New RFTs
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Well, the Falken 452's were fitted on Saturday and after 100 miles all I can say is "I wish I did this on day one".
The first 30 miles were a little dodgy until the tyres roughed up a litle but then WOW.
The car now (mostly) goes in the direction that I point it. The ride on my 18" 108's with M sport suspension is now firm as opposed to bone shaking.
I like the idea of RFT but IMHO the technology on the Bridgestones (at at Nov 06 when they were fitted) wasn't quite there yet - perhaps in another 5 years I might give them another go.
I need to ring the insurance company to let them know about my "mod". If they try to charge me extra I'll refer them to the tramlining issue on the factory RFT and tell them I'm much safer now.
The first 30 miles were a little dodgy until the tyres roughed up a litle but then WOW.
The car now (mostly) goes in the direction that I point it. The ride on my 18" 108's with M sport suspension is now firm as opposed to bone shaking.
I like the idea of RFT but IMHO the technology on the Bridgestones (at at Nov 06 when they were fitted) wasn't quite there yet - perhaps in another 5 years I might give them another go.
I need to ring the insurance company to let them know about my "mod". If they try to charge me extra I'll refer them to the tramlining issue on the factory RFT and tell them I'm much safer now.
26,000 miles here and still on one original rear tyre (other one had a puncture at 2500miles). Both rears are still well legal at the moment but I feel the traction is worsening in the wet so I`m going to replace them soon. I drive quite a few miles a year so I1m sticking with the runflats and I think the suspension is optimised to run on these hard walled tyres.
Andrew_Morris said:Well, the Falken 452's were fitted on Saturday and after 100 miles all I can say is "I wish I did this on day one".
The first 30 miles were a little dodgy until the tyres roughed up a litle but then WOW.
The car now (mostly) goes in the direction that I point it. The ride on my 18" 108's with M sport suspension is now firm as opposed to bone shaking.
I like the idea of RFT but IMHO the technology on the Bridgestones (at at Nov 06 when they were fitted) wasn't quite there yet - perhaps in another 5 years I might give them another go.
I need to ring the insurance company to let them know about my "mod". If they try to charge me extra I'll refer them to the tramlining issue on the factory RFT and tell them I'm much safer now.
Andrew - where did you source the Falkens from? I see there are several alternatives to getting them direct from Falken, on the web with varying prices and deals from supply only to fully fitted inclusive packages.
Cheers SR - Tyre traders was not one that I had picked up in my initial scan of sources
(PS fixed the web link as you had a typo in it)
(PS fixed the web link as you had a typo in it)
cj10jeeper said:
thanks for that, I just need to find a good tyre fitter to get mine done, I really hate getting tyres fitted, and could be harder this time trying to get non RFT's fitted to rims, going to try a blackcircles local fitter who seems to get good reviews on Saturday.
cj10jeeper said:Andrew_Morris said:Well, the Falken 452's were fitted on Saturday and after 100 miles all I can say is "I wish I did this on day one".
The first 30 miles were a little dodgy until the tyres roughed up a litle but then WOW.
The car now (mostly) goes in the direction that I point it. The ride on my 18" 108's with M sport suspension is now firm as opposed to bone shaking.
I like the idea of RFT but IMHO the technology on the Bridgestones (at at Nov 06 when they were fitted) wasn't quite there yet - perhaps in another 5 years I might give them another go.
I need to ring the insurance company to let them know about my "mod". If they try to charge me extra I'll refer them to the tramlining issue on the factory RFT and tell them I'm much safer now.
Andrew - where did you source the Falkens from? I see there are several alternatives to getting them direct from Falken, on the web with varying prices and deals from supply only to fully fitted inclusive packages.
Got them supplied and fitted by John Wood Tyres in Hereford for £363 inc VAT. They have an interesting by-line in supplying alloys so I knew that they would look after my 108's. The Z4 felt a little lonely though sitting next to the chav'ed up Saxos outside.
SR - Identical £326.85 from tyretraders delivered and en route for mid next week 
My local and trusted guy will balance and fit for £10 a wheel 'all in', perhaps less as they are on new rims with no removal or carcass to scrap.
Thanks for the lead
Odd that they are much cheaper than buying direct from Falken (who are out of stock or rears anyway) at a little over £370 delivered
My local and trusted guy will balance and fit for £10 a wheel 'all in', perhaps less as they are on new rims with no removal or carcass to scrap.
Thanks for the lead
Odd that they are much cheaper than buying direct from Falken (who are out of stock or rears anyway) at a little over £370 delivered