Falken Tyres? Good? Bad? Ugly?
Discussion
I did a search, and can only find one mention around these here parts.
Anybody know anything about this tyre brand? Seem cheap, thought I'd read something about them around the PH fora. Expect somebody knows
[small](It's for the Eurobox, just thinking about replacing the original Michelins, and wondering about saving a couple of bob...)[/small]
Anybody know anything about this tyre brand? Seem cheap, thought I'd read something about them around the PH fora. Expect somebody knows
[small](It's for the Eurobox, just thinking about replacing the original Michelins, and wondering about saving a couple of bob...)[/small]
beano500 said:
I did a search, and can only find one mention around these here parts.
Anybody know anything about this tyre brand? Seem cheap, thought I'd read something about them around the PH fora. Expect somebody knows
(It's for the Eurobox, just thinking about replacing the original Michelins, and wondering about saving a couple of bob...)
www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=8&t=210108
and here...
http://pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=143206&f=6&h=0&hw=falken
should get you started...
beano500 said:
Ah - ta! I didn't think of searching in all the TVR fora, but if they're good enough for a pedigree British sports car, I don't see why they shouldn't suit some german tat....
I have them on the Alfa 147 Sillyspeed, they are superb tyres, i replaced the fronts initailly and then within a week of them bedding in had to replace the rears as the fronts were so much grippier than the rears, now it just grips, and grips and grips even in the wet, i've yet to provoke it enough to lose any front or rear grip, and i've tried !!
victormeldrew said:
I've used them on my A8 for a couple of years - excellent grip, but possibly not that long lasting. I do give them a hard time though. So fine for German tat!
I've had the falkens on a big car before and i've come to the conclusion that they just aint suited to a big old car like the A8 - wear on the alfa is phenomenal, in a good way !!
Falken are part of Sumitomo Group, who in general make good to great tires at surprisingly reasonable prices.
I have 4 Sumitomo H-rated tires on my VW Scirocco, bought them from Tire Rack based mostly on price, and was very pleasantly surprised by their obvious high-quality construction, needed very little balance weight, excellent stick in wet or dry, ride is OK considering the stiff sidewall, turn-in is quite sharp, they are lasting well considering the level of grip.
On S14.net the Falken tires are rated pretty well for use on the M3. The Falken line tend towards softer compounds so they don't last a huge number of miles but this bothers numpties, not us lot, right?
I have 4 Sumitomo H-rated tires on my VW Scirocco, bought them from Tire Rack based mostly on price, and was very pleasantly surprised by their obvious high-quality construction, needed very little balance weight, excellent stick in wet or dry, ride is OK considering the stiff sidewall, turn-in is quite sharp, they are lasting well considering the level of grip.
On S14.net the Falken tires are rated pretty well for use on the M3. The Falken line tend towards softer compounds so they don't last a huge number of miles but this bothers numpties, not us lot, right?
I've been running them all season on my drift car & the car I borrowed (on more than a few occasions). Just cos I said drift car don't be afraid!, we actually need a really grippy tyre to keep the speed levels up & the car control precise.
They are very predictable, offer excellent wet/dry difference & are also very progressive. I can't comment on how long they last on the road as I only get a few laps out of each rear set. But the fronts last well and provide excellent grip even after some serious abuse. They are also very well made & put up with heat very well unlike F1's for example which delaminate when drifting (so ok for trackdays for you guys)
from me oh & they smoke shitloads when you start going sideways
They are very predictable, offer excellent wet/dry difference & are also very progressive. I can't comment on how long they last on the road as I only get a few laps out of each rear set. But the fronts last well and provide excellent grip even after some serious abuse. They are also very well made & put up with heat very well unlike F1's for example which delaminate when drifting (so ok for trackdays for you guys)


speed8 said:
Falkens on the front of the Focus.
I wanted Toyo as I've been happy with them on the cerb but they don't do Focus sizes.
Slightly off topic but I had Toyos on my 1999 focus in 195/55-15 V. (I know the tyre size changed at some point but some people with foci can get toyos..

I just fitted some Falkens to the quattro and I'm not quite sure about them yet. The initial turn-in is very good and very precise, but when you load them up in a longish corner the sidewalls seem to flex a bit too much - mainly the heavily loaded outer rear - and the car doesn't feel quite as rock-solid as it did on Pirellis. Trying slightly higher pressures seems to have helped a bit, but I've yet to try these pressures on a long run.
Braking seems good in wet and dry conditions, but I can't really comment on traction as quattros don't really suffer in that department.
They are very well priced though, which was part of their appeal.
Braking seems good in wet and dry conditions, but I can't really comment on traction as quattros don't really suffer in that department.
They are very well priced though, which was part of their appeal.
I got a set of FK-451s and they are every bit as good as the SO-2s I had before and about half the price!
Got them delivered from here:
www.driftacademy.co.uk/shop.html
Got them delivered from here:
www.driftacademy.co.uk/shop.html
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