Given
80%
while driving a
Nissan 350z
(255/35 R19)
on
a combination of roads
for 650
spirited miles
Just listen to the Jon the tire review man. They're f great!
CONTEXT:
When I was looking for tires my brother had shown me the YouTube channel before so I did a deep dive. My Uniroyal Rainsport 5's were on the limit of an MOT fail so I needed new rubber. As much as I loved them and its shark skin technology written on the sidewall, and in the wet they were a blast, ultimately dynamically they were lazy in the dry and not the most fun by the end of them, but considering the car was new to me on Toyo Proxes with the sidewalls literally splitting in the cold, when I got the Uniroyals on I was having a great time getting to know the car. Really happy with the choice 9/10
FURHTER CONTEXT LOL:
Anyway, after a lot of learning and my desires for the car, I wanted the same parameters as the RS5's but just with better grip. PS5's were out my price range and I'd fear in a way would overpower the car and be too grippy and a bit boring to do drive day to day.
To mitigate this further I implemented a squarer set up (previously 225, 245 now 255, 265 front to rear) to help turn in as I felt the lack of initial grip on turn in and understeer mid corner was not nice when loaded up carefully.
So on went the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asy 6's on the front (255x35x19) with Falken Azenis FK520 rear (265x35x19)
I don't remember if Goodyear did the rear sizing or if they were ridiculously expensive so on went the Falkens as a compromise. I only did this since I bought wheels 19x9.5 front and 19x10.5 rear this was the closest tire size pairing I could get to a square 255 all round or 265 all round.
NITTY GRITTY:
Goodyears have fantastic initial grip, on tight bends, fast ones, short ones, sweepers, the car rotates beautifully, much lighter on it's tippy toes now while providing much better stability in all areas to the Rainsport 5's. Wet grip is on par although if I'm thinking solely about the tire give me a 255 Rainsport that might just edge it, however as a package the new set up is much more fun and agile in the wet as it is in the dry.
Stopping power is great. Despite a smaller and stiffer sidewall, road noise and day to day comfort is better behaved. Road feedback is good.
I haven't taken this set up on track yet but it will be more agile and suffer less wear, I believe it's a harder tire to the Uniroyal.
I wish I could get the Goodyears on all 4 corners but as a pairing I have to say that the FK520's in the rear really compliment the car and the fronts very nicely indeed.
SUMMARY:
Turns out when you trust a nerd on a particular subject they know, they tend to have a good understanding of what they're talking about. John you absolute nerd thank you for the recommendation. If he can't stop saying 'but I prefer the Goodyears though' in every test, that's probably a good sign.
Nothing to fault yet.
As a tire 9/10
For my needs 10/10 the Falkens I said as a tire 7.5/10, for my needs 9/10
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