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 Falken Azenis FK510 UHP, Made in Japan

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post Sep 12 2019, 08:51 AM

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QUOTE(Jason @ Sep 11 2019, 11:38 PM)
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http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Falken/Azenis-FK510.htm

Falken Japan's flagship UHP launched in 2016, Stamford Tyres brought it in last year in 2018. Not that many places selling it. I bought 2 fronts earlier this year, and just Saturday 7th September 2019 got 2 rears. Price is ~40% cheaper than Pilot Sport 4.

My quick review, original tyres were Pirelli P7 runflats, after changing the fronts, the steering is very light -- runflats are heavier. Responsive and sharp. Tracks well. Steering response is better than P7, but not the best I've experienced. So far dry and wet performance is better than P7, but have yet to push it because my rears were P7. Now that all fours are FK510, this weekend will be going on the North South Highway, will see how it goes.

NVH better than runflats.

Previous tyres I've used or still in use:
Goodyear NCT5 (hahaha omg throw it away please)
Michelin Pilot Preceda 2
Goodyear Revspec RS02 (shit in the wet)
Michelin Pilot Sport 3
Goodyear Eagle F1 D5 (shit quality for me, 2 out of 4 tyres kaput)
Kumho Ecsta KU31
Bridgestone RE003 (dry very good, I feel its better than PS3, wet lose to F1 D5 & PS3, no confident in the wet)
Kumho Ecsta PS31 (car parked more than driven...don't know, first impression noisy)
TL;DR Got money just buy the PS4 or PS4S. this is the poor man's PS4
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What's your size and how much you got them & where? I'm planning to ditch my run flats and heard a lot of good reviews about this tyre. Worth considering.

But not sure if beneficial for my driving style or not. 90% stucked in traffic and light footer.
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post Sep 12 2019, 10:49 AM

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QUOTE(Jason @ Sep 12 2019, 10:32 AM)
225/45 R18 @ RM420 for 2 units with balancing and install at Ching Tyre in Setapak.

255/40 R18 @ RM670 for 2 units with balancing and install at Bridgestone Apex Tyre in Sunway.

For my driving style, wet performance is most important. I also drive a lot of city traffic, about 80%. Occasionally road frees up I’ll have some fun. Which is why I decided against PS4 as averagely it costs about 40% more.

If you’re really pure city and no fun driving, you can get the Hankook v12 evo2. For my size it’s cheaper than the FK510.

Further observations: I think the sidewalls are quite stiff. Of course the run flats are even more so, but for normal tyres this is definitely stiff. NVH it beats runflats but against normal tyres I wouldn’t call it comfort.
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Just curious, why is wet performance important for you other than the risk of aquaplaning?

Yeah I was eyeing for the Hankook v12e2 too but most of the tyre shops don't carry 225/50R17 size unfortunately, still in the midst of googling around.

I'm more into comfort oriented tyres since I have a baby arriving and she'll be seated in the backseat but since you mentioned the FK510 is not strong in NVH I think it's something to consider upon during my tyre shopping.

Thanks for the input bro.
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post Sep 12 2019, 12:57 PM

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QUOTE(wkc5657 @ Sep 12 2019, 11:03 AM)
No need to google so much. If you manage to already found a shop that sells the v12evo2 at a reasonable price, just not the size you wanted, head there and ask for the size you want. 225/50/17 is available based on hankook malaysia's website.

At worse, will just put an order and you wait a little while for it to arrive.
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Found Teoh Brothers at Meru to have ready stock for RM340 per shoe all in. Thanks anyway.


QUOTE(Ultra+ @ Sep 12 2019, 11:04 AM)
Let me know which brand you bought for 225/50R17 ya. i'm going to change all 4 in the next 2 months  biggrin.gif
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Most likely going for the Hankook V12E2 : )

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post Sep 12 2019, 01:10 PM

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QUOTE(Ultra+ @ Sep 12 2019, 11:04 AM)
Let me know which brand you bought for 225/50R17 ya. i'm going to change all 4 in the next 2 months  biggrin.gif
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Can check out Hankook Ventus S1Noble2 too if you're looking for comfort oriented tyre. If performance oriented can go for FK510, heard a lot of good reviews around.
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post Sep 13 2019, 11:20 AM

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QUOTE(incredibless @ Sep 13 2019, 01:51 AM)
Wow quick reply. The PS4 on the clock is about 55k++with front & rear rotation once since if i can recal last fitted at 40k mileage. Thread still has about 20%-30%. Surprisingly it still grips well on wet.
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Wow clocked 55k+ and still have 20-30% left? mega_shok.gif Very gentle driving?

Just curious what's your ride?
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post Sep 18 2019, 05:12 PM

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QUOTE(AveoHzq @ Sep 18 2019, 04:54 PM)
What car do you used it on?

I see on mudah 255/35/19 is rm 860. Do you think i can get it cheaper at the place where you bought yours?

Im in kelantan so its hard to survey around for tires. Here they jack up the price of course.
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Wild guess - TS's car is the 330e biggrin.gif

Edit: Since TS did mentioned the shop where he changed his tyres, maybe you can try googling up their contact number and ring them for a quotation.

This post has been edited by budang: Sep 18 2019, 05:14 PM
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post Nov 17 2020, 11:06 PM

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QUOTE(Jason @ Nov 17 2020, 09:51 PM)
Roughly 30000km already on these tires. Still going strong. Going for the 3rd alignment and balancing soon.

It’s still consistent. Heavy rain lately so got to be careful with the puddles.
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Considering we spent almost half of the year in lockdown / partial lockdown mode and your tires just above a year old, that's a lot of miles done.

 

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