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Falken FK453 Reviews

Falken FK453 Owner Reviews

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What owners say summarised from 28 reviews

Dry grip is the clearest owner-reported strength of the Falken FK453, with dry handling, noise and value also more often praised than criticised. Wet grip is less consistent, while comfort and steering feel divide opinion. Later-use tread-life accounts are evenly mixed, ranging from early replacement to satisfactory mileage, and roughly one in seven owners raises concerns about high-speed stability. The returning reviewer stays strongly positive through 20,000 miles and describes retained grip at the wear limit, but that is one driver rather than a general ageing pattern. Other reports of instability or changing behavior with use do not establish a common mileage-based decline.

What owners mention most counted across 27 reviews

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Owner ratings averaged from 30 ratings

  • Owner score 65%
  • Dry Grip 77%
  • Wet Grip 70%
  • Comfort 69%
  • Road Feedback 63%
  • Handling 60%
  • Wear 60%

Falken FK453 Reviews - Page 3

Score spread across 28 written reviews
54%
Member
Have these on a 2008 Subaru Legacy 20.D replaced the bridgestone REO50A, done 1000km so far, Very light steering and very quite, and thats where the good news ends, at mid to higher speeds it feels like you're driving on cobblestones,steering wheel twitch's, drive over a cats eye and the steering wheel kicks,drive in a truck rut on a corner and it will steer its self (almost lock, not good) some bumps are ok some are like getting a mallet in the back of the neck, I think i'll be changing them soon, going back to the Bridgestones as there was none of these problems. just wasted E500!
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 8
  • Wet Grip 8
  • Road Feedback 3
  • Handling 3
  • Wear 7
  • Comfort 8
  • Buy again 1
Helpful 490
36%
Member
  • BMW M3 CSL
  • 265/30 R19 W
  • 2,500 miles
  • Mostly Country Roads
  • Spirited
I bought these after my Michelin Pilot Sport PS2's wore out on the rear of the car, unfortunately I was not able to replace my PS2's with another set so I took a punt on the FK453, bad move.

After bedding the tires in for 500 miles I started to push on them, unfortunately the car now feels very unbalanced at mid to high speeds, the traction control is now cutting in much more frequently than they did with the car on Michelins, it's a shame as its a good looking tire and on paper should be very good.

In this circumstance I think you get what you pay for, I would happily run these on my commuter car, but not on anything with relatively high performance as they are just not up to the job.


This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 4
  • Wet Grip 3
  • Road Feedback 1
  • Handling 1
  • Wear 8
  • Comfort 7
  • Buy again 1
Helpful 488
96%
Member
OK, just put them on, only done 200 miles. Amazing compared to Michelin PS2's. Always bought the best, hence PS2's, but, these tires thud instead of slap over road cracks. Quieter, and so direct, now got over-steer, yum yum! Don't know about wear, too early, but damn sticky, hence the lower rating on wear. Buy again, absolutely! Plus, they look so good as well! Not in UK yet, got from Germany, get them before the prices go up!
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 10
  • Wet Grip 10
  • Road Feedback 10
  • Handling 10
  • Wear 7
  • Comfort 10
  • Buy again 10
Helpful 460

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96%
Member
Just purchased these tires and replaced our continentals sport contact 3 on our s class Mercedes and so far the tire is fantastic. As we run a top London chauffeur service we need tires that are great in comfort, grip, wear and low road noise. I will update on wear once we do some iles on thm, we use the fk452s on our other vehicles and I can honestly say these tires are better already. www.londonchauffeuruk.co.uk
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 10
  • Wet Grip 9
  • Comfort 10
  • Buy again 10
Helpful 422
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