Falkon Tyres

No Bruce,

I said they were great in the wet. Less wheelspin under accelleration and better braking in the wet than the Pirelli's.

im sayin they are THE chit in the wet, I never had problems with mine spinnin up much, only when the inside rear came off the ground... but anytyhing would spin then.

Arthur

Thanks for the posting, from this and other research, I'm beginning to think I should steer clear.

Only other point of interest .. had Pirelli Scorpions on a previous Disco and I reckoned they were absolute crap and some older Duellers I had on an MQ many yonks ago were bloody good, though I've heard they've gone down hill since. No telling heh??

Cheers cob

Hi Rosco,
My scorpions were the old FD44's.
The first gen from 10+ years ago(narrower 205/215 size), with the cross tread pattern, not the S/T's or the wide 10.5's. On a Rangie!
The Duellers were the earlier pattern too, 15+ years ago, not the latest generation (which I'm told are much much better too!)
But I have principles to maintain :)
I have a bad experience, I won't go back for more. Not when it involves MY money!
If I happen to drive a vehicle with brand X tyres and it drives well, then I'll consider them (again).
Also back on the Falken I had a set on a Rover Vandenplas. They were fantastic!
Also I may have exaggerated a bit about my A/T's, guiven that I paid about $145, they compared well to the Chinese (RoadChamp and Chin Shen??) tyres.
As a courier, every % of performance makes a big difference to me.
At $145 they are worth considering, if the RRP is $250 no way!
given less demanding requirements they would be ideal. No road noise is wonderful.
My Saab has 50 series tyres and generates 10x more tyre noise :(

Just a side note: both sets of Chinese tyres did need to have about 4kg :) of weights to balance properly. (bit of an exaggeration, but you get the idea!)
One tyre dealer(independent) commented on the number of weights, and the difficulty of balancing, having gone there for just a rotation/balance!
The Falkens look much more normal in this regard, which looks kind of weird now, as after 2 years with so many balance weights around the rim!!
Just a perspective on Chinese v's Japanese manufacturing processes ;)
But I never had a problem with the Chinese!
Except when I had 1 flat after 120000 Klms because the rear tyres was down to the belts in the centre of the tread area! But almost full tread on the outer edges! Like over inflation, but with 36psi at all times!
Like I said earlier these (front) tyres were still servicable. I kept them for a trailer or just as vehicle spares, but had to dump them when I had no room for them as a load I had wouldn't fit with them in the back :(