Owners most consistently favor the Falken FK452 for dry grip and value for money, with comfort and steering response also attracting more praise than criticism. Wet grip is less convincing: positive accounts outnumber complaints by about two to one, but a substantial minority lack confidence in the rain. Tread-life opinions are almost evenly divided, with roughly one in four owners describing disappointing wear. Noise is similarly split, with nearly as many finding it loud as quiet. Returning owners have varied experiences, so there is no consistent pattern of grip holding up or deteriorating as the tire wears.
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Replaced my pilot sport RFTs with these for over 1? year ago. Covered up to now 20,000+kms still 50% left. Includes spirited bouts and eurotrips. These tires are great. Could use a little more rim protection, but otherwise a great tire, Will buy again 100%
Had these on all 4 corners. Really good for the money - wearing well on the back but gone thru them in about half the time of PS2s on the front which is a bit bizarre.
Some scrubbing due to tracking issues towards the end - but even so these went down quick.
Found less noise and tramlining than PS2 as well.
Still can't argue for the money.
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Ive worn these down to the legal limit now and can recommend them wholeheartedly. Great tire for the price but they wear about twice as quickly as the original Dunlops. Had 40k out of the originals and 20k out of these but Id still buy them again. Grip is great and progressive.
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good tire, have these front on for 25k miles on my Audi A4 and my A6 Wear was more on the inside of the tire, i am putting that down to both car being TDI model and with the extra weight.good value for your money.
I have just put on these 452's on the front of my X type 2.2 saloon and the road noise is less than the Pirelli's but noisy on the turns. The wear is yet to be discovered but the handling is much the same. Looking forward to replacing the rears with the same tire, to see how much quiter the road noise becomes!
Watch this space for any up dates!.
Brought these tires for my BMW 320d sport to replace Nankang NS2 previously fitted. The Falkens are amazing - much quieter, lots of grip in the wet and dry, but best of all the car handles so much better than before. Used to tramline on the old cheap Nankang tires but the Falkens are comfortable and make the car much more comfortable. Only had these for 1 week so hopefully they will last.
Slightly noisier than the cheap tires they replaced. The grip was much better, expecially in the wet, very hard to get the front to break loose in the dry. In most respects an excellant tire except the tram-lining is dreadful. Sure the E46, with M-Tech suspension giving extra camber, is known to have issues here, but these tires were unnerving at times. Keeping the pressures high helped but this just made the hard ride from the suspension even worse. Conti Contact 3 a better bet
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BMW
225/45 R17
2,000 miles
A Combination of Roads
Average
Don't bother with these, once worn down a bit all the good points disappear as fast as your your back end will do in the rain if you try to hard on these tires.
Don't worry it won't take you long to wear these out I got less then 3000 on the rears I could eventually see the wear week by week. I think even a pro banger racer would think twice about fitting these new for the world final, go for a good remould instead !!!!
I am just about to fit my 6th set of Falken FK-452s. I had three set on my Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 and am just about to fit a 3rd set to my Volvo S60 R. Given that both cars have over 300bhp and 4WD, I think the Falkens give exceptional life - I've never had less than 20,000 miles from a set and the best set lasted 24,300 miles. Wet weather grip is not compromised by such longevity and the directional nature of the tread ensures that standing water is dispersed quickly, with no aquaplaning. I would recommend these tires highly.
I do 18k miles per year. My last tires were Michelin Primacy. They were a bit pricy so I went for the 452's and I'm disappointed to note that at under 15k miles the fronts need replacing. I got 22k+ from the Micheins. Back to Michelin this time, as while the 452 is an OK tire, and excellent for the money, in the long run well worth paying extra for the Michelin as I don't want to buy tires every 11 months...!
Replaced my Uniroyal Rainsport 2 with a set of Falken F452. Bedded the tires in and after that I drove as per normal. First thing I found out was that white lining is a bit of a problem. Secondly the wet weather grip is not all that I hoped. In the wet it is a bit like driving by the seat of your pants it gets a little twitchy this is at moderate speeds.
Would I buy another set, probably not. They are good value for money and may suit other vehicles better than the Porsche. The wear rate is good. These were bought after reading tire reviews.
Next set I am thinking of some Vredestein Sessanta
