Faulkan Azenzis worth the money?

[fusion_VTi]

hey guys im looking at getting some lightweight wheels soon and im wondering is it worth getting the azenzi's as ive heard heaps of good stuff about them. is anyone currently running azenzi's?

[mo]

Toyos semis!!

[Kit]

it depends on what you wanted to use them for.
if you are only doing street driving then I would say probably not, the azenis grip well but don't last very long (less than 20,000km i would think).

and they aren't really a semi slick, they are more like a really high performance street tyre.

for street only driving consider something like the dunlop fm901 or the Bridgestone S03. they are both great tyres.

[A'PEXi]

i think only if your planning on doing track/drag very often

[tanghy]

dunlop fm901 no longer in production

[Kit]

yep, but you can get some leftover stock cos there are still some floating around.. cheap too. but may be hard in the size you want.

[SIKCVC]

what about pirelli p7's or those p6000 or whatever the good street tyre is. pretty sure its P7.

[Kit]

I haven't had any experience with the P7s, but the P6000 were pretty ordinary.
The p6000s came standard on some euro cars like the Pug 206 GTi.
206 owners used to complain about them so much, apparently things got worse the more the tire was worn

[SIKCVC]

:? oh well... I will need a little more grip soon, my goodyears still only have minimal wear after 20000kms :P airght grip, but not enough for anything but comuting.

[mo]

p-zeros >? :D

came standard on the 22B :!: :!:

[fueltank]

which azeni's are we talking about?
there are a few in the line up!

[Kit]

I think he is talking about the RT-215
I don't think he'd be talking about the ST115, they're the ones that come with the wheel and tyre packages for $x99 aren't they?

[fueltank]

I think he is talking about the RT-215
I don't think he'd be talking about the ST115, they're the ones that come with the wheel and tyre packages for $x99 aren't they?
no, you're thinking about the Ziex series.

[ginganggooly]

what you want are some RS-V04's :)

i bloody love 'em. sound like you're in a light aircraft when you're on the freeway though.

[McChook]

Falken Azenis are great, worth every cent - if you like to drive with spirit occassionaly, but still pansy along, there is prolly no easier choice for any car. They work well and are the best mutliple use tyre for their money.

[b16a_integra]

901's are crap anyways. have seen them on a 200sx and a civic that were both worked and they didnt do the greatest, they are good that they dont have any road npoise thats about it.
i have azenis' on my teg, have had the car for almost a year and they are AWSOME still got full tread pretty much, and i do abit of thrashin around here and there :)

definately worth the money m,an.

[fueltank]

FM901's not having any road noise?
hmmm....all the cars I have been in with FM901's are noisy as hell.
And these tyres are considered quite sticky.

[McChook]

FM901's not having any road noise?
hmmm....all the cars I have been in with FM901's are noisy as hell.
And these tyres are considered quite sticky.

All cars sound different with the same tyres

For example - my dad had Yoko A539s on his falcon, and they were hella bloody noisy. I had them on my prelude, and they were as quiet as a mouse.....

901s are OK.... Not great, but OK

[Kit]

but the question is: why do you want road noise?

I used 901s on my civic, and use S03s on my current car. I thought the 901s worked well on the civic.
the S03s are pretty good too, quite predictable and give warning before letting go. and the good thing is a TWR of 220, so should last a while.

[fueltank]

before someone ask.
TWR = Tyre Wear Rating

[fueltank]

FM901's not having any road noise?
hmmm....all the cars I have been in with FM901's are noisy as hell.
And these tyres are considered quite sticky.

All cars sound different with the same tyres

For example - my dad had Yoko A539s on his falcon, and they were hella bloody noisy. I had them on my prelude, and they were as quiet as a mouse.....

901s are OK.... Not great, but OK

true.
this was on a MY98 WRX

[toE]

or...you can ignore wat peeps have said here and just buy it, use it, then come back here and share with us ur experience concerning this tyre. :P

[CIVIC-R]

these are an awesome tyre... defintely going to get them again. value for money. i havent even managed to get the car ever to slide. thats even in the wet. and i hammer it round corners!

[Creative]

Yer the 901's on my 4th gen were noisy, but bearable I guess :)

Dunlop Direzza DZ101 on the 5th gen. These tyres replaced the superceded 901s and they rock imo :nod:

[Terry]

anyone here using ST115? how was it? i m looking for some good performance tyre for daily driving.... ^_^v

[EG5]

st115 is good when its new ..

[vti-r steve]

Hi guy's,
I have a 96 Civic VTI-R hatch, when new it was fitted with Dunlop SP Sport 195/55/15 84V and they were good. My delema when time to replace them was, what with? and at what price? I wanted a reasonable price tyre without sacraficing perfomance.
I settled on Falken GRB's and could not have picked a better tyre. The price of them at the time, March 99 was $177.00ea compared to the Dunlops for $265.00ea.
March 2003 I was ready for another set, (I got 33K Kms out of the GRB's, the same as the Dunlops) but GRB's are no longer made so what to get, I was back to square one. I was recomended either Bridgestone Potenza G3's or Azenis ST115's, both at $175.00ea, Hmm. I chose the Potenza's because they had them in stock and put them straight on, I drove about 2Kms and realy didn't like them, I pushed it as hard in to a round about as I would with the old worn out Falken's and declared that it would be the first and last time, It was not good. I'm not saying that the Potenza's are a bad tyre, they just wern't the choice for my car and my style of driving. After talking to the tyre center they agreed to order me the ST115's and over the past 12 months they have been as good as my previous Falken's.
I have just returned from a 3000Km trip to Melbourne and a Honda Car Club national meet and Motorkhana weekend ( I gave it heaps and came second in my class in front of a Integra Type R ) and Im very happy with the perfomance and handling of the Falken's yet again.
There is also the AZENIS real sports, that are described in the FALKEN brochure as, best perfomance on circuit drive, outstanding dry grip with asymmetrical pattern and competition-graded tread compound.
Love to have a go at those some day.
Good luck.
Steve