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Offline BeezerDiesel

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Re: Falken FK452's........Poor!!
« Reply #15 on: April 11, 2010, 07:19:40 pm »
<3 Pirelli P-Zero Rossos. I've had them on my car for years now (same 235 fitment as you Beezer). I didn't notice the difference in fuel economy when I got them!

Bit of a strange one eh?
Originally the car came with Bridgestones on 17''ers, then the BBS VZ033s off my MK5 went on there with Contis, followed by Black Detroits wearing FK452s which all gave similar fuel economy readings brim to brim. The Pirellis have admittedly only been on there for a couple of weeks including a touring holiday but have definately made a tankful do a lot less miles. In theory the touring should have yeilded better consumption as it was all easy low rev driving, no stop start, no traffic jams etc.
Should be doing a good few hundred miles this coming week so will see how I get on.
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Re: Falken FK452's........Poor!!
« Reply #16 on: April 11, 2010, 07:50:08 pm »
I still cant fault mt Falken ZE912's

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Re: Falken FK452's........Poor!!
« Reply #17 on: April 11, 2010, 09:15:07 pm »
Ive found the Falkens FK452's pretty good considering ive got 410hp going through the front wheels. only have them on the front though, the F1's are on the rear.
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Re: Falken FK452's........Poor!!
« Reply #18 on: April 12, 2010, 08:26:29 pm »
how do you guys find them with regards to road noise, they are on my ed30 which i just bought and tbh the road noise is doing my head in!!!

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Re: Falken FK452's........Poor!!
« Reply #19 on: April 12, 2010, 08:36:21 pm »
road noise wise i think they are a little noisy but no more than the conti s i had before  :happy2:

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Re: Falken FK452's........Poor!!
« Reply #20 on: April 12, 2010, 08:56:14 pm »
As above. After owning an EP3 for 3 years, the road noise is minimal  :signLOL:

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Re: Falken FK452's........Poor!!
« Reply #21 on: April 12, 2010, 09:16:16 pm »
If you want to hear noise, try some R888's - Sounds like an army lorry. I love it of course.


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Re: Falken FK452's........Poor!!
« Reply #22 on: April 12, 2010, 09:18:13 pm »
I get a lot of tyre screech with the falkens on cornering and acceleration - something that never happened with the Goodyears or Michelin PS  Exalto's that were fitted as OEM.
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Re: Falken FK452's........Poor!!
« Reply #23 on: April 15, 2010, 09:49:27 pm »
i had falkens of some sort before and thought it was ok for a few thousand miles and then it wasn't great

khumo i had after i prefered

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