Tires Toyo or Kumho

Get whatever is a good deal on Blackcircles or similar for name brand tyres, I like the sort of Avon/Yokohama/Kumho end of the market, find something with good wet grip and noise ratings.

Personally, I'd go with Toyo Proxies CF2's. I find they are around the right budget and still get "enough" quality without straying towards the needlessly expensive ones.

I buy Toyo Proxes. They're ~$110/tire in my car's size and last 2-3 years (18,000-27,000 miles give or take).

I have Kumho Crugen on my 4runner. But I am very happy with these tires. No road noise at all.

Back when I had an Evo 8 I was running Toyo R888s, until they became too costly to run during daily driving, so I switched to Nankang NS2Rs.

Toyo Open Country AT III are the best all around. Excellent wet road traction too compared to the others.

I just put the Toyo Open Country A/T III on my 4Runner this morning and so far digging the ride.

Toyo Celsius (note that the II version just came out recently): "What’s even more surprising is that the Toyo Celsius handles ice securely, provided you don’t push too hard."

I had Kuhmos on both of my MK1 coupes (summer tires, never tried all seasons). They were quiet and comfortable until they weren't. Seemed to be a cliff you go over with them wear-wise. They were great, then very quickly you would get the noise/pounding "change me" stuff. But for the price they were hard to beat. Switched to the PSS on my MKII based on this forum. The Contis were out of stock and I couldn't wait, but they were also a possibility. Ran the PSS tires one season and they were very nice. Still had good performance in both wet and dry compared to the Kuhmos. Can't give you longevity since I traded that buggy in on my present TTS which came stock with Toyos, but I could have made at least one more season on them.

I tried kumhos on my gti and x3. Not happy with them. After some wear they get really loud and feel un balanced