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Kumho V710 ... Is It Street Legal?

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260DET Experienced

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For road use in Q I think it goes on tread depth, not the type of tread, how wide it is, etc. Deeper than a match head used to be a rough guide. Those V710's are supposed to be an excellent tyre.

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hrd-hr30 Grand Master

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i have a set sitting at home, i want to put on the car but not sure whether i will get pulled up on them or not?

they should either have "DOT" or "For Competition Use Only"/"Not For Highway Use" on the sidewall.

if you mean getting "pulled up" by the cops, I would suspect they will find it very hard to believe they are legal! People have been defected for perfectly legal things before...

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The "DOT" is relative to the USA only....but even then there are legality issues. As stated above...there should still be a "not for highway use" or "for racing purposes only" somewhere on the sidewall. The R5/R6 Hoosier also has the DOT on the sidewall but with the accompanying "warning" about street use.

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if you mean getting "pulled up" by the cops, I would suspect they will find it very hard to believe they are legal! People have been defected for perfectly legal things before...

lol- there's two pissweak grooves and some dimples on the rest of the tyre to monitor wear. the big bad wolf does a better job of pretending to be grandma than this slick does of pretending to be a street tyre.

the only question is: do you under or oversteer off the road the instant it starts to rain with these fitted, or is it a four-wheel drift affair :D

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lol I never said they'd be good in the wet :P

The Nankangs on my 120Y wagon have heaps of tread but are just deadly in the wet!

I dropped my Supra off to get some Kumho KU36 fitted this morning at the distributor for Kumho Motorsport QLD. The 710 isn't road legal in Aus, just like those similar looking Hoosiers. As G_T_R said, that DOT thing is applicable in USA only - I didn't know that till now.

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I thought all police looked for in Aus was for DOT approval. Thats why we can't use Neova's in Aus even though they are a great street tyre- no DOT approval. At least thats my understanding.

If there is indicators and the tread depth is above it, and the tyres are DOT approved, from my understanding the cops have to accept it.

Re Hoosiers- I am guessing the reason they had to put 'race use only' on them is because the sidewalls are so soft they may roll off the rims if you had to swerve hard on them...

The kumho's in questions certaintly don't have that problem, however, they may have some slight issues in the wet.

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hehe... yeah i thought they might attrack some attention,

i have a set in the shed on wanted to put them on for some driving with marling but i thought they might be illegal,! thanks for confirming that

they are good on track!

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I hadn't seen those before now Harry? Have you had any experience with them? They look pretty sporty! :P

the KU36? no experience with them yet. Thay're brand new and not actually released yet. They're not a semi slick - they're an in-between tyre like the old Azenis or Federal 595RS-R. Their treadwear rating is 180. I'm hoping they'll be a bit faster than the old Federals for next weekend - got a certain GTST to beat :( They should be - slightly softer compound, with more rubber on the road (less void area) and less tread squirm, and a MUCH stronger casing/sidewall. we'll see soon enough!

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Yeah they look good mate, will be watching with interest (and swapping them onto mine to try while you're feeding your face :P).

Re next weekend, all is looking reasonably ok so far. I've plain run out of time to do everything myself, so will be dragging it to the workshop to get all the mods done.

Injectors, Surge tank/ext pump etc, tune... although I'm worried about the new X-force exhaust system I've just fitted..... seems too loud. I might drill a bunch of holes in that removable silencer thingy just in case.....

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