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Jimmys66

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I've noticed a couple of you guys running Kumho MXs. How do you like them? I've read some good things and the price is great, but the disco sidewalls leave a little something to be desired......

 

iskwezm

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What is a "disco sidewall"

I have the Ecsta 712's and for the money, cant be beat

 

68stang351

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We also run Kumho 712's on the 90 GT, 245/45-16s. They feel like a real good handling tire.

 

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i have a set of 732's and am very happy with them.

 

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i would never run 712s again, terrible tire in my opinion.

MXs are a good, sticky tire, however they will wear faster than your average "performance" tire.

 

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Jimmys66

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iskwezm said:

What is a "disco sidewall"

I have the Ecsta 712's and for the money, cant be beat

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The MXs have a "flamboyant" sidewall pattern. I tend to like my tires a little on the plain side.


http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Kumho&tireModel=ECSTA+MX

Click on the "superview".

 

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Jimmys66

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I've been reading the 4.6 board and they either really love them or hate them.

 

mdjay

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I have the MX's and I switched from the Yoko ES100's...

There was a noticable improvement.

 

69Rcode_Mach1

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The sidewall is rather flamboyant. IMO the look of the Radial T/A's cannot be beat on a classic stang, problem is they are not sticky for ****.

 

iskwezm

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Jimmys66 said:

The MXs have a "flamboyant" sidewall pattern. I tend to like my tires a little on the plain side.


http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Kumho&tireModel=ECSTA+MX

Click on the "superview".

Click to expand...

oh, thats the new thing on tires, my buddy just got some BFG's same thing,Nitto too, so is GY.

 

mdjay

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This is an old school new school clash!

 

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Jimmys66

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I think a tire should add to the looks of a car, not detract from it. I don't want someone to walk up to my car and the first thing they notice are the "freaky" tires.

With that being said, they ARE half the price of comparable tires, faring very well against most of the big manufacturers on wear, traction and noise.

I'm sure I'll get used to them.....