Good tyres for Euro 17" Rims

[Butso]

Kumho KU31's

225/45/R17 .. $140 each from Tempe .. easily the best tyres i've had ..

[Holy Frog]

As mentioned, I bought Bridgestones Turanza's at 205/50/R16 for my Koni Yellow Equipped Accord CD5. And loved them. The silence is so nice and anyone who is aware of road tyre roar will appreciate how quiet they are. Particularly in comparison to Dunlop Sport 3000s and some Italian Brand I cant remember the name of. That said, I'm really keen to try a Potenza Adrenalin RE002 for the next set of tyres to see what they are capable of before I upgrade the car.

I have recently bought 4 x Bridgestone Turanza ER300s for our Jazz - (as opposed to the stock Bridgestone Potenza RE050s) - at 185/55/R15s.
Noticeably, navigating around carparks and low speed driving, its a lot easier to steer. Of course the noise at 60klms/h and faster is exquisitely silent.
Handling is largely unchanged as the Jazz VTi-S is so top heavy anyway and the limits seem pretty much the same - it does feel slightly softer on the limits and its a little less confidence inspiring at the limit, although its rare that I'm there in the Jazz, so its not an issue.

[Lazarus]

Kumho KU31's

225/45/R17 .. $140 each from Tempe .. easily the best tyres i've had ..

Really?? 140 a corner? is this recent??

[seanneko]

Kumho KU31's

225/45/R17 .. $140 each from Tempe .. easily the best tyres i've had ..

Compared to what?

I have KU31s on my car, they're quite possibly the worst tyres I've ever used. Can't wait for them to finish wearing down, hopefully only about a year to go.

They're useless in the dry, and downright dangerous in the wet. The tyres that they replaced were 50,000km old OEM tyres which still had more grip than the KU31s.

[natnat]

Kumho KU31's

225/45/R17 .. $140 each from Tempe .. easily the best tyres i've had ..

if price is a big consideration, yes the KU31 is one of the best (value) tyres in the market.

but if you wanna know the best street performance tyres, these two are the cream of the crop:

Pilot Super Sport (best street dry grip)


Goodyear F1 Asy 2 (best balanced wet and dry)


but those two cost 2 or 3 times the price of a KU31 for the same size. it's like a Merc costs 2-5 times of a Hyundai, bear in mind Kumho is OEM for most Korean made cars too! but can't find KU31 as OEM tyres for an AMG or M3.