VXR8 Falken 453's 275/35/19 100Y

[MatrixXXx]

Just ordered 2 from Mytyres £170.00 each, will update when fitted and done a few miles.

Camskill said they were not available in the UK, these are coming from Germany.

I know people don't like them on the Monaro, I had Falken 452's on my CL 55AMG for years with no problems, I find the bridgestone's scary in the wet, a recent trip from London to York in heavy rain was not a pleasant experience, very bad aquaplaning in straight lines through standing water (spare underpants required). and losing the back end exiting roundabouts even though its an auto and light throttle.

[adevxr]

I have the 452's on the back of my R8 and have so far not had a single glitch with them very good grip even under heavy acceleration with controlled and predictable back end movement. No issues on corners or bends ... the only thing is they are slightly narrower than the Goodyear F1's I previously had and speaking to a few they have said Falkens come up about 10mm shy of the quoted width. Have done 1500 miles on them now including Le Mans and back.

Ade

Edited by adevxr on Tuesday 19th June 18:04

[moif]

I have 452's on the back of my R8 and like you Ade i have no problems and find them excellent
I've just put 453's on the front as eventually the 452's are been replaced by these

[MatrixXXx]

The reviews say the 453's are a better Tyre so for £20.00 more I went for them.

[V88Dicky]

WARNING!!

You will skid off the road in a burning fireball before shooting through the air, Dukes of Hazzard stylee, and coming to rest upside down in a swamp, or worse, a cesspit.

As I have several times already.

Next time I'm going to spend an absolute fortune on the best of the best of the best.

[moif]

V88Dicky said:

WARNING!!

You will skid off the road in a burning fireball before shooting through the air, Dukes of Hazzard stylee, and coming to rest upside down in a swamp, or worse, a cesspit.

As I have several times already.

Next time I'm going to spend an absolute fortune on the best of the best of the best.

I know what you mean Dicky

[moif]

MatrixXXx said:

The reviews say the 453's are a better Tyre so for £20.00 more I went for them.

I'll be putting 453's on the back as well

[Chrisgixer]

451/452/912 have all tram lined from new and become unstable very early in their life IME.

No experience with the 453(?) though. New model I take it...?

[neiljohnson]

Having experienced 452's on an r8 (on pedders) I can assure you when getting low they are unpredictable & nervous (where at 3-4mm) on the other hand on my wife's Astra they were fine until they hit around the same level & now the car has become quite skittish in the wet it & the traction control kicks in a lot more often, it seems the grip goes away as they wear down earlier than on other tyres as well as wearing at a rather alarming rate got 20k out the contis that were on the front & @ 8k out the falkens.
453's are I'm told much better like any evolution they should be

[MatrixXXx]

Done about 5k on them now. They are far Superiour in the wet I can go through standing water without a twitch. They are not as soft as the Bridgestones , but are very predictable , the tyre pressures on the front ( bridgestones ) make a huge difference to the handeling.

[anonymous-user]

I have Continental sport contact 5Ps on mine. Great in the wet, brilliant in the dry.

[ARAF]

MatrixXXx said:

They are far Superior in the wet I can go through standing water without a twitch.

Could the car have been aquaplaning due to a lack of tread though?

[fildigger]

V88Dicky said:

WARNING!!

You will skid off the road in a burning fireball before shooting through the air, Dukes of Hazzard stylee, and coming to rest upside down in a swamp, or worse, a cesspit.

As I have several times already.

Next time I'm going to spend an absolute fortune on the best of the best of the best.

Yeah!.. those General Grabbers nearly did for Bo' & Luke Duke on many occasions
!...good job the 125 Chargers they used were built well!

[tiler]

These cars do not like cheap tyres.
and i think my life is worth the £90 each tyre costs.

[the_ferret82]

tiler said:

These cars do not like cheap tyres.
and i think my life is worth the £90 each tyre costs.

£90??? what tyres do you put on yours i fit mid range tyres at 160 ish a pop (its been a while since i fitted any)

[MatrixXXx]

ARAF said:

Could the car have been aquaplaning due to a lack of tread though?

they were very bad in heavy rain at 5K when i bought the car, and got worse.

[SteveMJ]

It rear tyres time for me now too (what again! that came around quick).

For the mid price options the choice to me seems: Falken 452 or Falken 453. The 453 claims to be better - by Falken though. In the past I've looked Khumo KU31 too, but never used them.

I previously found the Falken 452 to be fine for my style of driving i.e. I could not notice a difference from the Bridgstones, other than around £100 each less.

The Khumo claim they have rim protection which sounds attractive as the VXR8 is the worst car I've had for catching the kerb!

What should I get?

Thanks, Steve

[amvs]

Before seeing the light and buying a monaro I ran a number of tuned nissan 200`s - all on 452`s

Last one was 420hp / 440 ftlbs - on a 2 litre it was pretty fierce. Always found the tyres good. Maybe a littl e prone to spin up in the wet but very good value imho

[Gary H 2008]

How are the 453's holding up?

[moif]

Gary H 2008 said:

How are the 453's holding up?

I've had them on for 5k now(fronts),find them superb in dry and wet,imo a great tyre for the R8