i just purchased 20" rims and i went to my local wholesale tire spot and they had 275/35/20 Falken tires for $170 each. Are these worth getting? Ive never had Falkens before and would like to hear what some people think of their tires?


They also have Toyo 245/35/20 for $170 each which i will be puttin on the front.
Def sounds like a great price, but i was just curious what people thought of the Falken tire quality

 

got a set on mine great tyre ,buy em !

 

Falcons are very good tires, I ran a set of 19's and they out lasted and performed my Toyo's.

 

Falken what? RT-615? ST-115? GRB FK-451?

Falken makes a bunch of tires... I like the RT-615 for dual street/track use.

 

I have the Falken Azenis ST-115.
Great tires.

 

I actually just got my shipment of Falken FK-451's from discount tire direct...the design looks really nice and from what I gathered around the site it is a really good tire as well.

 

I,ve got the Falken FK 452 ,s really good

 

Can't beat Falkens for the price. I drove 130mph on wet pavement with Falkens in my other car one time and they hold up excellent.

 

I have had a set of Falken Zeix on for about 3 weeks now, So far they are quiet and have great wet/mud/snow traction.

 

cool, good info. does $170 per tire sound like a good price for 275/35/20? is there anywhere else that's cheaper?

 

I love Toyos. We have crappy Falken's on our old BMW and they are suprsingly decent.

 

Love them sumitomos!

 

Where the heck did you find 'em for only $170 for that size??? Best I found was $220 from discount. Crap!

 

I have some (fk-451's) and can break them loose way too easy. I wish I had gone with the BFG KDW's but the Falkens came in a package with my wheels. I'm planning on roasting these and then changing over to the BFG's when I get some spare cash.

 

I had a set of Falken RT-615's on my car before I got my new wheels. They are the BEST summer tire for the money - hands down! I think my 255's had more traction than my new 275 PS2's. Yet, the 615's just fall apart in the rain where as the PS2's still stick.
Also, Grassroots mag did a tire comparison for AutoX on street tires, the 615's won by a full second (doesn't seem like much, but in AutoX that 1 second is a VERY BIG DEAL), even over the tires that cost $100 more each!! The only problem was the 615's don't handle being heated up, of coarse no street tire that will last over 10,000 mile can perform that well when heated up.
Just be careful if you mix tires on front and back. 245 front and 275 rear is a good combo, yet if your front tires are different than the back, and they grip a lot better under certain conditions, your VDC could be the end of you. Our VDC is designed for understeer!!

 

One more thing, every great performance handling book will tell you the same thing, the biggest and best modification you can do to your car is the tires. So don't look at $ when choosing a tire, look at the performance you want.
Oh by the way, I talked to Luke at Tirerack, and he is the one who convinced me to buy Falken's - and they don't even sell them!

 

sounds good. I wasn't looking for a great performance tire, I don't go to the track, or auto cross or even drive that hard but the Falkens sound like a good deal then. they're from a discount tire/wheel spot on long island. the price sounded really good. My friend just got 18" chrome rims with p zeros for $1,000 for his altima

 

Agree. Check Consumer Reports recommendations and the latest Car and Driver tests. You will see the same performance tires on both lists.

 

I've always wondered if that was the case with Flakens. Of course you are running a lot of power as well