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

[BonzaiCelica]

so now that im reading this post about these tires. i was all for buying zome fk452 cause some people said that they are really good at first but dont last very long. You think that if i rotate tires every 3,000 miles they could last me 20,000 miles. Or should i just buy zx-912 instead.

[6strngs]

so now that im reading this post about these tires. i was all for buying zome fk452 cause some people said that they are really good at first but dont last very long. You think that if i rotate tires every 3,000 miles they could last me 20,000 miles. Or should i just buy zx-912 instead.

why are you set on buying falkens? I know they're cheap, but you get a cheap tire in exchange. The FK452 is a better tire, a lot more stiff than the other falkens which are very soft, it's also more of a performance tire though, which means they sacrificied longevity and road noise in exchange for performance. you might still get 20K out of them, though, rotating won't do a lot of good since they are directional so they can only be rotated front to back. if you get an alignment at the same time, you might get 20K though if you drive like a granny on them.