Owners most consistently favour the Falken FK452 for dry grip and value for money, with comfort and steering response also attracting more praise than criticism. Wet grip is less convincing: positive accounts outnumber complaints by about two to one, but a substantial minority lack confidence in the rain. Tread-life opinions are almost evenly divided, with roughly one in four owners describing disappointing wear. Noise is similarly split, with nearly as many finding it loud as quiet. Returning owners have varied experiences, so there is no consistent pattern of grip holding up or deteriorating as the tyre wears.
What owners mention most counted across 192 reviews
Great tyres. A good alternative to the Dunlop SportMaxxs that came on my car. Only downside is where the Dunlops gave me 18k on the fronts, the falkens gave me 14k.
Analysing the cost, with fitting, the Dunlops only cost 6 quid more per 10k for a set of fronts. So its a hard choice to pick the one over the other.
Fitted 4 of these to an Audi TT Mk1 on advice from various forums. I've now driven them for over 2500 miles on a mixture of motorway and green lanes. For this price point they are unbeatable value.
Very high level of dry grip, and they offer good feedback when at their limit. Wet weather performnace is also good, high levels of 'feel' means you know when you're pushing them.
not bad for a mid range tyre got 8000 out of the front tyres back still going5mm left,front wore unevenly and below 3mm of tread became like driving on ice in the wet.breakaway seamed to be quite sharp.overall ok tyre for the price but not a performance tyre as it was sold to me as
Very early days yet as only covered a few hundred miles, but very impressed so far. Had these fitted as changed wheels, going from 18" to 19", and pushed them in both wet and dry. Little flex, but expect this given lower profile, track well and as yet have not got them to break away. Very slight increase in road noise to the Pirelli's, but only really notice it over covers/banding/potholes. Will report back once I've done more miles and pushed them harder, but for half the price of the Pirelli equivalent, so far very pleased.
I had these fitted when I bought a new set of alloys. I had thought they were excellent and an improvement over the runflat Continental Sport Contact 2 that were fitted to the original alloys. But after 6 months of average use (roughly 6000miles) my front 2 are very badly, and unevenly worn resulting in vibration and poor tracking and unpredictable behaviour.
As such I would no longer recommend these tyres and won't be buying them again.
Bought these to replace Michelin pilot sport 3's, I can't believe how much quiter these are on the road and they grip a lot better. They feel stronger through corners where the Michelins used to feel as though the side walls were folding. Not had chance to see how they are in the wet. Hopefully they don't wear as fast as the Michelins! Will definetly be replacing my rears with these, £60 a side cheaper than the Michelins and give better performance so far
This is the 3rdset ive fitted to my subaru,hadles really gd dry and wet and can take a fair amount of abuse inc track days etc, much mor confident with these on than the toyoyT1r that used to be on,car used to step out in damp conditions butmthe falkens dont budge an inch,
For the money these must he the best around in there range, mileage wise i done 15k using the car every day, would i buy them again ,well ive just bought another 4 to days ago for my new alloys, thats how much i like them
Replaced all round to our CRV 2007 model. The factory fitted Yokohama Advan Sports although looked good wore out after just 10K of town and motorway driving. They also cost a fortune to replace and I could not afford one tyre let alone all four! I got a set of F452s fitted for the price of two original tyres. They look good grip well for how we use the SUV and wear well. They are firm and the ride is very sporty but confident. I am due to replace the front 4mm tread left and 6mm rears - not bad for nearly 25k. I was told by the local tyre shop that avoid F452s for the CRV as they become distorted. I've not had that problem and would buy again. Also the dealer states that you have to have the same tyres on all four corners is not true under normal road driving. It may be important if you are off roading all the time but I eould by a Toyota land cruiser or Discovery for that role.
There's very little need to pay more unless money is no object, these tyres represent fantastic value and confidence when driving, they're predictable in wet or dry conditions and inspire a feeling of safety. If they were a very little bit quieter they would have had full marks all round. In short, they're brilliant.
