Does anyone know when falken will release these tires to stores? I saw that they were advertised at the SEMA show.

Thanks

 

I'm curious too, I was reading about it not 2 seconds ago on Falken's site.

 

Vulcan Tire site says that the 205/50/15 will be available in late March. They are taking pre-orders. Other sizes available at different times.

http://www.vulcantire.com/azenis_rt615_t.htm

 

392$$ for 4 205 40 16's

 

if anyone in the KC area are replacing old azeni's that still have useful life for the new ones, feel free to roll them my way.

 

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Smaller than stock diameter, pro's and cons w/ that setup

 

This is off of the old SEMA brochure

Q1 2005:
195/60R14 86H
205/50R15 89W RF
225/50R15 91H
205/40R16 83W RF
205/40R17 84W RF
215/40R17 87W RF
255/40R17 94W
275/40R17 98W
225/45R17 94W RF
245/45R17 99W RF

Q3 2005:
185/60R14 82H
195/50R15 82H
235/40R17 87W

hope that helps...I didn't bother to list the 18 incher sizes but I guess I'll do it if someone requests for it.

 

wonder how theyd look mounted

 

falken is advertising too much to the drifters..

http://www.falkentire.com/615micro.htm

 

oooooo... likey.

255/40 17's

 

http://rt615.com might want to bookmark the site; Falken just launched it.

 

Azenis Tire =

 

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255/40 17's </TD></TR></TABLE>

Likey for what? What'd you do, buy some super car we don't know about?

 

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205/50R15 89W RF
225/50R15 91H
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If your car's height adjustable for the slight difference, 225-50-15 might be an economical alternative for putting more tread on the ground.

If the new tyre's sidewalls are as still as the old tyre's, I don't think you'd have to worry about the extra sidewall height as long as you can get the car down to make up for the slight difference.

IMHO, of course.

 

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Wider tread. Not more tread, just wider tread.

As for being economical, Vulcan is not yet posting prices for the 225, so we will just have to wait and see. (The price of the 205 size is 35 percent more than the same size in the older RT-215, but is still quite reasonable compared to many other top-performing tires.)

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The sidewall height on the 225/50-15 size is only 0.2 inch higher than stock - about the same amount by which the sidewall height of a stock size tire is taller than a 205/50-15 tire should be. I doubt that that small a difference in sidewall height is all that critical. If the 225 size rubs - I haven't tried it, and don't know whether it does or doesn't, but if it does - I would suspect it would be more due to the tread being 20 mm (0.8 inch) wider than the sidewall height being 0.2 inch taller.

These sidewall height figures assume, of course, that the size for the new RT-615 is similar to other brands/models of tires of the same nominal size. With the older RT-215, we have found that that assumption is NOT valid (at least, not for the 205/50-15). With the RT-615, again, we will have to wait and see.

 

yes, it will be interesting to see if the new 205 width will be the same as the old style 205 width (which we all know was not 205), or have they started producing tires more in line with the other brands width sizes.

 

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WELCOME TO LAST WEEK ANDREW

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1137092

 

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My car is in my sig.

What'd I do? I did my research and decided that 245/45's will give me exactly what I'm looking for. Working with a large tire inventory everyday certainly helps me there.

 

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WELCOME TO LAST WEEK ANDREW

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1137092 </TD></TR></TABLE>

sorry I don't live on H-T, Tony.

 

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I doubt that that small a difference in sidewall height is all that critical. If the 225 size rubs - I haven't tried it, and don't know whether it does or doesn't, but if it does - I would suspect it would be more due to the tread being 20 mm (0.8 inch) wider than the sidewall height being 0.2 inch taller.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I've evidently failed to express myself correctly again.

I wasn't worried about rubbing, but referring to the Honda Challenge racer's obsession with sidewall height. If the car is 1/4" higher than it would be with 205-50-15 or 225-45-15, then he is going to lower the car that 1/4", guaranteed.

It seems to me (on the east coast, anyway) that the other drivers tend to follow their lead.

On a DC2 ITR with a reasonable chassis height and reasonable wheel offset yes, you're right, 225 section tyres fit just fine. Some of us would have to roll the rear fender lips, but we also (some of us) have to do that with +38 using R comp 205's, so it's not anathema.

 

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I'm jealous that your budget is greater than mine, that's all.

 

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# wise yes, but knowing how Azenis were always bigger than stated it probably wouldn't be a problem