i know falken has a good series of tires... and some 205 50 15s are on sale for ONLY $58. are these good tires to get? anyone have em? traction is important to me.. but also daily drivability is, too. i dont want to get some azenis and have to change em out by the end of the year.. i need some good treadwear and wet/dry traction. i have crappy *** michelins for tires right now.. so anything is better than those pieces of ****.

 

kumho 712's

 

not only did you copy my old username... you are givin the thumbs up on a tire that has nothing to do with the thread. good job, man. haha just kiddin, dude.


[Modified by dlplayboy, 12:30 AM 9/24/2002]

 

I just got the falken 512's last week and the place told me they only have H rated. Sidewalls flex a lot but yea they got pretty good treadwear. I don't know if they grip good cuz i havent tested em yet

 

oh forilz? coo. go do some practice runs and tell me how they grip. haha maybe i should just pay more and get kumhos then.

 

well actually, not to be whorin ur thread but get azenis...u'll lovem. esp since ur boost the azenis give u all kinds of grip. i was just at buttonwillow with my car last weekend and man...they are the bomb tires for the price

 

dont trip, dude... no one is whorin my thread... all comments are welcome. i was thinkin about gettin the azenis but they wear out too fast.. and i commute alot. thats my only gripe. maybe i should just get 2 regular tires for the rear.. and azenis for the front.

 

if your gonna get falkens get the azenis those are nice tires that are sticky imo....and they are a reasonable price....also a on the kuhmos

 

So you decided to keep your stockers huh? I had the 502s and they were okay. Decent grip fairly soft sidewall and 300 treadwear. Drove those for a year and will pobably have them for another.

I'd suggest another tire for you esp. since you're boosting. JMHO though.

I have a buddy who had the 512's and they're "okay". Still a lot of wheelspin though.

If you can do it, mount a set of azeins on a set of 14" steelies and roll around with "normal tires" on your rims. That is if money is not an option.

Good luck hope it helps.

 

yeah, man... i decided to keep my stockers.... i like em alot better than the 16in. rota and velox choices i had to choose between. the ones i really want cost too much...

thanks for the feedback on the tires. im just wondering if these falkens are similar to kumhos... cuz i found a good price on these falkens for $60 each. i was thinkin about doin the different combo set. azenis for race... and regular tires for daily drivin.

... or possibly azenis on the front... falkens on the rear.

 

With the azein up front and falkens on the rear, you would have an extremely tail happy car. You could literally drift all day long with that setup.

the azeins will overpower the car's natural tendency to understeer and the tail will whip out pretty easily.

I saw a vid of a del "slo" with race tires up front and michelins (stockers in back) just drifting left and right left and right with ease. Pretty fun if you ask me but might be a bit tricky to negotiate in the real world.
Good luck mang

 

hey man where are they for sale at?

 

hahah never thought of that. michelins are a piece of shiet anyway... you can drift with those in reverse, too.

notquitejdm... http://www.tires.com youll find em there.

 

cool deal just ordered 2 today!

 

i love them but hate the road noise. Ive done 80 exiting the FWY...on a bank turn.
They are good summer tires, but not rain. something to concider.

 

you love em... but they are ONLY good summer tires? i dont get it. why didnt you like em in the rain?

 

they are not very good all condition tires. traction in rain sucks ***...

 

does it really? hmmm, cuz my girl had em in on her integ and it seemed cool in the rain. her teg was auto so its not like i got to put em to the test. oh well... i wonder what a good all around tire is for a good price.