Anyone else think Kumho Ecsta MX are noisy?

Chalky · 08-12-2006, 03:31 PM

I put a set on last night, replacing my F1's. They are as noisy as my EMT's I had on my FRC.

Anyone else have an opinion on the MX's?

SrbijaAZSale · 08-13-2006, 12:21 AM

I have had mine on for about a thousand miles now, and yes, they are noisy, but thankfully, the partition really did away with a lot of it. As far as performance goes, I absolutely love them, and have no complaints.

Chalky · 08-13-2006, 01:02 AM

What kind of pressures are you running?

I checked mine warm and they were all @ 36 psi. I am going to check them again in the morning. I may try going below the 32 cold setting.

I have always run the SC F1's. The Kumho's get great reviews but they are noisier and harder than the SC's.

VetNutJim · 08-13-2006, 08:57 PM

I have them on my '91 Vette and they are not noisy to me.

Maybe you got some older ones that have hardened up.
It's impossible to tell how long they were sitting in a hot warehouse before you got them.

I really like mine. They have great dry traction and great wet traction also.
They are a 'low end' performance tire but they are a LOT better all way around than the Goodyear Eagle GSC's that they replaced.

hardtop · 08-23-2006, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Chalky

What kind of pressures are you running?

I checked mine warm and they were all @ 36 psi. I am going to check them again in the morning. I may try going below the 32 cold setting.

I have always run the SC F1's. The Kumho's get great reviews but they are noisier and harder than the SC's.

Why wouldn't you run 30psi as recomended?

SrbijaAZSale · 08-23-2006, 04:13 PM

I'm running 35 psi in my MXs (01 Z), and they are a bit noisy, but partition helped x2.

Chalky · 08-23-2006, 04:43 PM

Mine came in @ 36. I dropped them to 32 and they do seem a bit quieter.

c4cruiser · 08-23-2006, 04:45 PM

I have the MX in 275/40-17 on my 87 and they are used for both steet and track and I really don't notice any noise at all (but the lack of mufflers may have something to do with that

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folsomlarry · 08-24-2006, 04:27 PM

Put MXs on my 99FRC. At 30psi they are a lot quieter than my old runflats. With the partition I can actually hear my speakers.

Larry

larryfs · 10-17-2006, 12:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VetNutJim

I have them on my '91 Vette and they are not noisy to me.
Maybe you got some older ones that have hardened up.
It's impossible to tell how long they were sitting in a hot warehouse before you got them.

tires are date coded.

rocco16 · 11-02-2006, 02:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chalky

I put a set on last night, replacing my F1's. They are as noisy as my EMT's I had on my FRC.

Anyone else have an opinion on the MX's?

No worse than the Goodyear F1's they replaced.

Larry
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chrisj · 11-03-2006, 02:49 PM

I had them on my care after the GYSC's and found them to be fairly noisy. I found them particularly noisy when they were cold. They handled pretty well in the rain.

I switched to PS2's last spring and I absolutely love them. They were more than the Khumo's but I didn't get the best deal on the Khumo's. Even my wife commented on how much quieter the PS2's were.

Still, for the money, the Khumo is a pretty good tire.

chris

hrcantrell · 11-04-2006, 01:09 AM

I feel that they are not as loud as Goodyear run flats but not near as quiet as Michelin AS ZPs. I have had all three on either my or my wife's C5. The Kumhos are a good value but if there is a next set they will be Michelin even if I do not like buying French products.