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Best Tyres for the Ford Falcon FGX XR8

Ford Falcon FGX XR8 drivers have left 5 tyre reviews on Tyre Reviews, covering 49,020 miles of real world driving. Every tyre they rated is ranked below, so you can see what actually works on this car.

  • 5owner reviews
  • 49,020 milescovered on them
  • 3different tyres rated
  • 85%average tyre score
Most fitted size - 3 reviews 275/30 R19 To scale, mm
Ø 648 275 83 19" 83 All 275/30 R19 data →

The quick answer

The quick answer - Ford Falcon FGX XR8
Season Owners' pick Owner rating Our category test
Summer Falken Azenis FK510 8.5 Current version: Falken Azenis FK520 90% from 3 reviews Best Summer Tyres

Highest weighted owner score from Ford Falcon FGX XR8 drivers. Full rankings and the evidence behind them below.

The best rated tyres for the Ford Falcon FGX XR8

Rated only by drivers of this car. Each tyre needs at least 3 reviews from the Ford Falcon FGX XR8 to be ranked; the order weights a tyre's score by how many reviews back it, so one glowing review cannot top a table.

Summer tyres

The highest rated tyre in the Summer category for the Ford Falcon FGX XR8 is the Falken Azenis FK510 - 90% from 3 owner reviews across 38,520 miles. The current tyre in that line is now the Falken Azenis FK520.

Summer tyres ranked by Ford Falcon FGX XR8 owner rating
# Tyre Owner rating Reviews Distance reviewed TR Score
1 Falken Azenis FK510 Replaced by Falken Azenis FK520 90% 3 38,520 miles 8.5

Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Summer Tyres →

TR Score is the tyre's overall Tyre Reviews rating out of 10, built from independent test results and every owner review of that tyre - not just the reviews from this car. The owner rating column is this car only.

The best rated tyres that fit the Ford Falcon FGX XR8

The rankings above can only speak for tyres a Ford Falcon FGX XR8 driver has already reviewed. These are the highest rated tyres we hold that are actually manufactured in the sizes these drivers run - 275/30 R19 - whether or not anyone here has fitted them yet. They are ranked on the TR Score, which is built from independent test results and every owner review of that tyre.

Summer tyres

Our highest rated tyre in the Summer category, in this car's sizes, is the Continental SportContact 7, at 9.7 out of 10.

Highest rated Summer tyres made in Ford Falcon FGX XR8 sizes
# Tyre TR Score Made in Ford Falcon FGX XR8 reviews
1 Continental SportContact 7 9.7 All your sizes Be the first →
2 Bridgestone Potenza Sport Evo 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
3 Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S 9.4 All your sizes Be the first →
4 Hankook Ventus Evo 9.4 All your sizes Be the first →
5 Michelin Pilot Sport 4 9.3 All your sizes Be the first →
6 Kumho Ecsta Sport S PS72 9.3 All your sizes Be the first →

Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Summer Tyres →

All Season tyres

No Ford Falcon FGX XR8 driver has reviewed a tyre in the All Season category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Continental ExtremeContact DWS 06 PLUS is our highest rated, at 9.1 out of 10.

Highest rated All Season tyres made in Ford Falcon FGX XR8 sizes
# Tyre TR Score Made in Ford Falcon FGX XR8 reviews
1 Continental ExtremeContact DWS 06 PLUS 9.1 All your sizes Be the first →

Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best All Season Tyres → Test winner: Goodyear Vector All Season 4

Winter tyres

No Ford Falcon FGX XR8 driver has reviewed a tyre in the Winter category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Michelin Pilot Alpin 4 is our highest rated, at 8.3 out of 10.

Highest rated Winter tyres made in Ford Falcon FGX XR8 sizes
# Tyre TR Score Made in Ford Falcon FGX XR8 reviews
1 Michelin Pilot Alpin 4 8.3 All your sizes Be the first →

Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Winter Tyres → Test winner: Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3

Fitment comes from each tyre's manufactured size list, and the sizes are the ones drivers reported when they reviewed. Check the size, load index and speed rating on your own doorplate before buying - a size a previous owner ran is not always the size your car left the factory on.

Every tyre reviewed on the Ford Falcon FGX XR8

The complete record, including discontinued tyres and tyres with too few reviews to rank, ordered by the amount of evidence. A further 2 tyres have a single review each; they count toward the totals but are not listed.

