v8kid
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| posted on 26/9/13 at 12:53 PM |
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Are Falken tyres OK?
Need new tyres on the tin top. XF's eat tyres they only lasted 18k!
Are Falken ZE914 ok? they are medium price and the stats look good - but so do they all 
Any recommendations/ horror tales?
Cheers!
You'd be surprised how quickly the sales people at B&Q try and assist you after ignoring you for the past 15 minutes when you try and start a
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loggyboy
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| posted on 26/9/13 at 01:10 PM |
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Had 912 ziex ze's quite a few times in recent years, found them to be a good midrange tyre.
Not tried the 914s though.
PS 18k on tyres is pretty good in my experience, depend on brand of course. But the Falkens wont last as well as say Michelins or high end
pirellis.
[Edited on 26-9-13 by loggyboy]
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DavidW
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| posted on 26/9/13 at 01:32 PM |
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I had similar tyre issue when I had a BMW 530i doing lots of miles.
I found Falken FK452 tyres better than many more expensive tyres for wet and dry grip althouh the 912s didn't seem as good.
David
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v8kid
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| posted on 26/9/13 at 01:33 PM |
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Thanks - I got 30k out of tyres on the mondeo and never realised it was good!
You'd be surprised how quickly the sales people at B&Q try and assist you after ignoring you for the past 15 minutes when you try and start a
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loggyboy
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| posted on 26/9/13 at 01:51 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by DavidW
I had similar tyre issue when I had a BMW 530i doing lots of miles.
I found Falken FK452 tyres better than many more expensive tyres for wet and dry grip althouh the 912s didn't seem as good.
David
Funny I found the opposite! on my IS200 the 452s lasted half as long as the 912s!
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DavidW
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| posted on 26/9/13 at 02:37 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by loggyboy
quote:
Originally posted by DavidW
I had similar tyre issue when I had a BMW 530i doing lots of miles.
I found Falken FK452 tyres better than many more expensive tyres for wet and dry grip althouh the 912s didn't seem as good.
David
Funny I found the opposite! on my IS200 the 452s lasted half as long as the 912s!
This possibly makes sense - I thought the 452s had better grip than the 912s but maybe they were softer. I can't really rememeber how they
lasted.
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mcerd1
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| posted on 26/9/13 at 02:42 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by v8kid
Thanks - I got 30k out of tyres on the mondeo and never realised it was good!
depends how you drive and how hard the tyre compound is 
as a general rule the ones with lower rolling resistance should also last you longer, but they might not give you same grip - the cheaper the tyre
the more they compromise one or the other....
Michelins do seem to last longest in my experience, but you pay for it
once upon a time I was getting less than 6k from a set of front tyres  (they were very small tyres and I worked them hard  )
currently I get about 10 - 12k out of my front tyres on the focus with soft(ish) vredestein's and my mate gets 25 - 30k out of michelins on his
astra (similar tyre size and car weight etc..)
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loggyboy
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| posted on 26/9/13 at 02:49 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by DavidW
This possibly makes sense - I thought the 452s had better grip than the 912s but maybe they were softer. I can't really rememeber how they
lasted.
I didnt read you rpost correctly to be fair, i thought youd said the 452s lasted longer! lol doh.
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nick205
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| posted on 26/9/13 at 03:27 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mcerd1
quote:
Originally posted by v8kid
Thanks - I got 30k out of tyres on the mondeo and never realised it was good!
depends how you drive and how hard the tyre compound is
as a general rule the ones with lower rolling resistance should also last you longer, but they might not give you same grip - the cheaper the tyre
the more they compromise one or the other....
Michelins do seem to last longest in my experience, but you pay for it
once upon a time I was getting less than 6k from a set of front tyres (they were very small tyres and I worked them hard )
currently I get about 10 - 12k out of my front tyres on the focus with soft(ish) vredestein's and my mate gets 25 - 30k out of michelins on his
astra (similar tyre size and car weight etc..)
I used to manage ~8k on (fronts) on Bridgestone Potenza my old Leon Cupra diesel. It was a co. car and used very hard indeed . The Kwik Fit guys
new my on first name terms as I was covering ~35k miles a year at the time.
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mcerd1
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| posted on 26/9/13 at 03:41 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by nick205I used to manage ~8k on (fronts) on Bridgestone Potenza my old Leon Cupra diesel. It was a co. car and used
very hard indeed . The Kwik Fit guys new my on first name terms as I was covering ~35k miles a year at the time.
I wouldn't touch Kwik Fit with a barge pole....
but the local company I use doesn't even ask which ones or what size I want any more...
they just ask winter or summer ? and how many this time ? :lol:
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nick205
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| posted on 26/9/13 at 03:54 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mcerd1
quote:
Originally posted by nick205I used to manage ~8k on (fronts) on Bridgestone Potenza my old Leon Cupra diesel. It was a co. car and used
very hard indeed . The Kwik Fit guys new my on first name terms as I was covering ~35k miles a year at the time.
I wouldn't touch Kwik Fit with a barge pole....
but the local company I use doesn't even ask which ones or what size I want any more...
they just ask winter or summer ? and how many this time ? :lol:
No choice on Kwik Fit as they had the contract with the vehicle lease company. They did what was required with minmal fuss so OK by me.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 26/9/13 at 03:57 PM |
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Back in the dark ages with the original Michelin X I know cases cases where a pair did 90,000 miles on the rear of Hillman Hunters and
still had 1mm left and on the swing axle back of Mercedes fin-tail a pair that lasted 75,000 miles.
The more recent Michelin E is almost as long, 48,000 miles on the rear of Rovers and still OK for MOT in not unusual but they are lethal in
the wet.
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keithjardine
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| posted on 26/9/13 at 03:58 PM |
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Not long put a full set of them on my Octavia VRS tdi 170bhp, it had conti sport 2's on previously.
Noise is no worse, not span off into the ditch either and MPG is slightly better (~5mpg) with these BUT they are narrower than the same profile
continentals.......... 225/40/18 profile on the continentals is ~30mm wider than 225/40/18 profile on the falkens tread!
Decent tyres for the price and grip is comparable to the continentals but check the actual width, they have a rim protection bead but not as good as
the continentals.
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PAUL FISHER
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| posted on 26/9/13 at 05:55 PM |
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I put set on my SRT6 with 360bhp no problem, great tyres
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stevebubs
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| posted on 26/9/13 at 07:40 PM |
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Had a couple of sets of 452s on my old E34 v8...superb tyres...but, as above, they don't last as long as the more premium makes...
[Edited on 26/9/13 by stevebubs]
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matt_gsxr
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| posted on 26/9/13 at 07:56 PM |
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Got ze912's on my A6 2.0TDI.
Fronts have done 20k and are getting close to the wear bars. Rears have lots more left.
I bought from Black Circles.
Dry grip is good (compared to what was on before), wet grip not that great, seemed to work fine in the snow.
I would buy again based on cost, but my A6 is a motorway barge, so I am no tyre connoisseur.
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snapper
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| posted on 26/9/13 at 08:39 PM |
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Got Falkens on my Mondeo, grip ok but more noisy than others
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v8kid
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| posted on 26/9/13 at 10:51 PM |
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Thanks chaps I'll give them a go
You'd be surprised how quickly the sales people at B&Q try and assist you after ignoring you for the past 15 minutes when you try and start a
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