Falken 452 opinions

[vwbassett]

Hi for an LCR are these good - owners opinions only if you dont mind me asking as the £150ish difference between them and the Goodyear Asymetrics is almost enough to sort my front brakes. Are they better than the shocking pirellis in the wet as thats my only issue with them
Cheers
Adam

 

[andycupra]

i think they are 'ok'.
Others think they are great.

The good years are worth the extra, but id be happy to have them over pirellis for sure.

 

[DannyC87]

I have falken 452s all round on mine at the moment, they are far better than pirellis and better than the dunlop sport maxxs i've just removed! They feel fairly progressive in the way traction is lost; the tail is much less snappy than it was with pirellis. Wet and dry performance is very good from these tyres; even when pushed.. they get my vote

 

[Rocky Rocastle]

for £250 ish for 4 from camskill you can't be bit, i recently got them and think they are very good

 

[Avant4me]

Just about to buy my second set. Fronts last about 10K which is much better than Good years

 

[Rocky Rocastle]

10K??? that all

 

[DPJ]

I've tried a set and I'll be going back to Toyos after they're worn.

Good, but not quite as good as Toyo T1-Rs for me.......

 

[Empi5]

Lee ( nibbles ) fitted a set of Falkens after always having GSD3. He feels they are the worst tyre he has ever had, excessive wear and horrendous tyre noise. They possibly dont suit lowered cars !

 

[Avant4me]

10K??? that all

How long you want a grippy tyre to last?

 

[vwbassett]

Empi5 why did you have to ruin the way the thread was going lol. DPJ how did the toyos perform better, there slightly more expensive and i could go for them just seeing £450(inc fitting)for the goodyears is a lot

 

[Rocky Rocastle]

longer than that tbh, i know people on here that have said they lasted 20-25k

 

[seantdi]

i was going to get the 452s for my leon but settled for hankook evo 12 instead. very happy with them so far! great grip in both wet and dry and low road noise. about the same price as the 452s aswell even a bit cheaper i think. would be well worth thinkin about aswell. i heard the falkens dont last that long

 

[kez]

i thought they were pretty good. i only got about 4000 miles out of a set though so have gone back to eagle f1 asymmetrics

 

[bruceR]

I done a lot of searchin into this last year and decided to go for them all round - would recommend these tyres

 

[neilmac]

Lee ( nibbles ) fitted a set of Falkens after always having GSD3. He feels they are the worst tyre he has ever had, excessive wear and horrendous tyre noise. They possibly dont suit lowered cars !

Ive got 452's all round...Ive got to say, despite all the raving on here...Im not convinced about them. The XL's give a lot more than the GSD3 XL's...that said Ive had bad experience with horrible wear patterns on GSD3. They are cheap (£240 all in for 4) so depends whats more important...I may try something else next time as Im not blown away by them.

 

[DOLBY]

ive got them all round, and if im honest i only got them cos i was getting so many punctures, i decided not to carry on with the GSD3s...so i went for the best budget tyre i could find

they dont seem too bad, but im gonna ivest in some decent rubber when the fronts go bald

 

[lc_allan]

I also like them. Have them all round and amd running stage2. Fine in the winter gone.
I don't do big miles so they last me quite a while even if they wear quickly.

 

[matylad]

Got them all round on mine. They grip well but they are noisy as hell this is down to the tread blocks stepping, sounds like there is a bearing gone.....I'm assured its the tyres. Haven't lasted all that long either, had Toyo T1Rs before the Falken. They were on the car when i bought it and i did a further 15K on them, which is a lot more than the Falkens have done.

Matt.