Falken FK452

very noisy tyre sounds like a wheel bearing had failed, would not buy again at any price ,glad when they were worn out so i could get rid of them.

Noisy and lethal in the wet. These were on a set of wheels I bought. Michelins on the front highlight how appaling these tyres really are.

Only just put these on the rear of my Seat Exeo so can't yet comment on the wearability but quite impressed with the holding in dry and wet. I do, however, have a question for anybody who has the same issue, does anyone elses tyres have small round holes on the outer edge of the tyres? The two that I bought both do and seem to be evenly spaced, I ask this question because one of these holes burst at 60mph on the motorway and I think it is a design fault and would like to get them replaced or money refunded. Please help. MY email is: catfourmusic@yahoo.com. Thanks.

Very noisy tyre, cannot take it any longer. Going to replace them soon.

These tyres were ok to start with but after just 10000km I can not deal with the road noise any more.
The tracking on then is rubbish, just had another balance to make sure it wasn't the car.
The wheel shakes, they feel square or flat spot really easy.
Car had continental sport contact 2 so I'm off to replace them back to the original.
Don't waste your money and buy what is already working on the car.
Hopeless in the wet with loads of wheel tramp

I have tryed mosts makes over the years and worked with tyres for over 20 years,i dont rate these at all they came with my car great for sliding it about they let go without warning,once down to 3/4mm the car is nearly undrivable in the wet it has a mind of its own tram-lining all over the road,may be a decent tyre for a non performance car and you dont drive hard ,if your looking for a decent budget tyre try kumhos i had 2 sets on my evo thrashed the guts out of it in all weathers including snow they never let me down. Heres a easy test when your looking for a tyre go to the tyre shop get a few makes of tyres off the shelf get the fitter to spray water onto a painted surface (tiles is better) sit tyre tyre on as if it were on the car put some pressure on it an turn it 45 degrees each way an see which tyres slide away youl be surprized which tyres dont hold.

First I am going to start with good points:-

Grip in the dry is excellent. Wet grip is not bad at all quite progressive before they let go, or more precisely you push them too far.

Value for money. Very good compared to some of the top brands. I even managed to get 18,000 out of the tyres before changing them out for Goodyear Eagle F2s - that is when I realised just how much road noise the 452s were generating. Not only road noise, but mechanical noise to boot. i.e. wheel bearing and alike.

Now for the not so good points:-
My car also needed extra load side wall (XLs). After about 2000 miles these seemed to give up the ghost and the car was being pulled into the lorry ruts. I put this down to the size of the tyres, but in hindsight the original tyres (Continental Sport 2s) did not do this and the Goodyear tyres don’t.

I had read through the reviews before buying the 452s and dismissed a few as they were over critical. However, be warned, road noise is an issue with these tyres!

In summary, and in my opinion, smaller lighter sportier cars would have no problems with the 452s and would reap the excellent wet/dry grip and value for money. However, if you are driving a larger heavier car, side wall stability and uneven tyre wear along with the road noise would probably be an issue.

Focus RS mk2. I downgraded to these tyres after reading all the reviews on this site convincing me that it was worth the £40 a corner saving. Now all I can say is never buy these tyres if you enjoy driving and want to keep your car dent free, I will be returning to Continental 5P.