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Old 09-23-2005, 08:37 AM
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I need to get some new tires for my 02 coupe. The stock ones are 195/65R15's. I am thinking about getting these falkens. Is anyone running these or does anyone have good or bad words for Falken tires?
http://www.discounttiredirect....ar=65


Otherwise I will just get the yoko avids.
Old 09-23-2005, 09:14 AM
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I had those tires. They were great tires til I demolished them Autocrossing my car. But overall price and quality, they are a good buy!

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I agree, very good all seasons. Pretty good snow traction/wet traction
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sweet, thanks for the info.
Old 09-27-2005, 10:19 AM
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Ordered yesterday from discounttiredirect.com, $48 a piece, free shipping and they will be here today. All the local places wanted $61 for them.
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Hope they work out for you. I have had those in a 225/45/17 and hated them. That being said, I was comparing them to my previous set of Pirelli PZero Nero's. Here's how I would rate them...

7.5 Dry traction
9.0 Wet traction
7.0 Dry handling
8.0 Wet handling
Don't know about snow...

Other than that, I got very low life out of them with regular rotation. Around 14K miles vs 31K with the Pirelli's. My driving would be broken down like this...

80% Highway
15% City
5% Autocross style mountain runs
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by AFAccord &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Hope they work out for you. I have had those in a 225/45/17 and hated them. That being said, I was comparing them to my previous set of Pirelli PZero Nero's. Here's how I would rate them...

7.5 Dry traction
9.0 Wet traction
7.0 Dry handling
8.0 Wet handling
Don't know about snow...

Other than that, I got very low life out of them with regular rotation. Around 14K miles vs 31K with the Pirelli's. My driving would be broken down like this...

80% Highway
15% City
5% Autocross style mountain runs </TD></TR></TABLE>

Well depends if your car is lowered? With or without camber kit, proper inflation?
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 13lue &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Well depends if your car is lowered? With or without camber kit, proper inflation? </TD></TR></TABLE>

Car IS lowered one inch. No camber kit needed. Alignment adjusted and checked regularly. The wear was normal, just quick. Never wasted rubber on burnouts.
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I'll keep an eye on them, getting them put on tomorrow. Plus my wife drives the car 80% of the time so if they last 30k they are good in my book.
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