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Narrowed down to this 2 tyres. Price wise about the same. Can any bros advise??? Heard that there are 2 sources for KU31, Viet and Korea. If I got from a dealer listed from Binter, does it mean that it will be from Korea?

comparing the 2 above...which one will you go for?

Can't decide which model should i go for? Any feedback?

I am considering the above 2 brands. Price wise, they are similar. Any comments are welcome.

This is a rant as much as it is a request for advice (Furry your advice holds more weight than others in this area) I'm up for new tyres. The OEM A349's are loud (what else can i expect for something with such low wear rates). Size wise its 175/65R14, however I'm also looking at 185/60R14 and 195/60R14 as alternatives. This means I have a huge variety of tyres from Yoko A300's to Coopers, to event ST115's and PP2's and still have the rolling diameter with around a 1% variation from stock. I've shortlisted four tyres with importance biased towards noise, then wet grip. Yokohama DNA dB ES501, Bridgestone AR10, Kumho KH17 Hankook K415 DNA dB> Reputedly the most quiet tyre around. I had no issues with wet grip on the older Aspec dB's so I doubt the improved wet performance of the DNA's would make it worse. Besides if its like every other yoko tyre i've used, it needs to be inflated a little more than usual for optimum performance. Bridgestone AR10> I googled for reviews on it, and came across this forum in India in which people were saying the AR10's were quiet. Even more so than the ER60's they replaced (which were also quiet). Considering the sizes they looked at were similar to mine, and the rough roads they had, I am quite inclined to believe that it should be reasonably quiet on our highways and the NSH. Complaints about their threadwear from another google search result also lead me to believe that they would be both relatively grippy and quiet. Kumho KH17> This is a tyre I really really want to try. In my OEM 175/65R14 size, it ranked the best in one russian test, and it was highly recommended by ADAC.de. I have the Hankook K415's, and I absolutely love them, but the KH17's are supposed to better them in all areas except for threadwear. Mind you, its predecessor the KH15's were even more quiet than the K415's Hankook K415> I changed the P4's on the Punto to these, and noise levels on the TPE went down from matching the Demio (on these damnable A349's) to almost silent. So I am very inclined to get them too. However I would like to try the KH17's as there isnt much on them (though the Price wise the difference is marginal for the dB's AR10's and K415's however i would like to know if there are any comparable noise reviews comparing the three, as well as grip reviews comparing the AR10's and K415's. As for the KH17's, I would really like to try them, BUT Binter does not carry it in my size here, and I need to go to MY to get them. Mind you for an award winning tyre, they only bring it in in ONE size..... Does anyone know where I can get them? Price wise, the former 3 are about the same with the most exp costing $9 more only. The KH17's on the other hand end up costing about SGD$20 less each (based on tyrepac's malaysian portal rates), which would make them really worth getting if i'm passing by a kumho store on my upcoming Melaka trip. Any suggestions??? I would love to hear more about the AR10's as well as reviews on the KH17's from the Forte/Koup drivers.

Am using hankook k415 185/65 15 for 45000km... am going to change... any tyre recommendation... how much roughly is re001 for 185/65 15 ? is it good? i want somthing slightly better then hankook k415... any shop to recommend? if not most likely going to soh bros... can i do alighment and balancing there? urgent... thanks!

guess it's better to give my review with a new thread as mentioned in another thread, i finally found some time to change my tyres from Falken Z326 to K415 of Hankook last evening had been considering between K415 and GR80 for sometime, and finally go for K415 as the price is quite competitive. road noise - greatly reduced. only wind noise is audible within the car now. let's see wat it is like at 5000km and 10K km. grip - still new, need to scrub in a bit more but can already drive normally without any sign that the tyres are not gripping well enough. shld be much better after scrub in of 300 to 500 km. comfort - absorb hump and bump quite well. as the old set (2 yrs old) give me a ride that is fairly hard with a thump at times. personally, i chosen K415 because i wanted to try something new as my dad and many bros here are already using GR80. and i can say K415, with the good price range from Robertoon here, it is a close call between the 2 tyres for comfort, relatively good road holding, and quiet set of tyres. the key element that make me take K415 is the silica compound, which i believe GR80 do not have. and the guys with Robertoon give really new tyres (3307) which is estimated to be made in the month of Aug this year. cheers (sorry that the pics shows my dirty rims, no time to wash car this few weeks!)

Have these 3 choices in mind. Time for a tyre change. Comments anyone?