Falken Ziex ZE-512

[PiercedE30]

Anyone have any experience with these tires? I found a bangin' deal on em and I'm wondering what everyone's opinions are on them.

Thanks

[Charlie]

Good tire for driving back and forth to the track. Fine in the wet at full tread. Squirmy, makes a lot of noise when pushed hard, no real grip.

It's a good all-season.

-Charlie

[StereoInstaller1]

Good tire for driving back and forth to the track. Fine in the wet at full tread. Squirmy, makes a lot of noise when pushed hard, no real grip.

It's a good all-season.

-Charlie

X2, plus poor life, poor balance and HATES grooved roads.

If ya want a cheap great tire, check the General UHP. I fuggin' love mine.

Tirerack.com has them cheap.

Luke

[S50fanatic1985]

I recently purchased these tires and i have no problems with them so far, like mentioned earlier they are good street tires. remeber you get what you pay for. non the less good street tires imo.

[PiercedE30]

Cool, thanks for the info. Looks like I'm stayin away from em.
Definitely dropping the change for some Azenis's then.

[BMW BMXER]

I like my 512s. For my driving they are perfect. It all depends what you want them for. They are loud when pushed for sure.

[mattdk318i]

I have ziex 15s and i like them. They are about half the price of every other tire. And for a daily driver they are comfortable. However i do agree with you guys. They arent for high performance but they make a good DD tire

[MattE30]

X2, plus poor life

They have a treadwear of 420 which is pretty good if you want a tire to last.

[Mystikal]

X2, plus poor life, poor balance and HATES grooved roads.

Poor life, yes. They wear as fast as RT-215's.

I've had 2 sets (215/40/17 and 225/50/15), both balanced with little weight and never needed re-doing.

They don't seem to tramline at all to me. I think you need to try some real aggressive tires.

[Mystikal]

In summary, 512's are quiite sticky street tires, and wear like sticky street tires. They also have soft sidewalls, which is good for daily driving, but bad for 9/10ths and up driving. Below that level of pushing it, they are quote up to the task.

I'm almost religiously using them on all my street wheels.

[MikesJo]

They're great all-season tires. Stuck very well in the rain as well!

[KenC]

They're great all-season tires. Stuck very well in the rain as well!

[2002maniac]

They do wear fast. I had 2 sets of 225/50/15 that lasted me about 10k each. The 205/50/15 Azenis is just as wide and lasts about the same in my experience.

Azenis>Ziex

[lagoon]

ziex last as long as azenis? would anyone recommend daily driving azenis over the ziexs?

[KenC]

I have 10k on my Ziex right now and by the looks of the treadwear, I'm expecting to get AT LEAST another 10k out of them.