what do you guys think about falken tyres ?
are they good? havent heard much of them.

My experience of them has been pretty poor. Reasonably grippy but life span not great.

Wrong section

Believe they have been brought a a few times recently
Sure a search will find them.

ive bought a set of team dynamics rims model PRO 1.2 light weight from demon tweeks and they tolled my that they are going to fot falken tyres, and i was wondering if they are good, thinking of a set of toyo proxes R1R, but they are much more expensive.
the falken are the cheapest. have i chosen wrong then?

I've got Falken FK-452s fitted and I'm very happy with them. Lots of other coupe owners on here have them too. They're extremely grippy and seem to be wear very well

I used the Toyo's and now have Falken FK-452's.

The Falkens grip better and last longer. Mine are about half worn after 7,000 miles. The Toyo's were shot at 10,000

Some of the earlier Falken tyres are not so good so make sure they are the FK-452's

i have tried all the leading brands on my coop i now have Falken FK-452's.exceptional tyres

I've got 452's on too, very pleased.

I hv done 2 sets of the FK 452 in the past. Good price, quite grippy but the life span is short and sometimes the wear is uneven. Overall its a great budget tyre.

I like Falken 452's alot, i find they are more progressive on the limit than the Toyos.

thanks guys,ill stick to the falken then!

I have never had any others to compare them with, but I get wheelspin when full boost hits in lower gears, and mine are wearing faster on the inside. Could be a sign my tracking needs doing, rather than bad tyres though

Ross had them on his coop and hated them IIRC

ive just ordered new set of toyo t1r's as i think they handle awesome with current setup

had toyo t1-rs´(before the new model came out)

now have falken fk452 s

the falkens are better IMO, for the coupe at least

cheaper too

stay away from the 451, or anyother model though, from what ive heard they´re not that good

I agree, I prefer my current FK452's over the Toyo T1R's I had before. These Falkens are excellent for the money.

I actually found I got better grip with the Proxes, but the FK452 tyres lasted longer.

Cool.

thanks to this thread i have decided to go with these, cheaper than the pair of P6000's they are replacing.

£58.50 each fitted plus Vat which seems fair.

just need to hope the jack and bits are in the boot and the spare is ok and not gone flat (am ashamed to say i forgot to check when buying this car that the bits where there and have never checked the spair for air since buying it 1 year ago)

If you are swapping P6000's for the Falkens you should notice a massive improvement in grip.

unfortunatly i just picked my car up......

apparently Falkens were out of stock but they gave me a better tyre for "no extra charge" i cant help but feel there is a smell which comes from the rear end of a bull coming from somewhere.

these are made by Kumho who i have never heard of.

have i been ripped off?

If they've fitted your coop with the Kumhos Ecsta STP KU31 you can rest assured that you have one of the best road tires your money can buy!!!

They are the ones Nelson mate, that is a relief, were only £130 for the pair fitted.

so, if they are so good (blackcircles rated them high as well) how come when i searched the forum there were hardly any hits?

seems odd.

cheers

M.

well now as im still waiting for my rims i still have time to decide what tyres to fit, as they have sent me a silver set of team dynamis pro1.2 in silver when i had ordered them in black.its going to take another 4 weeks before i recive them.
talking about the tyres again has anyone heard about the falkens ZE-912 ??

Seem to be positioned mid way between economy and performance tyre from their own presentation. See here.

thanks

Hi Mike,

The fact that you don't see many coop owners using them doesn't mean that they aren't great tires! I think when it comes to it, it's a matter of taste and price.

You've done a great deal. The Kumho's ECSTA are a more expensive tyre than the more used Falkens and Toyos, so I think it's normal many mates using them because they have a great price/performance value. But if you aim to performance (no matter the cost), then the ESCTA are IMHO better tires than both I've mentioned above.

One friend of mine as a turbo Golf GTi MKI and I've already drove his car with both Toyos T1r and ESCTA (the ones his driving now), and I can say that I've noticed some grip improvements since he fitted the Kumhos.

Just to tell you that you don't always need to use what everybody uses (and I don't mean "go against what other mates are saying", because I think this forum is a great source of true knowledge and info sharing from all the members of this exceptional community), I'm sharing my tyre preferences with you: I've already paid for a set of Vredestein 215/40 z2 17 Ultrac Sessanta tires, which I expect to try in my coop on the early days of October. I'm very trilled about this because I had a great experience with them a couple of months ago when driving a 280hp M3 E30 evo.

Sorry for the long post.

Cheers and happy ride with your Kumhos

I've had the falken 452's on my alfa for over a year they are fine will certainly replace them with the same. I couldn't find a tyre with a higher rating on mytyres.co.uk

Got them on the front today with F1's on the rear, early days but my new Falken's are great and the price is a winner too!

well forgot to mention that i already have my falkens 912ze tyres on , and my personal filling is that they are very good for the price . ok they or not like a set of toyo r888 but they have quite a good grip trhough cornes.
busy weight to have a blast with a rx8 this weekend , and i now it will probably eat me on the cornes but we will see.

cheers

ZE-912 are replacement for ZE 512. Though they are complete opposites. Where ZE-512 was intended to focus on handling and grip, the ZE 912 forte is on ride and noise.

cheers
Rui