I had a tire blow out - and decided that these Kuhmo MXs were the best tires for the buck. Falkens don't have anything in their new Azineas RT-615 lineup yet unforunatley.

Anyways, any experiences with these tires at dodging cones and as a daily driver? I have an AP1 and went for stock 205/55 - 225/50 sizes.

 

I can't comment on the tires from an S perspective, but on my CRX they gripped quite well (at or above the older generation of Azenis). Your stagger has decreased though because of the OEM's undersizing (225 S-02 is more like 245); this may/will affect handling (so I've read), so keep an eye for that.

 

*** EDIT: I'm a dumbass, I was thinking of a completely different tire.

 

The MX's are good bang for the buck, but the sidewall is a bit soft. I had them on my car with 18's and didn't particularly like them on the track. They're definitely fine for the street. Of course, I was not running the proper stagger, so it's hard to say. If you're looking for something for autox as well as street, you might want to look into the Hankook R-S2's. The SCCA autox guys seem to like them. Plus they come in the right sizes and are cheaper.

hth

-sam

 

I autocross with the on my 17" Volks and am very pleased. The closest yet to an S02 without going to an R compound.

 

I was actually trying to go for a 215/245 setup, but 245 dosen't exist in their MX lineup on 16" rims.

Thanks for the feedback guys -- I remember the Azenis being atleast a tire size wider then what the numbers on the side printed, and I assumed that the MXs were going to be the same way since they are competitors. I guess I was wrong.

What kind of pressures should I be looking at when the season starts back up? Also, are these prone to overheating and getting greasy after a run or 2? I like to run PCA events here and they have runs back to back -- so there's virtually no cool-down period on the tires.

 

MX's love the heat. They get better as they get hotter. It is also very difficult to overheat them when autocrossing. Azenis are the opposite.

 

GOOD. I used to have to have someone waiting at the finish line to cool off my frikkin' Azenis and check the pressures. That annoyed a lot of people behind me!

 

the problem with the Kumho's is that the widest 16" they have is 225.

i'm in the process of picking a tire for my car and i'm considering the MX's but i don't like not having the 245 for the back.
i'm also looking at the Hankook R-S2 but i don't know anything about them. can anyone chime and and give us some info based on personal experience.

 

I was a big fan of MXs over the past few years. They didn't have the ultimate grip of some of the competitors, but they were cheap as hell and they're very easy to get back once you go over the limit (unlike S02s). But the competition has stepped it up a notch. C&D did a test a couple months back and the MX was on the bottom of the list in terms of performance. In the Autocross, braking and on the skidpad it was 7th out of 11. The Hankook Ventus R-S2 Z212, which is less expensive, outperformed it (and was 6th out of 7th in all the tests mentioned above).

First place was, surprisingly, the Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3, but it was about 60% more $$$ than the Hankook.