How are Falken tires?

kenchan · 09-27-2009, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by ZKindaGuy

That's

...Such an elistist type of opinion.

well, that's why you're in the old 350z and i am in a 370z.

SgtGoldy · 09-27-2009, 10:51 AM

IMO they are Falken Awesome!!!

sorry i couldn't resist....

09-27-2009, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by 1slow370

not the GTR potenzas but they're a lil different

When I got my 350 my rears wore out in 6k miles and I never spun tire.

kenchan · 09-27-2009, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by 09Nismo

IMO they are Falken Awesome!!!

sorry i couldn't resist....

lol!

MeetJoeAsian · 09-27-2009, 05:59 PM

I've heard a few people telling me that the Bridgestone OEMs have stiffer sidewalls...how do the Falkens' sidewalls compare?

09-27-2009, 06:18 PM

All I gota say is KDW2 ftw

kenchan · 09-27-2009, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by MeetJoeAsian

I've heard a few people telling me that the Bridgestone OEMs have stiffer sidewalls...how do the Falkens' sidewalls compare?

Get the Sumitomo's I posted earlier from TireRack. Sumitomo does all the high perf tires at their factory in Japan...including the Dunlops. Read the reviews at tirerack.

ZKindaGuy · 09-28-2009, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

well, that's why you're in the old 350z and i am in a 370z.

What are you talking about? I have a 370Z. Where did you infer that from?

kenchan · 09-28-2009, 01:53 PM

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What are you talking about? I have a 370Z. Where did you infer that from?

oh yah? cause your info under your handle says:

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Togo · 09-28-2009, 02:09 PM

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oh yah? cause your info under your handle says:

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Ubunoir · 09-28-2009, 03:02 PM

I used the Azenis 215 on my Miata back in '05. At the time, they were considered THE UNQUALIFIED BEST non-R competition tire to have for autocross. They were the stickiest non-R tire I've ever used. They were discontinued though.

Pros:
-Sticky as hell
-Legal for competition where your couldn't use R tires
-Really stiff sidewall, little roll over
-Inexpensive (I believe because they had little tread depth, basically they were manufactured at a "shaved" depth)

Cons:
-Only lasted 10k miles
-Became REALLY noisy around 7k. I mean "sounds like we're driving on basketballs" noisy.
-Got pretty slick at less than 55 degrees or so.

When they wore out, I got something slightly less agressive. They were fun while they lasted, but newer revisions were almost double the price and the reviews weren't quite as high.

shumby · 09-28-2009, 03:17 PM

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oh yah? cause your info under your handle says:

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1slow370 · 09-29-2009, 03:39 AM

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You sure about that? What's your reasoning...simply because they are on the NISMO and not the Sport?

All signals right now are pointing towards the NISMO's tires being the reason its performance trails the Sport. In every single documented aspect of performance, from acceleration, braking, and skidpad/slalom figures in independent magazine-tests to Best Motoring's lap-times on Tsukuba, the Z34 with simply the Sport package has outperformed the NISMO.

It would be one thing if some of the figures here and there were in favor of one versus the other from different tests, but no...the NISMO has consistently been behind the Sport across the board. There was even a test where the two were put head-to-head and the Sport was better in every measurable aspect (and it was the slightly heavier Touring to add insult to injury). The NISMO was even slower than a 135i, Camaro SS, and Jaguar XFR around Laguna Seca for chrissakes.

So, yeah...the Advan Sports gotta be better than the RE050As.

It's not the tires, and advan sports are in every way better than re050a's in every single review i've read about them. True the nismo blows I'm not disagreeing on that, but it's not the tires fault. The car is more susceptible to oversteer in the nismo iteration: (Taken from Edmund's)

Stiffer and Stuff
Primarily this extra speed comes courtesy of the 2009 Nissan Nismo 370Z's all-new suspension components. Front and rear spring rates are up 15 and 10 percent, respectively. The front antiroll bar is 15 percent stiffer and the rear one is 50 percent stiffer. Front damping is increased 40 percent while rear damping is increased 140 percent. The combination yields a 15 percent increase in overall roll stiffness, the Nissan engineer tells us, making the already flat-cornering Z corner even more, well, flat.

Wider rear tires don't hurt, either. The 245/40ZR19 front and 275/35ZR19 rear Bridgestone Potenza RE050A tires of the standard 370Z with Sport package have been replaced with 245/40ZR19 front and 285/35ZR19 rear Yokohama Advan Sport tires. The stickier rubber is mounted on forged-aluminum Rays wheels (19-by-9.5 inches front and 19-by-10.5 inches rear) with rims that are a half inch wider than the stock Z's wheels.

They screwed up the balance the stock version has by stiffening up the light rear more than the front.

SgtGoldy · 09-29-2009, 09:14 AM

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oh yah? cause your info under your handle says:

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nogoodname · 09-29-2009, 09:18 AM

hold ur horses....

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Ubunoir Base Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Claymont, DE Posts: 19 Drives: '99 MX-5 & '09 370z Rep Power: 16	I used the Azenis 215 on my Miata back in '05. At the time, they were considered THE UNQUALIFIED BEST non-R competition tire to have for autocross. They were the stickiest non-R tire I've ever used. They were discontinued though. Pros: -Sticky as hell -Legal for competition where your couldn't use R tires -Really stiff sidewall, little roll over -Inexpensive (I believe because they had little tread depth, basically they were manufactured at a "shaved" depth) Cons: -Only lasted 10k miles -Became REALLY noisy around 7k. I mean "sounds like we're driving on basketballs" noisy. -Got pretty slick at less than 55 degrees or so. When they wore out, I got something slightly less agressive. They were fun while they lasted, but newer revisions were almost double the price and the reviews weren't quite as high.