falken azenis for street use?

[Mystikal]

I made the exact same thread before I bought mine.

I've ran them for maybe 8k miles since April. They're pretty bad now, the tread is probably 4/32 or less and it got pretty hairy on a maxbimmer cruise this past weekend in 1" rainfall. Up until now though they were very capable of dealing with standing water, I never expected them to be very safe at all.

I say do it if you can keep the speeds to legal in the rain.

[M-technik-3]

I made the exact same thread before I bought mine.

I've ran them for maybe 8k miles since April. They're pretty bad now, the tread is probably 4/32 or less and it got pretty hairy on a maxbimmer cruise this past weekend in 1" rainfall. Up until now though they were very capable of dealing with standing water, I never expected them to be very safe at all.

I say do it if you can keep the speeds to legal in the rain.

Hence why they are a street going R compound at tread wear 200. So you are getting 10k roughly out of them? How often do you rotate them or have you at all?

[Mystikal]

Yeah, I'll actually reach 10k out of them. 2 auto-x's, the rest all street. They were rotated maybe once or twice early on, nothing much. They're wearing evenly F-R.

[M-technik-3]

Yeah, I'll actually reach 10k out of them. 2 auto-x's, the rest all street. They were rotated maybe once or twice early on, nothing much. They're wearing evenly F-R.

Good to now as my Kumho R's are going to be toast by the time I get on the track this year. I'll be looking into some for next year possibly.

[Halon]

I daily drove mine for about 1000 miles. With deep tread, they were fine in the wet. I cant speak for longevity, but I'd imagine they'd get scary in the rain as they wear


----> suspension/brakes/tires

I've heard that they're pretty good in the rain, but they're like clay on the snow and ice... But I have no expierence with them myself... I've heard they have good reliability as far as losing grip and stuff though. I would like a set. :)

[Rob]

they were absolutely useless in 2" of snow, even with full tread depth

[nando]

why would anyone try to drive on Azenis in the snow?

[rwh11385]

they have snow in the south??

Maybe Rob was too lazy to switch wheels/tires.....or didn't have his 2nd set back then.

[Mystikal]

why would anyone try to drive on Azenis in the snow?

Just wait until you see the video I'm going to make with bald Azenis on the rear this winter.

[Rob]

I was bored

[Mystikal]

Awesome. I'm surprised you got back up your driveway.

[nando]

yeah, I'm not one to talk really, last year I drove about three weeks with my ES100s on snow and ice covered roads.. not reccomended for a RWD car!