Kuhmo KL51 & Bridgestone D697 Feedback
Submitted: Sunday, Mar 09, 2014 at 18:51
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ChristaJezz
Hi Guys,
Recently changed from Kuhmo KL51 to Bridgestone D697 for a trip up North. 120 Series Toyota Prado.
KL51: Great price, great wet weather grip, no noise issues, one
puncture, 100,000kms (had about 2mm left to wear indicators), 100% highway use. Would buy again with no concerns.
D697: Chose because of the LT higher load rating and great price, 5 tyres for $1,250. Second choice was Pirelli Scorpion. 10,000kms old and no grip or noise issues. Very happy with choice. Have noticed reduced fuel economy but that could be vehicle related rather than tyres.
Cheers,
Jeremy.
Reply By: cookie1 - Monday, Mar 10, 2014 at 18:23
Monday, Mar 10, 2014 at 18:23
Bought Kumho when I first started 4wding and had a problem the first week, was overtaken by a Commodore, on a good condition dirt road in the Flinders, at the time we had the tyre go flat.
The Kumho distributor claimed it was an impact fracture and didn't want to know about it, not only that but offered to give me the number for Office of Fair Trading.
Would not ever buy nor recommend the product and have bought many thousands of dollars of tyres since.
Had a great run with Bridgestones and am now on my second set of Mickey Thompson ATZ4Rib.
cheers
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Follow Up By: Member - Phil G (SA) - Tuesday, Mar 11, 2014 at 10:56
Tuesday, Mar 11, 2014 at 10:56
To be fair, I've never known any tyre manufacturer to offer warranty for an impact fracture. They are very common on SA outback roads - usually because of too much pressure, driving too fast and carrying too much weight.....or just bad luck!
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Follow Up By: cookie1 - Tuesday, Mar 11, 2014 at 12:19
Tuesday, Mar 11, 2014 at 12:19
I understand that however
given that we were overtaken by a Commodore with road tyres and we had much bigger and heavier duty 4wd tyres one would assume that the Kumho would be stronger than a car tyre, further to this I had someone else from the tyre industry look at the tyre and his judgement was that it did not appear to be an impact fracture.
I think the fact that the distributor couldn't care less and offered to give me the number for OCBA to lodge a complaint speaks volumes for their customer service don't you
cheers
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