Should my tires be Kumhos?

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Or something else?

98 Tahoe has tires dated 2014. Still in good condition visibly, but some say the date is a problem.

Looking at Kumho, Summit, Falken, Blackhawk, Nokian and Paragon. All under $150 each and I'll probably get 5 since the spare has likely never been on the ground.

I don't drive enough for mileage warranties to be an issue.

Main things are traction and QUIET!! I do not want noisey tires, but I don't want to slip and slide either. I don't 'off-road', but I want to be able to get back on pavement if I have to get into my yard for some reason.

 

[lxskllr]

I've never had a tire fail from age, and I've driven on some old ass rubber. If the tires pass visual inspection, and you aren't doing sustained highspeed driving, I'd keep them.

Dunno about the tire brand. I always liked Cooper, but they were bought out. Quality may or may not be the same.

 

[manly]

Tire Rack has plenty of product reviews/ratings.
They were acquired by Discount Tire a few years ago.

 

[NutBucket]

10 years is a long time...even for tires kept in the best possible conditions.

Anyway, nothing wrong with Kumho. Like every brand, there's good and bad models. They're OEM tires on quite a few cars including Honda.

 

[Greenman]

I've never had a tire fail from age, and I've driven on some old ass rubber. If the tires pass visual inspection, and you aren't doing sustained highspeed driving, I'd keep them.

Dunno about the tire brand. I always liked Cooper, but they were bought out. Quality may or may not be the same.

I've had several fail from age, all on trailers that sat out in the sun.

 

[mindless1]

Traction and quiet are somewhat opposites, but more about type of tire than brand. Most tires today that aren't all terrain aka AT, or mud MT, are going to be reasonably quiet.

From the brands listed, I'd put Nokian above the other 4. They seem to have aggressive price:quality ratio to get a stronger foothold in the US, and have a fairly new factory in the US. However they don't seem to offer as many sizes in some of their tires.

Another option is see what's available at Walmart, if you have one with a tire department local. They offer cheap mounting packages for tires bought there.

I've had tires fail on vehicles that sat outside in the sun for most of the tires' lives, usually they start to get sidewall cracks that you don't notice till they lose some air, and losing the air makes the cracks degrade even faster if you drive with low inflation due to the extra sidewall flexing.

 

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I don't do Wally's Klan.

I got Summit AT20s