The Kenda KAISER KR20 draws recurring complaints about wet grip and road noise, despite favourable comments on price. Wet grip is criticised by 22 owners and noise by 14, out of 56 reviews overall. Dry grip is more divided, with 17 praising it and ten criticising it, so the favourable accounts do not establish consistent performance. Value is praised much more often than criticised, but that sits alongside repeated reports of sliding or wheelspin in rain. Although tread life often receives praise, 48 reviews lack a stage of use and there are no end-of-life accounts, limiting any conclusion about durability or grip retention as the tyre wears.
What owners mention most counted across 52 reviews
Replaced original Bridgestones on my Insignia with these tyres purely on price. The only difference I noticed between them was the fact that the Bridgestones only lasted 20KMs but the Kendas went to 32KMs on the front.
A great value tyre. Pay no attention to the little boy racers here.Also GM use Kenda as OEM suppliers in China.
Excellent price, do the job no problem, unless you want to be a boy racer and push your car round all the corners at the maximum limit then they perform fine.. would buy again no worries
Check out how the BEST all seasons tyres perform against premium summer and winter tyres!
Fitted these as money was tight & the cheapest I could find. Complete set, all fitted at the same time
When still almost new, the grip in the snow was quite good.
In the wet, the grip was still pretty good.
In the dry, you can push them quite hard without fear of them letting go.
I'm now down to my last 2 millimetres of tread & all 4 tyres have worn very evenly & are in the same condition.
The MG ZT has suspension that makes the car like riding a brick & I will say that these don't help the situation, although no worse that the previous 2 (different make) sets I've fitted.
Road noise can be an issue on rougher surface roads & the steering does 'track' a little on rutted surfaces, but no more than the previous 2 sets of tyres.
I don't drive hard, but neither do I do the 'Driving Miss Daisy' thing.
I don't quite understand all the more complaints on here about these. Probably not up to the more mainstream companies standards, but no complaints from me at the price. Unless you want them for track days, drifting or road racing, I'd recommend them.
Which tyres do you drive?
Researching the Kenda KAISER KR20? Rate the tyres you actually drive - and help the next buyer choose.
Bought two of these to replace worn out Bridgestones which had just managed 12000 miles on the front of a Laguna GT.Liked them so much fitted another two when the rear tyres needed replacing. Didn't see much difference in the performance of these tyres against the more expensive counterparts. Grip was good and achieved 18,000 miles on the front of the car. 50% more mileage than the Bridgestones.
Have these fitted to a 2005 Passat b6 TDI, so dont really drive "enthusiatically. They have been on for over 4 years, and are still good. Changing shortly due to age related cracking starting on them. They have been from mid UK to south of France on around 5 occasions, and I have found them to be brilliant. I really recommend them to anyone on a budget, or just want tyres to be tyres and get you around safely, legally and in comfort. If you want to drive with more enthusiasm, then you may need to look at bridstone, Michelin etc, but they are 3 times the price.
Absolute garbage wouldn't tell anyone to buy them there noisy and loose traction very easily In wet .pointless in snow and don't give any feeling back . Puncture easily and completely useless on wet ground DO NOT BUY THESE SPEND A WEE BIT MORE and get something decent like contis or michys will never by a kenda tire again . Only had them on for 1000 miles and had t change didn't feel comfortable on fast twisty county roads
Rubbish tyres got em on the rear of my e46, fronts are hankook prime 2 and I will be replacing the rears next week to the same Hankooks, only 10 pound more each tyre BUT A MASSIVE DIFERNCE in safety, road feel the lot.
The biggest thing I noticed with the Kenda that I Never had before was vibration at motorway speed, got em balanced 3 times on the 3rd time the garage said the rears have flat spots only 4 weeks old and 2000 miles ??? Gonna go Hankooks all the way.
A very poor tyre. These were fitted to the front of my Clio 182 Trophy. I tolerated them for a while but moved them to the back to replace the worn Contis there when a Conti got a puncture. I fit Dunlop Sportmaxs to the front and like a similar review about a Civic Type R, the back now wants to overtake the front when turning in at speed. I'll be replacing these despite there being plenty of life in them. Also having changed on to the Dunlops the ride has improved and the feel and progressiveness is vastly better. Also the tyre roar is hugely muted. My impression is the Kendas are made of a very hard rubber which results in a crashy, noisy ride with little road feel or grip. Avoid unless you're just selling the car and then let it be on your conscience!
Absolute shite. Put a set of these budgets on rear of my ep3 as two of my previous which were falkens, I can't take a corner at normal driving speeds without the arse end wanting to be at front. I just wanted budgets up until summer time. But these will coming off asap. Just goes to show cheap and nasty. That said if you were to be a slower 30 mph main road driver I'm sure you'll be good to go. Respect the speed limit.
These Tires are some of the best tires I have ever bought. I use them for normal driving and for drifting and they have exceeded my expectations. I drift in competition and normally I will blow two or three sets of normal toyo brands...But kenda I used the entire event without blowing one tire. As far as normal driving goes, these tires couldn't be better. they are great quality for a great price and outlast all those top brands that are way over priced. I will always run kendas on my car!
A set of practically brand new tyres of this brand were on my car when I purchased it. I was very dubious at first but pleasantly surprised by the results. Wet or dry they stick and do exactly what they say on the tin. Far better than Hankooks, Falkens, Toyo's and all the other sub-prime brands. They perform well above what I would expect from budget tyres on my car. This is the third Alfa 156 I have owned and experimented with lots of brands in the past. I won't be buying them again however as they are only a few pounds less than the Goodyear F1 GS-D3 tyres that are totally amazing with this car.
