335 Kumho XS Pics!!! - Page 2

FSTR/TA · 02-17-2009, 11:11 AM

These are Michelin 335s with a true 13.5" width. Use on Lamborghini, early Vipers, Ferraris, Porsche Gemballa,etc. These are on 17x 13 wheels spreading the 335 properly. I have never heard of the Kumhos but it's good to have a tire alternative that's not 400+ each.

levettegrl · 02-17-2009, 05:37 PM

yeh I have 335's (stock size) on the back of my Viper.

geez tempting me to get these tires, I have Mich PS2's on mine now and they are very good tires also

evilZO6 · 02-17-2009, 07:19 PM

Thats weird my Viper came with 315's. But mines a 2005 you said early huh?
FSTR/TA, those look great! Did you have the ZR1's Widened?

rio95cobra · 02-17-2009, 07:25 PM

man those tires are fat at shit! do they stick out of the quarters much? it looks that way from the rear pic

Gordo78 · 02-17-2009, 08:22 PM

I'm pretty psyched these are out. I was wanting to put some on some 17x11 TTII's this summer. If i have to widen them an inch i might just do it too

BRDAPRAY · 02-17-2009, 08:35 PM

Very nice!

Andrews_Motorsports · 02-18-2009, 02:19 AM

Too bad the 18's only go up to 315 and cost over $100 more each.

Ryanmgaspard · 02-18-2009, 08:02 AM

I have the standard 17x11 ZR1. The tires come almost even with the quarter panel. I severely beat the hell out of the inner wells to make the Nitto's not rub... EVER. These are wider and rub when I take tight turns or odd angles. I'm sure with a little more work they won't rub. I will take more pictures after a few hundred miles and see if they get a little wider. The specs show that an 11" rim would be the narrowest you could go with a 335 so if the rim was a little wider, so would the tire I think. I also completely cut the whole bumpstop assembly out and had MAYBE 1/8" clearance from the old bumpstop location from the rim... that's when the car was lifted. Yeah, the Michellins are wider but they do not justify a $250 per tire price difference for me. If these last like my Nitto's (15,000 and GOING) then I will continue to buy them. Biggest complaints with Nitto's DR on all 4 corners were they pull everywhere on slightly rough roads and the sidewall had alot of flex in them, so much that you felt like you were missing a sway bar sometimes.

MiaSSmaro98 · 02-18-2009, 08:59 AM

wats the exact model?

Ryanmgaspard · 02-18-2009, 09:26 AM

Kumho Ecsta XS only place I found them are tirerack.com

9t8z28 · 02-18-2009, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Ryanmgaspard

I have the standard 17x11 ZR1. The tires come almost even with the quarter panel. I severely beat the hell out of the inner wells to make the Nitto's not rub... EVER. These are wider and rub when I take tight turns or odd angles. I'm sure with a little more work they won't rub. I will take more pictures after a few hundred miles and see if they get a little wider. The specs show that an 11" rim would be the narrowest you could go with a 335 so if the rim was a little wider, so would the tire I think. I also completely cut the whole bumpstop assembly out and had MAYBE 1/8" clearance from the old bumpstop location from the rim... that's when the car was lifted. Yeah, the Michellins are wider but they do not justify a $250 per tire price difference for me. If these last like my Nitto's (15,000 and GOING) then I will continue to buy them. Biggest complaints with Nitto's DR on all 4 corners were they pull everywhere on slightly rough roads and the sidewall had alot of flex in them, so much that you felt like you were missing a sway bar sometimes.

Since you eliminated the bumpstop, what do you have to stop the axle now?

Ryanmgaspard · 02-18-2009, 12:15 PM

I have Strano Springs they will stop anything

and Koni shocks. In over a year with that setup, I've never come close to bottoming the axle out and my shocks are on full soft.

Gordo78 · 02-18-2009, 12:56 PM

[quote=FSTR/TA;11071178]These are Michelin 335s with a true 13.5" width. Use on Lamborghini, early Vipers, Ferraris, Porsche Gemballa,etc. These are on 17x 13 wheels spreading the 335 properly. I have never heard of the Kumhos but it's good to have a tire alternative that's not 400+ each.

Thats Ludicrous amounts of tire

I think i need to go to the barthroom...

9t8z28 · 02-18-2009, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Ryanmgaspard

I have Strano Springs they will stop anything

and Koni shocks. In over a year with that setup, I've never come close to bottoming the axle out and my shocks are on full soft.

Wow, not sure how thats possible. You should at least have stops on the shocks.

kidcamaro98 · 02-18-2009, 04:29 PM

looks like they are the same width as my GS-D3's in 315's...

they look good. Clean your exhaust tips.

Donohue96M6Z28 · 02-18-2009, 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FSTR/TA

These are Michelin 335s with a true 13.5" width. Use on Lamborghini, early Vipers, Ferraris, Porsche Gemballa,etc. These are on 17x 13 wheels spreading the 335 properly.

You have 17x13 ZR1s?

levettegrl · 02-18-2009, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by evilZO6

Thats weird my Viper came with 315's. But mines a 2005 you said early huh?

stock rear tires for a 2005 Viper are 345/30-19.

99345hp · 02-18-2009, 09:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FSTR/TA

These are Michelin 335s with a true 13.5" width. Use on Lamborghini, early Vipers, Ferraris, Porsche Gemballa,etc. These are on 17x 13 wheels spreading the 335 properly. I have never heard of the Kumhos but it's good to have a tire alternative that's not 400+ each.

I dont like how stretched the tire looks on that wide of a rim. I dont think they look too bad on an 11 though. Too bad our cars wont hold that much rubber without having the tire right under the fender.

Ryanmgaspard · 02-20-2009, 07:55 AM

Finally beat the hell out of my inner wells again and it fixed the rubbing issue. When I had the Nitto's DR and the Sumitomos they were skinny and didn't rub after the BFH but these took some work.

TRANSAM/FORMULA · 02-20-2009, 08:44 AM

nothing better than some flintstone rollers. i can't wait till i can get some 300+ tires under my car. nice work.