I know a couple of you have been waiting on this --- Hope it is helpful Thanks to everyone who helped with the decision! ***Background crap*** Spent a week deciding which tires to replace my stock RE92's with and decided on these for several reasons. I wanted tires that had solid AA traction for occasional autocrossing and spirited driving, handled heavy rain and gravel well, and had enough tread life and ride quality to make it worth the money. The runner-up tires I was considering were Falken Azenis RT-615s but I felt they were too track-oriented with limited tread life and wouldn't hold up in the puddles during my frequent storm-chasing cruises. ***$$$$$$$$$$$$$*** Edgeracing.com: $79/tire + shipping + mounting, balancing, etc. DiscountTireZone.com: $83/tire + shipping + mounting, balancing, etc. VulcanTire.com: $85/tire + shipping + mounting, balancing, etc. TireSavings.com: $88/tire + shipping + mounting, balancing, etc. Discount Tire: $109/tire mounted & lifetime everything I was able to talk Discount Tire down to $94/tire which came out to around $450 and some change with all of the tax and mount & balance. Check out my Vendor Review for more info. ***Road Results*** Have 600 miles on them including a nice little Blood Mountain, Helen, and Amicalola Falls trip last weekend. First impressions were a noticeably smoother ride and a lot less road noise. On the dry mountain roads I pushed them well beyond the point where the RE92's rolled over and squealed for mercy at AutoX and they pulled through beautifully. They ride silky smooth on the interstate at cruising speeds and well over 100. It's so much quieter on the interstate that I had to re-adjust my gain on my subs since I wasn't turning the volume up as loud. Drove down from Amicalola Falls during a very heavy rain storm (Very steep & windy roads) and all the way home pushing hard and they gripped through it all and only hydroplaned in extreme situations (hitting a big puddle @ 65+) and even then it was predictable and easy to handle. I couldn't be happier with the handling or the looks. They fill in my tire wells a lot better than the stockers (partly due to 205>215 & partly wider by design) and in my opinion look great. I expect to get at least 30K on them; I only got 25K out of my RE92's. ***Pics!!!*** Old bald RE92's New Shiny FK-452's ***Useful links on FK-452's*** Full size listings and info from Falken Vulcan Tire FK-452 Page Discount Tire FK-452 Page DiscountTireZone FK-452 Page TireSavings.com FK-452 Page ---Justin
I was running 34F/32R but I'm still experimenting with them to find where I like them. Btw the 452's are the upgrade/replacement for the 451's and are interchangable with them.
Thanks thought it wasn't too bad for a late night 'should be finishing my project instead of writing this' spot. Glad to be useful.