Falken Azenis FK453

Dangerous in the wet – These tyres are cheap and not good quality replacements. There is worse out there, but generally they are average at best in the dry, and utterly dangerous and terrible in the wet. I would not recommend these tyres to anyone. Show details

Grippy – These Tyres grip incredibly good in the wet. After having them fitted I took the XR6 Falcon for a hard drive with traction control off in the wet "on quiet roads of course " and cornered hard ,braked hard , accelerated hard and must say I'm really impressed with grip and performance. Only down side is a little bit of road noise. Yet to see how long they will last . PS...missus drives this one like a Nanna most of the time  Show details

Top tyre – I had a puncture on one of my tyres recently and needed a replacement. The Pirelli's I had aren't made anymore and the nearest was too expensive. The Falken Azenis at $184 was a good price for a replacement tyre to go with the already worn tyres & the quality of the tyre is excellent.  Show details

Nice grip but flat spot overnight on mild winter nights – 215/45/R17 on a Honda Civic Sport. Good driving when they're warm. Still good in the wet. They flat spot overnight on winter nights in Perth Australia with temps down to only 10 degrees Celsius. The effect is a very uncomfortable shaking through the car until the tyres warm up (imagine what it might feel like driving in a car with wheels not… Read more

centred on their hubs). They take a good 5 minutes suburban driving for the tyres to warm up enough to remove the flat spot.

On cold days, they can mildly flat spot after sitting for only 1 hour (you know, the time it takes to escape Bunnings).

I'd rate the FK453's a 4 (good) for everyday driving but the flat spotting drops them to a 2 (bad) in my view. Falken needs to sort the flat spotting out. This is a problem that plagued tyres in the 1960's. It should not be happening in 2017!

And this review is coming from someone who is onto their third set of 245/50/R20 Falken ZE912's that just keep doing a great job on a 2 tonne Mazda CX9.

Excellent value for money – Needed a replacement tyre and my cars requirements is 235 45 R18. This combination is very rare but bought these from Bob Janes and i cannot be happier.. It's way cheaper than some of the pricier brands out there. The treads seems to similar to my PIRELLI i have on the other three.. Have not noticed any performance difference... Although only time will tell how durable they are .. Just had it for 6 months now...  Show details

I know what the F stands for now – These tyres didn't last the distance. Had multiple issues from the start with deflation. I should have had them changed within the first 6 months as I am certain that these must have been faulty. Although they had reasonable grip, I only got 15000km from all fours. Will never buy these again, I sure did use the F word and it wasn't Falken!  Show details

Real good price for a v. decent tyre – I have a heavy foot on a 2.2ton car. 0-60mph in 3.1s. I constantly floor it @lights and corners/roundabouts. Most of driving in "insane" mode. The grip in the dry is great, it held up with ContiSportContact5s. Wear is same as contis (15,000km but go on track sometimes.) Wet grip is ok.  Show details

Well Priced for What They Are – I bought these tyres on the good reputation of their predecessor the Falken 452. They're in the same performance range as a lot of tyres that cost 50% more or even greater. From having the rear of my car slide in the rain if I wasn't particularly careful around corners, I'm not quite confident on wet roads all around. I don't have any complaints about these tyres, and they definitely fit my needs, even in a heavy five metre long V8.  Show details

GRIP!! – Got these babies after my 452's worn out. 452's gripped well and had excellence performance but struggled when I supercharged my Monaro, the 453's give excellent grip and do their best to not waste of the power. Shortly after I got a set for my Clubby also, grip very well and handle excellent.  Show details

Poorest performance on any set of tyres ever purchased – Fitted four new FK 453 235/55R17 tyres onto my VW transporter T5 (2010 Model) after the original Dunlops started to getting down to the legal limits after 38'000 Km. Within 16 months and exactly 15'000 Km, they are headed and need replacing. What can one stay - never again!