Falken Tires
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Burning Brakes
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Falken Tires
Has anyone had any experiences using Falken tires? I heard that the FK451's are pretty good. Has anyone tried any of the others like Sumitomo or Wanli tires??
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From: Freestate Corvette Club! Elkridge, MD
St. Jude Donor '17
Re: Falken Tires (bmathews)
I used them - THose tires were the WORST! THey were not even freaking round - took a ton of weight to balance. Sure they are cheap, but they were CHEAP
Melting Slicks
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From: N.CHARLESTON SC
Re: Falken Tires (Ragtop_Rob)
:rolleyes: I love my dawg on dirt cheap Falkens! Hey, they were even round :rolleyes: Great tire for the money or you could jump on the bandwagon like many others and pay an arm and a leg for tires. Me, I would rather shop around and save money for other things. Just my .02! :D
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From: Ex-SF Bay Area; now happily Denver area
Re: Falken Tires (bmathews)
I used them on my '92 Lexus SC300 once and they were fine for that car. But I also put some on the back of my NSX and even the Z rated ones squatted down and lifted the front up enough under torque to make it squiggly even on the freeway. I went back to the tire store and replaced them with some Goodyear's and the car drove great. I had given up on the stock Yokohama's due to the rather short 5-7K mile tread life. :lol:
Racer
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From: San Diego ca
Re: Falken Tires (FunDriver)
I just got a set of falken's for $600.00 !!!! So far they're great; as good michelin sports ect ! I would purchase them again ! :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:
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Safety Car
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From: Wilmington NC
Re: Falken Tires (bmathews)
What tires do you guys run??
Take a look at:
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/max_perf_charts.jsp
Around $620.00 delivered in the Chicago area!
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Burning Brakes
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Re: Falken Tires (Richin Chicago)
Wow, those really perform well. I think these die hards that have money to burn keep the high price pieces of junk in business! Thanks for you reply guys, I truly appreciate them. :cheers:
Burning Brakes
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From: Troy MI
Re: Falken Tires (vettemaster1)
Anyone know how they compare to the Yokohama AVS Sport, and the Kumo Ecsta EX? The Kumo seem to be a good tire especially for the money. I'm sure they are all better than the Eagle EMT though right?