I've run some Falken Azzennis tires for about 30,000 miles and i'm looking for something comparable. The only negatives I noticed after exactly a year and a half of use:

1.They get greasy after nearly 20 mins of hard use. I was at Lowes Motorspeedway and the last minutes of every session the car would begin to understeer heavily. I backed off for about a lap or two and grip came back. Being classified as an autocross tire i understand they may heat up quicker and overheat quicker.

1.Noise, damn these things are noisy.


with those two negatives heres the positives.

1. Insane grip. When i had the KA24DE all motor to the tune of 150rwhp and 155ftlbs i could put the car at 5500rpm and dump the clutch. The tires would scrub and launch the car like i had slicks on it. I couldnt get them to spin like other tires.

2. predictable break away. I could tell when traction would start to go away. They werent an on/off switch.

3. Tread life. The rears took a shit at 1 year and about 22,000miles. the fronts i'm still using with about 30,000 and they have 1/4 life left.

4. competitive grip. what i mean by this is the same car with a similar suspension setup on the same autox course was only 1 second quicker running Hoosier slicks. it was a 65 second course.



the only thing i dont like about them is the noise. I want to find something that offers all the great things they do with reduced noise. i'm looking into the Yokohama AVS ES100 and the Bridgestone RE750's. anyone use them that want to comment?

tire size is 245/45/17