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Honestly you won't be able to tell the difference between the kuhmos and falkens. They're both good tires for the price and you can't go wrong with either. The only way you can tell the difference is if you deal with tires everyday like I did. It's really sad when you can tell who makes the tire just by looking at the tread pattern.
If it was my car and up to me, I'd go with the kuhmos. Since you liked the old ecsta... you'll probably like the new ecsta asx, which replaced the old ecstas.
btw most tires that are more than 4 years old, when subjected to the elements, will start to crack regardless of how much you spent on the tires. This is called weathering or dry rot. Just because a tire still has good tread doesn't necessarily mean its still good. Tires should be replaced every 4 years. I've seen plenty tires blow out from being too old. You can tell how old a tire is by looking on the sidewall. Look where you see the word "DOT" and following that at the very end circled is something like "4305", which means the tire was manufactured on the 43 week of 2005.
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I saw 912's i have em and love to death, great handling, never like Kumho this is all IMO but i still think Falken (or should we say Sumitomo) makes a better tire for the price (www.discounttiredirect)
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im getting some kumho solus $50 a tire soon. i had bridgestone turanza and while they made almost no noise and handled great (lasted 50k miles), they were over $100 per tire and i just dont feel like spending that for a car that i mostly use in the city at low speeds anyway.
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nitto neogens, nothing else should be considered for performance, and fuzion hri's suck ass, crappy treadpattern, kumho is crap, an dmichelin is too expensive, plus goodyears are overrated on treadwear
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Despite the mixed reviews I've been reading I decided to give the Falkens a try; just ordered them tonight. Will give feedback after install. I don't really care about road noise and these should be an improvement over my Kumho Powerstar 758's; which were great for commuting/traveling, not so much for performance.
Here is my review of the falkens Ziex ZE-912. I finally got them installed. I must say they are very quiet, much more quiet compared to my former Kumhos. I went from 185/65/15 to a 195/60/15 and I still have plenty of room to even go to a 205 tire. I have 1 finger gap in the back and 2finger gap in the front with plenty of clearance no rubbing. The ride is so smooth over bumps however, in turns I feel like my kumhos gave me more feedback. I could feel when they were losing grip and adjust my throttle. With the falkens I can't feel what the tires are doing but I haven't broken traction yet. I did just get an alignment so I'm sure that has something to do with it. I was running some negative camber with my old kumhos and I think thats why I felt more feedback from the tires and road. It's supposed to rain tomorrow so I will continue this review of wet traction tomorrow. So far I love these babies and $225 shipped with chrome stems is not too shabby if you ask me.
