[s-cars] Confession: Cheap tires on my S4

[LL - NY]

For what it's worth, the FK451's were touted to be Falken's challenger
(besides
the Azenis RT615) to the Kumho MX, which at the time I bought the Falkens,
unobtainium for months. Well, as grippy as they are, their sidewalls are too
soft
to be considered an MX replacement, but they are worlds better than the
Kumho
Ecsta 712's I had on my 200Q. Still, all in all, ALL of those tires are
pretty darned
good, and all could be had for less than $1C. Still what I'd call cheap.

LL - NY

On 6/7/07, Mike Claire <mike.claire at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> That's cheap - but I was on Tire Rack yesterday and they had some
> Sumitomos
> in 225/50/16 for less than $70 each (IIRC).  How cheap can you get!  I'd
> almost be afraid to drive on them.  But the reviews don't sound bad.
>
> Falken is a subsidiary of Sumitomo, from what I saw someplace.
>
>
> Mike
>
>
>
> On 6/6/07, Wayne Dohnal <wd42 at hevanet.com> wrote:
> >
> > After reading the reams of posts from S-car owners searching out the
> very
> > best tires, I'm almost scared to admit that I put on a pair of the
> > cheapest
> > 225-50/R-16s  I could find.  They are Federal SS-535s, sold as the
> > nameless
> > economy performance tire from Les Schwab.  The out-the-door price was
> > $93.45
> > each.  I put them on the front (wrong according to the Tire Rack
> website),
> > and now have 2 different tire types on the car (wrong again, I'm sure).
> > They replaced a pair of  Dunlop SP Sport 8000s.
> >
> > I could not find any user reports on the SS-535s.  I suppose that
> > everybody
> > was either too ashamed to buy them, or to admit that they bought
> them.  So
> > here's a quick report after a little over 1000 miles.  When I first put
> > the
> > new tires on they were way noisy.  I thought I had made a big mistake,
> but
> > after a few trips the added noise diminished and now I think they
> generate
> > about the same noise as the Dunlops did.  I notice no negative handling
> > traits in my normally tame street driving.  What I do notice (and was
> not
> > expecting) is that the tramlining is gone. Every year I dreaded
> switching
> > from the winter to the summer tires because the tramlining was zero with
> > the
> > winter tires and horrible with the Dunlops.  Now I can drive in the
> summer
> > without fighting to keep the car going straight.
> >
> > So I'm pleased with my cheapies so far, but I'm also putting on the
> flame
> > suit as soon as I hit the send key!
> >
> > Wayne Dohnal
> > 1994 S4
> >
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