Falken Tires
05-Apr-2004, 09:29 PM
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Falken Tires
I was just wondering about the quality of Falken tires... I'm kinda looking at the ZE-512 tires and I've read fairly decent reviews... and yes i know there not gonna outperform tires that cost $200+ each... I'm more curious about where Falkens stand in the overall scheme of tire and if it's a quality tire or nothing better than a crappy motomaster tire... any input would be appreciated 
05-Apr-2004, 10:38 PM
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yea so far the reviews ive read are pretty positive... I can get a set of 4 installed for 350 all in... which is typically what u'd get crappy motomasters for... so I think it's probably pretty reasonable.. I'm just wonderin what ppl's personal exp are...
06-Apr-2004, 07:17 PM
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i had these tires before, they are ok but interms of performance handleing they are a little week. they have a soft compound on them, but if you want to get some good tires i would get kuhmo's 712 thats what i have now and i feel they grab better and in the rain on the wet roads they are awsome, i have hit some deep puddles and no hydroplaneing at all and if hydroplaneing has ever happend to anyone you all know its not fun.
06-Apr-2004, 11:45 PM
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Originally posted by lordm
i had these tires before, they are ok but interms of performance handleing they are a little week. they have a soft compound on them, but if you want to get some good tires i would get kuhmo's 712 thats what i have now and i feel they grab better and in the rain on the wet roads they are awsome, i have hit some deep puddles and no hydroplaneing at all and if hydroplaneing has ever happend to anyone you all know its not fun.
i had these tires before, they are ok but interms of performance handleing they are a little week. they have a soft compound on them, but if you want to get some good tires i would get kuhmo's 712 thats what i have now and i feel they grab better and in the rain on the wet roads they are awsome, i have hit some deep puddles and no hydroplaneing at all and if hydroplaneing has ever happend to anyone you all know its not fun.
my problem is i cannot get those kuhmo's in the size i need... i need 185 60 14's they start in 195 60 14's and when i first bought the car and it definately lacked a bit of pep and that was partially due to tire size.. when i threw on the winters which are the 185's the accelleration difference was amazing.. Maybe ill see what else i can get in this size
07-Apr-2004, 08:48 AM
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I've been running Falken for 3 sets of tires now... 1st set I don't remember, second set was GRB-2 Ziex 512 I think, and currently Azenis.
The GRBs got really slippy when they started to wear out. Like under 25% tread, even on a dry summer day, I could drift the car like it was on black ice.
The GRBs got really slippy when they started to wear out. Like under 25% tread, even on a dry summer day, I could drift the car like it was on black ice.
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