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34 reviews
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  • Build Quality
    4.5 (2)
  • Value for Money
    5.0 (2)
  • Noise Level
    3.5 (2)
  • Wet Weather Handling
    3.5 (2)
  • Durability
    4.5 (2)
  • Dry Weather Handling
    4.5 (2)
  • Off-Roading Frequency
    • Daily (1)
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These tires are excellent off road

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Having done only 15,000 they haven't had much chance to wear and still look new. Good on road and off the black top. Wet country roads haven't been a problem. I can not say what they would be like on wet city roads.
So far so good no uneven wear, rotated every 5,000k.

Purchased in August 2021 at Kmart for $235.00.

Build Quality
Noise Level
Value for Money
Tyre Mileage 15,000 km
Car ModelIsuzu D-MAX
Tyre Pressure Used36 PSI
Off-Roading FrequencyDaily
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Good tyre

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Put on at 30k on Prado done 90k now with about 50% tread left.
Wear a bit uneven but not too noisy.
1 slow leek from screw.
Not too bad in either.
I have had coopers loved them
I have Mickies on my triton still have them. Louder than the Kuhmo’s and wear very uneven.



Purchased in January 2021 at Tried Marx for $780.00.

Build Quality
Noise Level
Value for Money
Car ModelToyota Prado J150
Tyre Pressure Used38 PSI
Off-Roading FrequencyMonthly
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Dave J

Dave JMelbourne

  • 5 reviews
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Got to 48,000 but couldn’t handle the noise

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So today I’ve swapped over to some new tyres replacing my MT51s. Pros - great off road with great traction. Cons - so noisey and loud!

They were great at the start but as they started to wear down, the noise and vibrations became worse to the point of being unbearable. This is with regular balancing and rotation. I’ve changed over at 48,000km with tread remaining. Could probably have gotten another 20,000km out of them.



I guess that’s the downside to being a muddy.

Have now moved across to some BFG KO2s

CarJeep Grand Cherokee WK2
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Tom

TomNortheast, VIC

  • 4 reviews

25k old and not much tread left

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I have done just over 25,000kms on my Kumho MT51s and i am very disappointed.
As others have stated they wear very strangely. They were rotated at 5000kms, 10,000kms and then at 20,000kms. There was a very bad wobble in front end when they were rotated at 20,000kms. An alignment and having them rotated sorted the wobble out.
I have had to lash out and buy another set of tyres for an up coming trip as i do not believe the Kumhos will do the job with how little tread they have left.
At the current stage they are very skatey on gravel and have spun up fairly easily on asphalt without trying to.

Car2004 toyota landcruiser ute
Jacko0573

Jacko0573

  • 7 reviews
  • 6 likes

On the fence between OK and good call it 3.5 stars

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CarJeep Grand Cherokeee 2013
Jake G

Jake GPeel, WA

  • 3 reviews

Great value for mony

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I got mine on special in 33x12.5r15, did 3500 kms over a few weeks up and around the Pilbara and back to Perth towing a camper trailer.
Did lots of gravel work, lots of beach, and even more on the blacktop in a 90 model GQ patrol, tyres were 2/3rds quiter than the old muddies I had on there, and used a bit less diesel. Good grip in the wet, with the old tank feeling prettt sure footed.
Am buying these tyres again to put on my new Ranger.

Car1990 GQ TD42t Patrol
Zeke

ZekeMona Vale

Great budget tyre 15000km and wearing evenly

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I have done 15000km on these tyres so far and very happy with them. Great grip off-road and ok on road. Noise is better than expected for a MT tyre. With about 2000km done off road cannot fault them. They do seam very soft and don't expect a long life out of them but after 2 rotations they are wearing evenly. If I can get over 60000km from them will buy them again.

Car2005 Toyota Prado 120

Tyres are terrible

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Tyres are terrible wearing very unusual and uneven, was rotating them and also had wheel alignments. Got 40’000k’s just!
when I purchased them I was told I would get 80’000 no worries at all.

Terrible Tyre will never purchase another kumo Tyre again, do not recommend anyone to purchase these tyres
Very dangerous for incompetent drivers.

Car2016 Ford ranger
Gordo

GordoNarara

Off road great, that's it.

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The tyres are currently at 34K and they are not going to reach 50K. My experience off road with these was great. On wet bitumen, hang on! Absolutely terrible on wet bitumen. If I was driving around town with enough water on the road I would occasionally put it in 4WD. My next door neighbour has just done 55K on his Goodyears and they look brilliant. I think if you are only doing dirt driving these would be great.

CarD Max
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Peter

PeterBURNIE

Must rotate

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Extremely impressed with these tyres off road! The side walls are very strong, they bag very well and grip tremendously well on rock climbing . They are an off road tyre primarily so no point dwelling on on road performance but if you drive accordingly they are very good. They must be rotated every 5k FL-RR FR-RL RR-FR RL-FL ! Well worth doing this and they wear brilliantly.

Car76 series landcruiser
Deano

DeanoRockhampton

  • 2 reviews

Very very soft 25,000 and wont get 30,000km

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Work great off road very poor stopping power on britherment but over all if i got better life from them i wont buy 2nd set. Rep offer new set of kl71s for $92 a peice so pretty happy with that. But that did take bit of a fright to get but. Btw 285 75 r16

Car1990 hzj 80 cruiser.

