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

[hurley97]

Nice Griff, I would like to know your review after driving on them for a while. I want to get the S.Drive I just have no reason to yet. I have Yokohama AVID H4S right now and they are maybe about half worn if that, I got them well over a year ago. I love my Yokohama's, I fully intend to stay with the brand and highly recommend some form of Yokohama to anyone.

I had Falken 512's on my stock wheels and loved them... for 6mo before they became almost bald and horrible in anything but dry racetrack conditions, but for the money they were just fine. Not to mention they were like screw and nail magnets, or I just had bad luck with them.
When I got my rims they came with Kumho Ecsta 712's that I had so many problems with bubbles in the sidewalls, I hated them and everything about them. After having to replace one because of a bubble and 2 more bubbles in another one I replaced them with the Falken 512s again, and I loved them again, you can't beat them for the first 6 months.
Then Dustin recommended the Yokohama's and I decided to try them. (Knock on wood) I have had no problems with them whatsoever. I picked up a nail once but it didn't go all the way through, never had a bubble in the sidewall, they wear nice and evenly, I rotated them once after about 20-25k miles because I thought I probably should and there was almost no difference in tread depth, traction could be a little better in heavy rain. Overall the best tire I've had and have lasted the longest.