LT tires on TT
I was telling a buddy of mine how I upgraded my TT tires from ST's to LT's (Michelin RIBS) and he would like to upgrade to LT's also. He asked if he could go to any LT tire as long as they had the cor...
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Bruce H. wrote:FastEagle wrote:
The Kumho 857 is a trailer tire.
FastEagle
The Kumho 857 is more than just a trailer tire. Quoted from the Kumho website that you linked: "For commercial light truck, transporter, van and trailer."
Bruce
Whatever Kumho's marketing page says, you'll be hard pressed to find anyone who actually sells the 857 in North America for anything but a trailer.
For one thing, it comes in one size only: 14". The average minivan has bigger tires than that. Heck, even my 4-cyl Kia Sportage has 15" tires stock. How many North American "light trucks/commercial vehicles" do you suppose the 14-incher would fit, especially give rim width?
For practical purposes here in N.A., the 857 is a trailer tire. And truth be told it's hard to say what if any testing standard applies to it given its lack of "membership" in the P/LT/ST/? lettering system.
EDIT to add picture showing lack of letter precode in tire size position. "205R14c" at top of tire.
