Falken FK453 Tyres

[omar_little]

Hi Forum

Has anyone tried the new Falken FK453 tyres? I used the 452s previously on the rears and felt the handling, performance and wear rate was a tad better than the Pirellis.

I had two instances of the side wall bubbling problem on the front Pirellis, so have decided to replace all tyres with the Falken.

 

[deano]

ive got the falken 453 fitted to mine,the rears have been on a while and im well pleased,the fronts have not done much yet ,road noise is no worse than the goodyears i had on prior,and certainly excellant value for money

 

[CatmanV2]

I have 453s on the rear and think they are excellent.

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[Parisien]

Omar...there is a treadwear rating on the tyre....check to see if it meets your requirements


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[rattie]

I have FK453s on the rear of my GS no proplem they are great. Had Falkens on the car for over two years

 

[conaero]

Had the same issues as you, potholes splitting the sidewalls. Changed to Falken 452's and have been my tyre of choice on all of my cars since. I have not tried the 453's but sure they are basically the same with different tread pattern.

 

[gregalfa]

£560 for 4 Falken 453s for my 3200 from Black Circles. Com supplied and fitted.
Very quiet tyres and ideal for what is a GT.

 

[conaero]

Cheers Greg I think I am going to go for them.

 

[Parisien]

Thats a huge saving...plus equal in performance to the premium brands.......good to know...love the quiet aspect as our roads seem to be a series of rumble strips linked together with white lines......



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[Chrisbassett]

I have 453's on the front, and they are very quiet and behave well in the wet. I think they also held up well round Llandow yesterday, but the tread on the left front was a bit...wonky...at the end of the day.

 

[halbe01]

Just ordered 2 of them for my fronts - £133 each fitted via BlackCircles. One of my fronts looks very dodgy after yesterday's track antics!

 

[maverick]

Hi forum ,i use camskill.co.uk for my tyres i find them a little cheaper than blackcircles in the past .Falken tyres are very popular among the BMW crowd to.

Today prices , Qty 2 235x40x18 falken453 =£215 inc
Qty 2 265 x35x18 falken453 =£262inc
P&P to uk mainland =£11.96
Total =£488.96 inc not fitted though.

 

[midlifecrisis]

Noticed that tyres come with economy ratings just like a fridge and also a noise rating, anybody take notice of these? If so wouldn't they be going for Dunlop
SP Sport Maxx RT? At £160 a front, they're not cheap but they'll give good performance and a lot less noisier than Falkens (4db, which is more than half as quiet!). And you get triple clubcard points!!! Woo-hoo.

 

[CliveP1]

replaced the runflats on my Z4 3.0 with Falkens and was really impressed, good handling and performance plus not much road noise

 

[Torenno Performance]

Hi forum ,i use camskill.co.uk for my tyres i find them a little cheaper than blackcircles in the past .Falken tyres are very popular among the BMW crowd to.

Today prices , Qty 2 235x40x18 falken453 =£215 inc
Qty 2 265 x35x18 falken453 =£262inc
P&P to uk mainland =£11.96
Total =£488.96 inc not fitted though.

+1 for Cam Skills

 

[omar_little]

I've just replaced all four boots with the 453s and love them to bits. Cost to replace from Blackcircle was £520 plus 520 Clubcard Points for my dad to use!!

 

[Parisien]

Great option, when same performance and 1/2 price of premium tyres


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[CatmanV2]

They seem to be almost dropping in price!

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