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Hey,

any one out ther etried the Falken FK451's ?

in particular on standard R33 GTSt rims?

they seem like a really good tyre, but I was told that the Falken tyres are alot better in the larger/wider tyre sizes... can any one confirm/deny this?

I was looking at just replacing th estock the stock tyres on the stock rims, but not too sure... any other suggestions?

Also, just to confirm... R33 GTSt stockies are 16*6's y/n?

I've been told 16*6's and 16*6.5's... and I'm too lazy to take the wheel off :D

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I saw these 2 threads... and other stuff from other forums and on the net... just a bit worried about putting them on the stock rims though.

Ah well, I'll give them a whirl and see how they go, got about 1 mm on the back and 2mm of tread on the front... have to bite the bullet and find something soon!

Thanks,

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they are alright for performance, only noisey and have bad ride quaility.

they are all the same as they made with same compound, size won't affect the quaility.

The only reason most ppls with big rims having them, is because they are the cheapest performance tyre which have LARGE range of size.

most of the brand only sell their TOP of the range performance tyre in low profile 17/18 or even 19. but falken have all of them even with the lowest range

stock rim should be 6"5, fit 225/50/16

but i heard some one fit a 245/45/16, not sure though.

hope that help

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Well Fk451 are not too bad but have you ever thought about the ST115s? These are basically street Azenis rubber that have a soft compound but are great at giving you feedback and stick really good too. There not that much more then the FK451 but are heaps better when it comes to handeling and they have very little tyre noise too. Hope that helps mate.

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Really good JimX. Wet or Dry, i have found these tyres extremly good. Even in the wet they have the same amount of feedback as in the dry. Heaps better then the FK451. Only down side is that they might wear abit qiuk due to it being a softer compound but that's the price you pay for having good tyres.

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I'm used to having soft tyres. I need to replace the rear on my motorcycle every 6000km or so @$300 a pop. I think I'll try the ST115's, especially since they were cheaper than the FK451's (unless the shop guy got the prices wrong when I rang).

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Is $280 per tyre for ST115 in 255/40/17 a good price? That's what I got quoted from my local Falken tyre shop. The ZE326's and FK451's were both $320 each. Is there anyplace in Sydney that can do better than $280 for the ST115's?

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I think I stuffed up, I think I confused the prices I got for the ZE326 and ST115 around the wrong way. Which would mean this place sells the ST115's for $310. In that case, where can I get the ST115's for $280 in Sydney?

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For anyone that's interested, I found out why ST115's have low road noise. According to Falken's American site, the ST115's have "Base tread rubber compound contains micro vacuum capsules that literally suck up road noise". I'm assuming that this also means less rubber hence they wear out quicker.

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Going off reports on both I don't think they are worth the price difference. But this is only a rough judgement call based on other people's opinions, there's no way to tell unless you've test-driven both yourself. If I had lots of spare money I'd buy the best tyres I could but I can't so I'm going for the ST115's or FK451's (probably the former).

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