Not necessarily true.
A lot of Costco's "Kirkland Signature" items are nothing more the repackaged name brands. The exact same product. No cost cutting, except advertising.
At most the packaging is different (like a sidewall branding on a tire). To some people paying for a name brand...
KUMHO SOLUS TA71 (A.K.A. SureDrive Touring A/S at Firestone)
The Solus TA71 is Kumho's Grand Touring All-Season tire developed for sporty coupes and luxury performance sedans and the people who love to drive them. Designed to combine responsive handling with quiet comfort, Solus TA71 tires...
I think you are exaggerating a bit. Kumho is a solid brand.
They are a South Korean company. The provide OEM tires on a lot of makes and models.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumho_Tire
I have them on an older car.
So far they have been a great tire for the price.
The SureDrive Touring A/S tire sold at Firestone is the same tire as the Kumho Solus TA71...
Thanks. One of the outers had a small tear in the boot. Tie Rods was functioning fine, but thought I'd change them out because of the boot...just saw it. Looked fine initially until I just inspected it.
I am changing the outer tie rod ends on a larger car (Ford Five Hundred) as preventative maintenance (a daughter will be using the car at college - car has 150K miles).
After disconnecting the outer tie rods, I noticed that the inner tie rod immediately flops / drops down, with no resistance...
Similar experience. Monroe Quick Struts clunking and rattling after less than a year. Had to do the job over.
And I chose Monroe over the Chinese brands to avoid going bottom of the barrel and having a more quality part. Clearly Monroe isn't that.
I generally agree. But part of the reason I replaced the struts is that one of the original struts had a sagging spring, so that it had too much negative camber. It looks like the OEM spring had worn out.
Plus, the convenience / safety factor of choosing a Quick Strut.
So far, not happy with...
I just put a set of KYB Strut Plus on all 4 corners of a Dodge Avenger.
So far, the only thing I noticed is the ride quality is noticeably more stiff and rough...like what you'd expect from a sports car or something. I am not impressed with the ride quality.
Hopefully it won't end up being a...
I had a similar experience on a large car. When I took the Raybestos E3 pads off to inspect them, while they still had a lot of pad material left, they had a lot of cracking. So I replaced them with a different brand.
It was annoying to have to change the pads early.
A car of that age?
I've had good luck with these tires so far:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Primewell-PS890-Touring-All-Season-205-65R15-94H-Passenger-Tire/1103247595
I've been running these for about a month now. Seem to perform well enough. A decent budget tire---priced very competitively on Walmart.com
I recommend them so far.