ChrisB Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 I was sniffing around a small (and locally recommended) tyre fitting place today (my rears are shot) and asked for a quote for FK452s.. The response was 'ahh, these were a good 'budget tyre' but we've had quite a few problems with them - warranty issues - where cracking occurs".. Popped my bubble. I told Mr Fitter that 452s were well thought of in this car club, and worked very well on the Z. Certainly first I'd heard of this (alleged) problem. Anyone had any experience of a bad batch possibly going through? Or is this just a load of old flannel to get me to buy his preferred stock? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 ran them on 3 different cars, never had an issue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulletMagnet Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 On my second set of 452's and no cracking has occurred. When the old set came off, wear was fairly even apart from camber wear due to my Zed being lowered. Would I be right in guessing that the preferred stock was slightly more expensive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Contact Falken and ask them. Not impossible, Toyo had an issue with the first few sets of R1R in the country but that's all been sorted now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glrnet Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 On my second set of and never had a problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainSensible Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 I've run them on the my last two cars with no issues. There must have been either a dodgy batch or he's talking nonsense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky370z Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 I've run them on the my last two cars with no issues. There must have been either a dodgy batch or he's talking nonsense. +1 Ran them on my ST for a while, didnt like them on that but cracking (no pun intended) on the zed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Guys, let's not mistake what could be a dodgy batch for a rumour that all 452s will definitely crack when used. Mountains = molehills and all that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Agree with Dan. Most likely this place had a batch come through that was dodgy. If thats the case they should have contacted Falken and made them aware and also recalled them if it was that serious. It also depends how long the owners had the tyres on the car before they were cracked. If they'd been sat for years doing no miles then that may be normal and not dangerous. FWIW, I had 2 sets covering ~50k miles between them and had no problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted December 6, 2011 Author Share Posted December 6, 2011 Good response chaps. Seems there aren't any generally experienced problems on here then. We were actually at the tyre fitter to get my wife a set of winters for her civic. He advised 2 front el-cheapo incidentally. Unfortunately I was extracted from the shop (by the wife) as a queue had formed while I was asking about Falkens, so didn't get to drill down into his reasons that far beyond the stated cases of replacement due to cracks under warranty blah blah - don't sell them here any more blah blah.. Looks more like a sad case of flannel than fact then, as cross verified by popular usage in this car club. (My original post was purely to ask a question - obviously not spread a rumour - let it be written large that no faults were verified here and all original rumour came from the thieving gob of the tyre fitter ) As it happens, we left that place and ended up buying the civic a set of 4 Michelin Alpins from Costco (ouch - but they are lovely - if tyres can be regarded as lovely). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R35LEE Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Never seen any issues with 452's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13KYF Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 no probs with mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 No probs with mine either! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRF4N Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Always ran 452s on mine for 3 years. They were recommended by the alloy wheel place before I joined the forum. Never had any probs either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez @ H-Dev Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 50k with 2 sets on my daily and no probs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narcotix Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 I've currently got a set on my Zed at the moment and haven't a bad word to say about them! They are far superior to the Bridgestone RE040's that I had replaced ... and after a year of use they have no signs of cracking whatsoever ... I think the tyre guy is telling porkies ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Guys, let's not mistake what could be a dodgy batch for a rumour that all 452s will definitely crack when used. Mountains = molehills and all that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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