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Old Jun 1, 2011 | 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by NFSP G35
The only good thing about buying Falken tires, is getting to march into the tire store, slam your hand down on the counter and demand "I need some Falken tires!!!"
And watch the guys that work there just grin and shake their heads
 
Old Jun 1, 2011 | 01:07 PM
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How are those in wet weather?
Do you know how hard it is to type something about the rear of the car being more stable? I kept having to erase for fear of Driver-ize-ing.
 
Old Jun 1, 2011 | 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by calcul8
Ok. So 452 = bad for wet weather/all-season.

I checked the other one and they don't have 'em available in my size.
I've got coupe 19"s so I want something ~225-245-ish/35/19 for the front and ~245-265-ish/35/19 for the rear.
 
Old Jun 1, 2011 | 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Grace
Do you know how hard it is to type something about the rear of the car being more stable? I kept having to erase for fear of Driver-ize-ing.
Yes.
 
Old Jun 1, 2011 | 01:08 PM
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today is the first day of Hurricane Season as well fml
 
Old Jun 1, 2011 | 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted by NFSP G35
The only good thing about buying Falken tires, is getting to march into the tire store, slam your hand down on the counter and demand "I need some Falken tires!!!"
And watch the guys that work there just grin and shake their heads
oh lord.




 
Old Jun 1, 2011 | 01:12 PM
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452 are bad for stretching as well and Chad has them with a little stretch and they bubbles up
 
Old Jun 1, 2011 | 01:30 PM
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Wow, 6 pages already? You guys are hardcore. I can't keep up.
 
Old Jun 1, 2011 | 01:33 PM
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I just bought 4 falken tires. They seem okay to me. Wet traction isn't the best, though.

They were cheaper than ventus v12's
 
Old Jun 1, 2011 | 01:34 PM
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General UHP. It's always summer here..
 
Old Jun 1, 2011 | 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by NFSP G35
Why don't you buy some decent tires instead?
Because I dont want to spend more than $400 for the set of rears

Originally Posted by meister23
Falken 452 are the best tire ever just don't drive on any wet pavement
They are not any worse than my Toyo T1-R in the rain and I paid WAY more for those.

Originally Posted by NFSP G35
Or put them on a car with torque... or expect to corner and stop well....
they kick butt for drifting though!
Good thing I dont have any torque.

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Yokahama S drive. About 1/2 the price I used to pay for tires with less road noise.
I may consider these but I dont think a 275 will stretch enough for my set up.

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452 are bad for stretching as well and Chad has them with a little stretch and they bubbles up
Huh? The Falkens stretch great. I am running a 275 and it has a stretch. What is better than that? I actually have a decent size tire and run aggressive offset. The bubble sucks but I think that was just bad luck as I dont know of anyone else having that issue.
 

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Old Jun 1, 2011 | 01:35 PM
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norcal's crew is here too.
 
Old Jun 1, 2011 | 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Sen
Wow, 6 pages already? You guys are hardcore. I can't keep up.
Whatchu talkin' 'bout, Willis? We're only on page 2
 
Old Jun 1, 2011 | 01:40 PM
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I've only ran two types of tires since I've owned the car: Falkens 452's and Hankooks ventus v12's. With the exception of period of time when I had C-Fun's used Yokohama's on the front. Only thing I noticed is the Hankooks bulge a little more. Meaning I would rub with Hankooks, but not with Falken's. Same size, too.

Both have average wet traction, which got hella worse as they wore down.
 
Old Jun 1, 2011 | 01:54 PM
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spring mount mod ftw. started working on Harveys car again
 


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