All tyres reviewed by Ford Falcon FGX XR8 drivers
Tyre Season Owner rating Reviews Distance reviewed
Falken Azenis FK510 Replaced by Falken Azenis FK520 Summer 90% 3 38,520 miles

Tyre sizes Ford Falcon FGX XR8 drivers run

The sizes fitted in the reviews on this page. Each one links to the top rated tyres in that size, across every car.

What Ford Falcon FGX XR8 drivers say

The most recent owner reviews from this car, in their own words.

69%
Kumho Ecsta LE Sport 275-30-19- Ford Falcon FGX XR8 10,000 miles March 14, 2023
Found the wall strength to be poor. If hit a pothole or small object, tyre would bubble on the wall.
89%
Falken Azenis FK510 245-35-19-W Ford Falcon FGX XR8 38,000 miles May 20, 2020
So the time has come to replace these after 38000kms. Just put a new pair on the front. Having a Heavy Sport Saloon, the outside shoulder took a bit of a hammering but it was the inside shoulder that led to me replacing them...not necessarily the tyres fault as I've been playing with pressures and also the camber of the sports tuned suspension. Was offered a good price on some Michelin PSCup2s...but she's my daily...came close Happy man
93%
Falken Azenis FK510 275-30-19-W Ford Falcon FGX XR8 20 miles April 20, 2019
So I purchased these 20,000kms ago on the back of your recommendation and have not been disappointed.
I've got a big modern RWD S/Charged Manual Australian Sports Sedan now with 600hp, any tyre would struggle with the massive torque numbers(900Nms), these are no exception, more of a GT tyre than a track tyre, I drive with T/C on and the rubber does a stella job of holding on, accelerates well, loads of grip in the front (245 35 19s) when tipping it in. Back end is good, nice and progressive as the limit gets exceeded, quiet on the Motorway, roars a little on the coarse chip B roads in my area...not excessive.
Just Racked up 20,000kms , the fronts have about half wear left, the backs with having to tame the beast is about two thirds worn. I've dropped the recommended pressures and have gone for 38fr and 36rr, found that the rears were wearing in the middle from over inflation or heat.
Epic in the wet, stable at big numbers... Love the tyre...Bang for your buck nothing comes close in my mind.

Cheers from NZ
Blair
87%
Falken Azenis FK510 275-30-19-W Ford Falcon FGX XR8 500 miles July 18, 2018
Waited until these came into country after watching your video about them "Top 11 Tyres for 2018 Summer).
Glad I waited and such a good price. Was looking at MPS4s but in NZ they are about $2k fitted. Saved about NZ$700 fitting these.
The Tyre Guy over inflated them so were quite harsh until I went with Factory PSI settings (39 fr and 41rr)
I've got a Large RWD Saloon making 500HP and first thoughts that with the wide 3.5 grooves, it might be hard getting HP down to the road. Once the mould release wore off AND get up to Temp...not too bad. A little Understeery at first when tipping it in on throttle, but then grips and behaves nicely.
In the wet, these things are epic, traction down is out of this world and tracks nicely through High Speed corners.
Previous tyres were NEXEN SU1s
Not sure of wear as have only had them on 3 weeks. If I manage 30000kms out of them will be stoked.
Thanks for suggesting these tyres, recommending them to anybody who listens.
86%
Kumho Ecsta PS91 285-30-19- Ford Falcon FGX XR8 500 miles December 18, 2016
I have a 5 litre factory supercharged quad cam intercooled rear wheel drive falcon, with 322 rear wheel kilowatts standard, manual 6 spd. Struggled to get rubber that holds the power on corners.

These tyres are very grippy, and handle the power down on corners much better than other tyres I have used (Dunlops/Nexens), makes the car feel very planted. When going round roundabouts in second and flooring it, the traction TC cuts in, but the level of grip is such that the TC is not overwhelmed like when using other rubber.

Going WOT and fast changing on limiter 1/2 and 2/3 you get chirps, but the tyres grip and then pull, whereas using other rubber there was some serious snaking that went on, with the Khumos it gives you that linear smooth unrelenting pulling,

The front tyres have a nice firm sidewall, and give very direct steering inputs- making the car feel smaller.

The tyres are not comfortable soft squishy in feel- if that is what you are after move on. These are tight firm performance rubber, that are sticky and make your care feel like it is planted into the road.

These are great rubber in the dry for high power rear wheel drive vehicles, not sure how they will go mileage wise, time will tell.

Oh- they are very quiet too.

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