Kumho Ecsta ASX (Ultra High Performance All Season Tires)

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Re: Kumho Ecsta ASX (Ultra High Performance All Season Tires)

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Yeah I went 235/40/18 to fit my new rims. Maybe that's why it is a bit more expensive. I should get some photos on here sometime :lol:

No rubbing whatsoever with this size, and I'm still on stock suspension.

The way I see it, even if I was on stock size tires I wouldn't really wana drive on my spare. I rather call and wait for a flatbed than drive on a spare. However, I rarely travel out of the city so my opinion is flawed.
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You had MX's before? Man. I don't drop by the forum too much, but I wish I could have given you some advice before buying those. My opinion: great tires, too much noise/harshness for the street. But (this was when they were $101 a tire) for the money, the most grip of pretty much any tire out there.

I don't if it is feasible where you live (summer tires, i'm in FL), but I switched to the SPT's and I'll probably never go to another tire again.
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^^ lol... dude, you recommended the MXs to me! :lol:

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Yeah! What he said!
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ive got these on the 300zx... 245 font and 275 rears.. i havent got the chance to spank the sh!t out of them because the zx is in storage but the limited driving i did on then they were great!
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*is the one who told zender to stop on by...*
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paul34 wrote:sorry to jack your thread jomo, btw, where have YOU been, too?! :mrgreen:
busy at work and either working on the house, watching the news, or playing Fallout 3 when i'm at home. carpet comes up tomorrow and hardwood flooring goes in next weekend. lots of work ahead! :D

btw i forgot to say... hi zender! long time no see. :lol:
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Post by DKaz »

Great write up! A buddy of mine was looking at these tires, I'll refer him over here.
AHTOXA wrote:The biggest benefit of directional tires is resistance to hydroplaning and $60 a year isn't a bad sacrifice. Based on my personal experience I prefer directional tread.

With asymmetrical directional tires you are only limited to rotation front to back on the same side.
Asymmetrical tires are typically non-directional and only have an outside-inside designation and thus they can go on any position following standard tire rotation patterns.

I had Nokian WR G2s and it had excellent hydroplaning and slushplaning resistance because of the outside all-season like water evacuation design and inside winter tire like slush evacuation (as well as water evacuation) design. As I've said about the tires before, I could not get them to hydroplane even if I purposes went through deep puddles at 60mph+. Their i3, H, V, and Z G2 tires are also asymmetrical, made to sipe water towards the inside rather than the outside of the tires reducing water spray from the tires that affect other drivers.
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