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Posted 22 November 2011 - 12:00 PM

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Saw in yesterday Star, they have launched a new tyre. The Atlantis V7. Wonder if got Toyo technology in them as they are now owned by Toyo.....



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Posted 22 November 2011 - 12:29 PM

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saw it in the papers too.

wonder what sizes going to be available and at what price.

its asymmetric woh...
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Posted 22 November 2011 - 02:04 PM

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QUOTE (jackson @ Nov 22 2011, 12:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
saw it in the papers too.

wonder what sizes going to be available and at what price.

its asymmetric woh...

Yup, but middle pattern looks very familiar with another model.....

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Posted 22 November 2011 - 02:08 PM

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QUOTE (vr2turbo @ Nov 22 2011, 02:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Yup, but middle pattern looks very familiar with another model.....


yes, these tyres also got me interested...anyone wanna try?donno where to find these in PG though

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Posted 22 November 2011 - 02:29 PM

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these tyres come as stock for kia forte when i got my car end sept'11. mine is the 2.0, so not sure whether the 1.6 has these as stock as well. earlier the stock forte were given silverstone m5.

after driving on them for a week, i changed the tyres. this is just my feedback ya. the road grip (dry and wet) is not that great and it is quite noisy and not that comfortable too. i can feel the car like floating when going on highway speed, both in the wet and dry. overall, for the price they are selling (if i am not mistaken around rm280 for 215/45/R17), it should be consider ok lor. i would say individual preference.

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Posted 22 November 2011 - 03:06 PM

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Yup, just found out that the Kia Forte 2.0 was having them as OE tyres since mid year. They only launch now because now have 11 sizes. The Forte 1.6 I think is with 16".

This is what I found from Kia Forte club forum....
Comparison with stock Kumho tyre
Dry grip: not much different
Wet Grip: significantly better!
Silent: slightly better
Comfort: not much different

No wonder bro. ymchong change his tyres after one week...... smile_wink.gif

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Posted 22 November 2011 - 04:31 PM

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which Kumho tyres were the Forte using? what size?
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Posted 22 November 2011 - 04:38 PM

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QUOTE (vr2turbo @ Nov 22 2011, 03:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Yup, just found out that the Kia Forte 2.0 was having them as OE tyres since mid year. They only launch now because now have 11 sizes. The Forte 1.6 I think is with 16".

This is what I found from Kia Forte club forum....
Comparison with stock Kumho tyre
Dry grip: not much different
Wet Grip: significantly better!
Silent: slightly better
Comfort: not much different

No wonder bro. ymchong change his tyres after one week...... smile_wink.gif


This is the tyre i enquire VR Bro the other day, price RM240 for 215/45/17 at S Alam...new, no full review yet
But in then end i went for N8000
Forte 1.6SX using 17" and EX 16"

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Posted 22 November 2011 - 04:53 PM

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QUOTE (darreltian @ Nov 22 2011, 04:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
This is the tyre i enquire VR Bro the other day, price RM240 for 215/45/17 at S Alam...new, no full review yet
But in then end i went for N8000
Forte 1.6SX using 17" and EX 16"

what's the price difference between N8000 and this V7?
for 215/45/17
V7 is RM240
N8000 ??

i assume u got the Nexen at QuickSave.
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Posted 22 November 2011 - 05:07 PM

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QUOTE (jackson @ Nov 22 2011, 04:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
what's the price difference between N8000 and this V7?
for 215/45/17
V7 is RM240
N8000 ??

i assume u got the Nexen at QuickSave.

I bought them in semenyih for 265/pc, boss gave me old price (manuf date: Dec 2010)
N8000 is UHP with AA Traction and receive many good reviews
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