Odd and shocking wear

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CarPX Ford Ranger
Hayd

Haydshepparton

  • 4 reviews
  • 1 like

Great tyres so far. 10000 ks in.

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The tyres have handled lots of dirt and low psi driving really well. It has a very soft compound which will likley wear quickly. But I would rather a safe tire than one that lasts ages and chips and slides all over the place. I'm surprised there are not more of these on 4wds... As they are a great 50/50 tyre or an agresive all terrain.

CarPrado 150
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Dave

DaveSouth-Eastern Region, NSW

  • 7 reviews
  • 1 like

Tyres Waring unusually

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Jack

JackSorrento

  • 4 reviews
  • 8 likes

12 months old at fitting :(

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Previously Tyre were road venture KL 51 w 80,000km warranty. The KL51 went hard before the km warranty was reached because they were almost 2 years old at time of fitting, I don’t spend a lot of time on the road so thought this was a great option, but when I started sliding out (at 4th year of fitment and at least another 10,000km remaining tread) at rounds about i realised something was wrong and was told they had reached the end of their life span??? I enquired about new Kumho’s Road venture HT51 thinking the last batch were bad luck but no the new tyres are 14 months old.
Great tyres good price but seem to only supply old
Stock.

Car2005 Ford territory
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sugaan

sugaan

  • 4 reviews
  • 1 like
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Perfect fit

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From my precious experiences, this has been the most durable tyre fitted to my car. It gives a good grip on rainy days on and smooth ride as well. Manage to run it close to 80,000 km before replacing with the same type. One of the cheapest Japanese tyres with quality that matters.

CarIsuzu D-max
Mas20

Mas20

  • 5 reviews

Good Japanese brand

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These are probably the smoothes tyres I've used on my car. Ive used cheap Chinese brands before and you can feel the difference when you're on the freeway. I feel like these tyres are fuel efficient and we have saved a lot of petrol. Less wear and tear on the tread of the tyres

CarRav4
Joe

JoeCanberra

  • 4 reviews

only going to last 45k

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My set have spent 85% on the sealed surfaces around Sydney and highway use, the other 15% is Fraser Island, Vic high country, Blue mountains, central coast hinterland. They perform great off-road, on lower pressures side walls don’t bulge but the length of tread increases well, rock or sand they have gripped very well and remove mud and stones.
On sealed surfaces they don’t have great breaking and wet roads hold well no aqua planning but low speeds they do slip a little. Comfort they have been great as stated before sides don’t have a lot of give but the three ply side walls are worth it.
My biggest frustration is I’ll be replacing them at 45k when I expect a minimum of 60k for a LT tyre with the deeper tread

CarHolden Colorado 7
hassan shakil

hassan shakilDANDENONG NORTH

  • 13 reviews
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it sok

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i replace these tyres and not happy with performance as i was expecting bit more my tires are not very good they changed front wheels but am not happy with the service and cost, they are not cheap as compared to other brand but they r not very good yes..

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Johanna Oppelaar

Johanna OppelaarAU

  • 9 reviews

Brilliant

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Excellent tyres had them for my falcon 500
Then my mercedez 300se 1986
And now on my 1987 300 sel Mercedes.
They go for a very long time
I get them at Byford tyres service were you can't go wrong terrific people and fantastic service .
And great affordable prices!

CarFalcon 500 meredez 300 se and mercedez 300 sel
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Questions & Answers

Michael

Michaelasked

Are the walls on the mt 51 8 ply or 10 ply?

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Joe
Joe

They are a modern 3ply same as all LT 4wd tyres. When looking at AT/MT research the ply as you can also get 2 ply (town car tyres) people get these to save some money then complain when the walls blow out

enid

enidasked

i have bridgestone on my Izusu bakkie at moment they are 9 years old but dont travel that much. I must now replace with new ones not because of thread but because of age. The dealer said Kumho are good tyres it is 245/70 R16 do you think it will be ok?

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fredlet02
fredlet02

dunno ihave never heard that tyres need replacing cos of their age sides that as far as I know the bridgestones arnte a bad bit a gear but there u go the tyre dealer will only make a quid if he can con u inta new set re the kumho I cant realy remember how long they lasted 4 me I think it was about early 70,s k/s but not realy sure but long an short I think the dealer u r workin with is takin u 4 a ride but if u hafta the kumho,s r a nice bit a rubber

Nugget
Nugget

I am happy with the Kumho MT51 tyres but since they have an aggressive tread pattern, I wouldn't consider them unless you do a reasonable amount of offroading .
I have experienced a tyre failure due to age but it was double the age of your tyres and on a trailer .

Mark

Markasked

I was under the impression that the mt51 had the m+s and 3pmsf approval but I can't find the 3pmsf symbol anywhere on the new tyres I have just purchased. Am I jist not looking in the right place or is it likely I have old stock before they put the symbol on?

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rupotty
rupotty

I only have M&S stamped on the tyre maybe contact Kumho Australia for verification, plenty of tyre suppliers state 3PMSF certification too...

http://www.kumho.com.au/images/tyre_brochures/KUT136-DL-MT51-Tyre-Guide_LR.PDF

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