Look on the side walls, the country will be embossed somewhere in all the text.

 

I am currently waiting on Falkens for the rear being delivered. I have Japanese Toyo's on the front. I will update on findings, but people have been putting falkens on the rear and results so far have been good! Fingers crossed! Will report back!

 

Which Falkens are you looking at? A lot of ebay has generic images, but the treads seem to vary quite a bit. Do you have a name? I have Japanese Toyo's all round, but the fronts are getting low.

 

I have got the falken ziex 914 - 215/40 r16. They seem ok so far but need scrubbing in! Problem I had with the toyos is they lasted a year, albeit I did do 10k! They are soft summer tyres, so do wear down quickly! But glad the falkens are being recommended as seem a bit better for longevity according to reports!

 

I very briefly tried Malaysian Toyos Front / Falken ZE914 rear. Much better than 4x death trap Toyos!

These were 16" on a 2005 TF160

 

Just replaced my Goodyear GDS2 set with Falken Zeix 914's. Very happy.

 

Hi, needed to replace my entire set of worn gsd2s and ordered 4 toyos. The rears are japanese and the fronts Malaysian. Transformed the handling straight away in a very good way. The tread pattern is identical and i cant see the compound making as much of a difference as a completley different make. Im happy with em.

 

Well, if what plimp92 says is correct, that he has Jap rears & Malaysian fronts & handling is ok, that goes towards confirming my suspicions that it is the Malaysian rears where the issue is.

 

You have to be aware that all of these opinions are subjective and depend upon individuals experiences, driving styles etc. What may seem OK to someone may not be the same for somebody else. Given the number of complaints that are out there, do you want to pay £60 a corner to find out?

 

Getting really tired of these threads......


"I'll get my coat"

 

Getting really tired of these threads......


"I'll get my coat"

Me too :yawn:

 

As I mentioned before, just put Falkens on the rear to replace Japanese Toyos (still have the Japanese Toyos on the front) and so far has been very good! I have play in my TRE's at the minute, so getting those replaced very soon, so can't give a definitive answer, grip is good after a few hundred miles. Will update again soon!

 

We have tried nearly new Japs on the front and new malaysian on the back and they handled well

But part worn Marangonis on the front and new Malaysian on the back was a death trap

This was on 16s on a TF

Oh and was with Daz driving and not me

 

If we are talking tyres / poor handling..
My MGF gets very vague at 70mph and wanders all over the road at speeds over that. The tyres are Roadstone 185/55/15 82.
Any comments ??

 

I've recently had Yokohama S.Drive's fitted to my car to replace the motley collection of ditch finders it had previously. Seems much more sure-footed, although I don't drive it particularly 'enthusiastically' ahem, ahem!
Unfortunately, they are no longer available; in fact they became unavailable between me deciding to fit them and having the first one fitted to replace an unrepairable flat. I had to have the other three imported from Germany by an internet retailer.