Falken FK452

Fantastic wet grip, holds 3rd gear in the wet without spinning up which is good for a 305bhp light car. Decent in dry.

Bought these to replace Pirelli P6000s on my 2001 2.2 Astra Coupe (145bhp).

Have done about 10,000 spirited miles on them and they are nearly down to the wear indicators, so one point to make is that they aren't particularly long lasting. I got a bit more out of the Pirellis.

However, performance wise these are much better than the Pirellis. No break away from a fast standing start, loads of feedback (can always tell when on the limit), good performance in wet (and by that I mean even if heavy standing water 80mph can be achieved before noticeable aquaplaning occurs). I drive with the radio on so can't comment on road noise, but I can say it's not unreasonable, although I would refer to other reviews for details of this.

Bought these for £45 each from camskill but now they're up to £55 (damn recession). Still miles cheaper than the p6000s. Will definitely be buying another pair shortly. Great for a semi hot fwd car but don't know if i'd put a pair on a VXR?

Thanks to all the recommendations on this site which convinced me to try these out.Original fitment all round is Michelin PS2's Which i found hard and uncomfortable.Every undulation or bump seemed to come right up through you, especially on the rear.The fronts are around 5mm so about half worn,the rears needed replacing so tried these.Bought from Camskill.co.uk on line at just over £100 pounds a piece,in comparison to Ps2's quoted in excess of £200 each!! Excellent service delivered too door.Fitted at local garage for £30 and now actually enjoy driving my car, excellent comfort and noise levels.grip so far seems fine but been in dry conditions only and still running in, but they feel surefooted and i feel no less confident than i did with the PS2's although as yet not pushed them hard as running in.
I did originally adjust the pressure down on PS2's, all round as BMW recommend 40psi! on rear, tyre shop said this was to hard and was evident by central tread wear showing over inflation,so reduced to 33psi all round and did feel better.Stuck with same pressure on Falkens and seems fine but will toy with possibly raising rear by 2 to 3 psi to compare.But comfort has dramatically improved
which was important for me.So overall a great tyre at a great price which looks good (comment by tyre fitter) and performs admirably, why pay more i say? Highly recommended thus far but will update on wear etc.The PS 2's gave around 15k of wear with general all round driving.

very good grip in dry, excellent in wet conditions, highly communicative and progressive tyre, fantastic directional attributes (breaking, traction), very durable (got over 24k miles/38.5k km out of the front pair before hitting the indicators, rear ones has still about 1/3 tread left)
Very few tyres on the market can beat this rubber, and I am talking about ones costing twice as much or more

Hope Falken will live long and prosper

A great tyre for the price. Why it's so cheap i'll never know!! I got rid of a set of Michelin PS2's as I couldn't afford them again, thank god I couldn't! These tyres are as good if not better than the PS2's and almost as good as Eagle F1 asymetrics but for a fraction of the price.

Faultless.

Replaced the lethal LingLongs this car was bought with, perhaps that makes for an unfair review: black bin bags balled up and glued to the rims would have been a billion times better than those Chinese monstrosities. Anyway, the Falkens - lots of grip, very consistent and safe in the wet. The daft suspension set-up on this Sport version of the A4 2.0FSI is pretty hard on tyres generally - steering can tram-line, or fall to bias, easily and any change in tyre pressures exaggerates these problems. Even with that issue, the Falkens feel safe and likely to look after you in an extreme situation. Good tyres and well recommended.

I bought these to replace the ContiSportContact3 tyres on the front of my Octavia. I must say I was sceptical as they were half the price of the Contis, however, my scepticism was soon short-lived. Others had advised me to take it easy for the first 2-300 miles, so once I passed that threshold I could test them more thoroughly. In the dry they are as good as the Contis - sure-footed and grippy in the fast sweeping bends. In the wet, they're not quite as good as the Contis, but there's still plenty of grip and plenty of warning when you overstep the mark, usually in the form of very slight, gentle understeer. They seem a lot quieter than the tyres they replaced, but that could be because the last set were down to the markers! Overall, they seem comfortable and grippy, and all at a great price. I would certainly buy them again, although for an extra £20 per tyre, if I feeling flush I might try the Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta, as I've only heard good things about them too.

I bought two of these tyres after i had my car for a couple of months, i only had really cheap tyres on and so i put the new tyres on the front through the winter, 2 weeks ago i thought i would swap the as new falkens to the back so they could last a bit longer, so i must admit i bought these as i read all the good reviews about them, i think their the best rated tyres on this site, the grip in the summer is brilliant, i drive average but sometimes i do put my foot down and get the revs a bit high, im no nutter though, ive never actually wheel spun these wheels in summer or dry conditions, pulling off from maybe 4 - 6 k revs. so as my cheap tyres are on the front now, i never ever thought i would feel such a difference, im actually scared to go out driving when its wet with the cheap tyres on the front, cant pull away in more than 3 - 4 k revs without really spinning the wheels. car feels like it wants to go everywhere without the falkens on the front. the difference is just astronomical! im deffinitely getting these falkens again and actually i am really thinking of getting them on the front asap! check out value tyres . co . u k to get the best deals i have found, what you need to do is see if they have a branch near you that fit them, and go to them and tell them you can get these from camskill . co . uk for £52.00 each and they will match the price for u, including delivery to them and fittment.

A big car for the family, and i drive long distance for work, but when i get the chance spend the day playing! and although not really the car for hard bends. i used to spend alot on rubber thinking that at least on the motorway i'm saving my penny's. my friend and i (same car)have been through a few (tz200,mich sport,sportrac3, and the fantastic Eagle F1 GSD3)you can only compare the fk452's to the eagle f1's and for the price they win big time.it will be a hard job to take these away from me although i might try uniroyal rainsport 2's next, for a simular price. FK's have great grip, wearing well and more importantly for me day to day great wet grip(though just short of the mich sport's)i would recommend these to anyone in fact my mate now has them on his audi V6. althogh the F1's give better feedback and on the limit info(just), the falkens overall just take it. the only issue i had was for the first 300 or so mile's they really need bedding in as what ever's coating them wear's off.finally these are the best so far for keeping a fairly powerfull,heavy,rear wheel drive car straight,off the line.still makes me smile when the teenage boy racer is in the rear view!!