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Need 4 new tyres for my Mitsubishi FTO.
Can't decide between the Falken FK452 or ZE912. Size 215/40/R17.
ZE912 work out £30 cheaper incl fitting.
Anyone had experience with these?
I've got FK452's on the rear of my E46 330Ci Sport. They seem to do the job nicely and get good reviews from other BMW drivers, Nissan 350Z drivers and a few other enthusiast sites.
Not got any experience fo the ZE912 though I'm afraid. If you start googling reviews of them I'm sure it'll throw something up.
Ze912 in 225/40/18 on my diesel a4. 20k on them so far and well clear of the wear indicators. My mileage is 99% dual and motorway but it's hard on tyres and I've worn thu a set in much less before.
I Use Falkens on my Nissan and find them great , especially for the price
The ZE912's are not directional so you can rotate the tyres to even out wear. The FK452's are directional, so when you scrub the shoulders off the nearside tyres going round all those roundabouts, you can't swap them with the offside tyres.
I had the 912's on a Mondeo 130TDCi, the fronts did wear quite quickly, but not that surprising for a heavy and relatively powerful FWD car. Otherwise I had no complaints...the car had Kumho's fitted before and the car would get something similar to scuttle shake if you spun the wheels when pulling away...horrible banging that would have the dash jumping up and down as the tyres chattered away.
I have used both I prefer the 912's only because my car suits asymmetric tyres better than directional ones they aren't as grippy as goodyear eagle f1's in the wet but still pretty good and better value for money
Cheers for the info guys. Ordered 4 912s from blackcircles.com fully fitted for £280 🙂
That's a good price, I have ZE912's on my VW T5 and were £80 each, that's in 235/50/18 though from Camskill tyres + another £12 each for fitting.
Yeh, was gonna get em from camskill but fitting prices around here are all 15 per corner. So it worked out the same.
Thou just seen these guys... [url] http://www.event-tyres.co.uk/ [/url] even cheaper on falkens and they come to your house/work to fit.