Falken FK452

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Just before I buy the tyres I'm after a bit of advice/idiot checking.

I need 2 new tyres for my volvo s40 diesel (bring on the flak :rolleyes: ).

I currently have Yokohama S306 on the back axel and have found them very good (including before I swapped over and they were up front).

On the other axel I have Pirelli P6000 and find them very weak in the wet. When they went on the front (tyre swap to *try* to even wear) I could wheel spin in 3rd in the damp :eek:

The yokos have died, and the pirellis are still bullet proof, so Im looking to stick these on the back axel:

FK452

Any comments/improvements?

Ta

FluffySheep
 
If you can get Kumho KU31's for less than tha F452's then they are also an excellent Mid-Performance budget tyre. Excellent grip in wet and dry on my MR2 so far.

Much better than the crappy Goodyear NCT5's that were on there before. :cool:
 
FluffySheep said:
Bloody hell you guys are quick...

Looks good, so Ill buy tomorrow.

FluffySheep
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motors is usually the 2nd most popular (in terms of number of people viewing) forum after general discussion. I know you can wait days for a respone in the smaller forums, but this isnt one of them :D
 
How many of you have actually experienced them? I usually use P Zero's but at £130/corner on a 2.0 TDI became a bit pointless.

I wanted either FK452s or S306, I chose the FK452 but they were out of stock so had to take the S306, my tyre became punctured and I needed the car urgently.

The plus points were price: £95, good dry grip, good tred looking very similar if not better to my PZero Rossos and has good wear on it. The bad points; even after a little bit of 'driving' you can smell the rubber quite badly, wet control is just a bit less than the P Zero.

I will be trying the FK452 next, imo they are decent budget performance tyres.
 
I had 2 18" FK452s on my VXR before it went, the pair cost me £130 delivered from camskill and I found them to be pretty good, not as good as the previous CS3s, but close - the only trouble I found was that they were a lot louder in terms of road noise.
 
ive got FK452s on my Focus ST and I rate them much better than the F1s seem to hold better and have faired better against potholes then previous tyres for some reason, might be luck tho.
 
I stick 280bhp through my 452s and they hold up just fine, did pretty good in the recent snow also. I paid £100 for 225 40 18s last time down to £65 now, must be a lot more popular size.
 
beermonster said:
I stick 280bhp through my 452s and they hold up just fine, did pretty good in the recent snow also. I paid £100 for 225 40 18s last time down to £65 now, must be a lot more popular size.
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I was quite surprised how well they faired in the snow for directionals too.
 
I put 2 FK452's on my Octy vRS a month ago and they have been great.
I've got some Bridgestone RE050A's on the front and they are fine - but in my opinion not worth their high price.

I was surprised at the reviews the Falken's were getting and pleased to see they weren't lying.
 
These are my go-to tyre. Surprisingly hard to get hold of over in Australia but I had them on the front of my Mondeo TDCi back in the UK and now got a pair on the rear of my Commodore SS - holding up fine and in the dry, whilst I don't struggle to break grip when I want to, they take more abuse than the tyres they replaced (They were a fairly reputable brand - can't remember exactly which though).
 
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