Tire Talk

"Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)" (bman76-4)
12/26/2016 at 16:12 • Filed to: None

Does anybody have any experience with the Falken Azenis RT615K ? I’m going AutoX-ing in the spring and these seem to be my best option.

I ran Falken all-seasons for years on the TA until I had a blowout a month ago. These will be going on my WS6 wheels, so they’re 275/40R17 which is a limited (and dying) size.

DISCUSSION (13)

dogisbadob > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)
12/26/2016 at 16:18

not sure about the RT615k, but Falken does make some good tires at a great price, so nothing wrong with trying them out.

I have Falken all-seasons on my car now, the Ziex ZE950. A W-rated tire in 205/65-15!

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > dogisbadob
12/26/2016 at 16:20

Yeah, I had some ZE750s? up until recently. I liked them, but my new BF Goodrich Comp2 A/S’s are quite a bit better.

Clown Shoe Pilot > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)
12/26/2016 at 16:22

I’ve used them and they’re totally decent tires. I had them on my M Coupe and I think I got 15K miles out of a set.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > Clown Shoe Pilot
12/26/2016 at 16:25

They’ll be my summer/track set, I’ve got brand new tires on the stock 16" wheels.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)
12/26/2016 at 17:08

I’ve run them, and their predecessor, for many years as testing/development/ fucking around at a track day for fun tires on the racecar for many, many years. They’re long lasting, will take a ton of abuse, cheap, and very predictable at the limit. Like any tire in their class, their ultimate adhesion will drop off after a couple of heat cycles. After enough heat cycles on the track, they’ll eventually get hard enough that they’ll become hard to cord even if you want to. I’be also run them as summer tires before. You can get 10 or 15k out of them as a street tires.

Trunk Impaired 318 > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)
12/26/2016 at 21:21

Bridgestone Re71R. It is the autocross tire.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > Trunk Impaired 318
12/26/2016 at 22:05

Not available in my size, I’d have to give up nearly an inch in width to go with these.

Trunk Impaired 318 > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)
12/26/2016 at 22:19

Damn, that sucks. Ventus RS3?

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > Trunk Impaired 318
12/26/2016 at 22:37

Same story

Trunk Impaired 318 > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)
12/27/2016 at 00:05

In that case the the Falkens are definitely a solid choice

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > Trunk Impaired 318
12/27/2016 at 00:23

Occam’s Razor of tire selection.

MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig > Trunk Impaired 318
12/27/2016 at 08:26

Dunlop ZII would like a word with you

Trunk Impaired 318 > MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig
12/27/2016 at 13:50

Uhhhhh, not anymore

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