Have YOU seen these tires?

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LowBuckCanuck
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Have YOU seen these tires?

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Came across the "kumho road venture kl71" the other day. It has a 27X8.5R14 size which I find interesting, considering it is a light truck tire and looks like this:

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Which is nice.

Has anyone seen or used these tires before? If so, what do you think? More importantly, would they fit?

http://www.kumhotire.ca/en/tire/categor ... F52D4AC17E
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They're definitely too big for the stock suspension. I'm running 195/70/14's (25" x 7.5" for reference) and they will touch the inner fender at full steering lock. With a minor lift (pathfinder springs rear, some kind of 2" lift front) they would probably fit with the right wheel offset, although you might need to make the front suspension stiffer to keep them from running into the front fenders.
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I like the tread but 26"x7s 14R military tires are the biggest I've found to fit. Even with lifting. At 28lbs a tire in 6ply they were way too much rotational weight for our drivetrain. Those are also 32lbs a piece.
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As Synth pointed out, way too heavy! Even though they are as "low end" as I will sell, Kumho are good tires for the money. The wife got some Crugen HT51's for her summer tires. They look so close to Michelin LTX/MS2's I can't believe they haven't been sued!
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Crap Tire has some hankook ipikes on for $55 each. Might have to get a set then.
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You can never go wrong with winter tires!

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splatterdog wrote: Wed Feb 14, 2018 8:44 am You can never go wrong with winter tires!

Crap Tire?
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I was guessing that. Don't think I've ever heard any good things from Canadian techs either. Good deal on snows for being not quite end of season.
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splatterdog wrote: Wed Feb 14, 2018 12:53 pm I was guessing that. Don't think I've ever heard any good things from Canadian techs either. Good deal on snows for being not quite end of season.
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