Anyone riding on falken ZE-912/ZE-512 tires? yes i searched -_-, I think these tires have what Im looking for but I want opinions Options

[enderswift]

hey everyone, I've been doing alot of research on tires lately and I think i've settled on falken ZE-912/ZE-512 tires. According to the interwebs, the falkens are UHP tires that wont kill me when it snows. They seem to offer really good performance (z rated) and tread life but tend to be noisy. I'm a bit suspicious because they sound too good to be true, and their description on falkens website simply gushes about their technical prowess blah blah blah. I've read reviews all over the place BUT i know that most online reviews suck because the reviewers hadn't given the tire any time to break in. Thats why i want to see if anyone here has had these tires for an extended period of time. Do they really grip that well? How much worse do they make our already bad road noise prob? What is snow traction like? Is it true that the sidewall is actually softer (IE handle worse) than on the older 512's?


Im stuck between choosing these falkens a set of toyo proxes or khumo ecstas. I've had the proxes before on a different car and they were AMAMZING even when almost worn out. help me out here

This post has been edited by enderswift: Nov 26, 2008 - 11:54 PM

[95celgt]

are you guys serious?! proxes are CR@P!!!

they couldn't handle the 3sgte power anyway, they spun to easy, understeered, noisy as heck, and rain driving was downright dangerous....hydroplane to the max! and in light rain they made the car feel RWD through a simple turn (spun the car out doin a wide 20mph turn)..

Ive had Both the 512 and 912.....the 512 was good when new on my stx and rain grip was excellent but the tires wore FAST, got like 12K miles out of them...and they were soft so you couldn't really tell the limit was approaching..

I have the new 912's on my current celica on 17inch wheels and they are GREAT...dry and wet grip is great, the noise level/comfort level is great (rides really quiet and mine is convertible!) I have 3K miles on them and they show almost no wear

[808celica]

are you guys serious?! proxes are CR@P!!!

they couldn't handle the 3sgte power anyway, they spun to easy, understeered, noisy as heck, and rain driving was downright dangerous....hydroplane to the max! and in light rain they made the car feel RWD through a simple turn (spun the car out doin a wide 20mph turn)..

Ive had Both the 512 and 912.....the 512 was good when new on my stx and rain grip was excellent but the tires wore FAST, got like 12K miles out of them...and they were soft so you couldn't really tell the limit was approaching..

I have the new 912's on my current celica on 17inch wheels and they are GREAT...dry and wet grip is great, the noise level/comfort level is great (rides really quiet and mine is convertible!) I have 3K miles on them and they show almost no wear

was just kidding

rain driving wasnt a problem