Falken FK452

I have had theese tyres fitted to my vxr8 ,and boy do they hold the road and as for grip they are as good as goodyear for half the price , well chuffed and will certanly buy again .

These were fitted to the rear wheels of my car. The Falkens 452 have very good wet grip, even with partially flooded roads you can still drive at summer speeds. The feedback you get from these tyres are superb, the feel and the sound of the tyres changes at the limits.

Even when the tyres are close to balding, they still maintained grip on the wet highway, which was quite amazing. By then, the tyres will be making ugly sounds so you will know its time to change. I just replaced to a new set of these tyres for the rear wheels again.

I switched to this tyre from Bridgestone Runflats on my BMW and the difference between them was like day and night. These were fitted to my front wheels. The Falkens have very good wet grip, even with partially flooded roads you can still drive at summer speeds. The feedback you get from these tyres are superb, the feel and the sound of the tyres changes at the limits.

Try to buy tyres manufactured within one year of your purchase so that it will maintain its softness and grip.

Terrible. Slides everywhere. In rain are scary. Never grips.
The lip protection is so small that simply dont exists. Ruined my rims
At 15.000 miles im looking for new tyres.
Cheap but does not work.
At least not here in Greece on my RX8.

Having read the reviews here I bought a new pair of these for the front as the original Dunlops were terrible. Quieter, far grippier & much more feedback tho' not as much as some tyres I've used on previous cars but a VR6 Corrado is always going to give more feedback than a Skoda Octavia. ;~}

Liked the 452's so much I bought a new pair to replace the other Dunlops at the back & the car feels even better.

Had these all round, very little grip when worn and that doesn't take long.Only lasted 5000 miles on front they just spin all the time in the wet in any gear! Fun but not cost effective! ok wear on rear though.

The biggest issue for me with these tyres is their very poor rim protection - I have now dinged the nearside alloy 3 times, which had never happened before with the factory-fitted tyres. Yes, I should have been more careful but all 3 were the merest of touches, resulting in bad alloy damage.

Very disappointed as a result - I'll keep them until they're done but then I'll get the wheels refurbished and get new tyres with better rim protection.

Dry grip is not to bad considering the power that is going through them,road noise is good,as is the wear rate.

In the wet is a different story,i have 275/30/18" in the rear & the car looses traction very easily pulling out of junctions,roundabouts etc etc.Yes the car has lots of power/torque,but its just crazy how easy the back steps out even with very little throttle.

Fitted these to my MG ZT 260 to replace some fast wearing Avon ZZ3's after reading many glowing reports online. Only good thing I can say about the 452 is that it doesn't wear that quickly. Dry grip is average, but grip in wet or even damp conditions is pretty poor, for what is sold a high performance tyre. The feedback and progressiveness is not all that inspiring. I found grip levels in cooler conditions to be so poor that this year I invested in a set of winter tyres.
Fitting those has really highlighted just how much the 452's struggle for grip in the wet or cold. The winters have made a huge difference to the drivability of the car, I no longer have to tiptoe along damp or icy roads for fear of the back end stepping out.
Come spring when the winters come off, the 452's will be binned, despite having a good 15-20K miles of life left in them, and replaced with another set Avon ZZ3's, which although they wear pretty quickly, far out perform the 452.

I replaced the Continental sport 2s after 13000 miles from new and got 4 Falken 452s, 7000 m later still as new very impressive. Road noise was a concern when I read some comments below, but it’s about the same as with the factory fitted tyres. I would recommend them.