (including 2 New England winters) and 30K miles later, I'm still very happy with the Coopers. They look, ride and perform almost like they did when they were new. Regular rotations help, but I expect them to last easily as long as my original GY's did. I've had zero vibrations from day one with these tires, and I have NO idea what kind of balancing equipment my installer used - nor do I want to know.

[KERSHAW]

when I got my '06 MO it had kumhos on (don't know when it was changed),they lasted me till past march, now I have about 77K miles, two sets of tires, which gives average tredlife 39-40K. I went with michelins this time will see