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Originally Posted by DaveC113
Just to follow up, I'm not buying Falkens again, they heat cycle off too fast. I feel like the set I currently have are significantly worse in that regard vs the set I had before. I even heat cycled them before using hoping they'd last longer.
I drove to Lincoln for an Evo school + MidDivs, the Evo school killed them off, they never "turned on" for MidDivs, didn't get a fair life out of them imo. 200tw but the compound heat cycles out well before you hit the wear bars... The concrete at Lincoln felt greasy, was pretty disappointing. It was impressive seeing so much concrete though, it's an unbelievably large space and some fun courses. I just can't believe I was there on bad tires. 
Thinking a set of 18x11 et35 square wheels are in my future so I can run 295/35/18 RE71RS. Either that or wait for the Nankang CRS V2 in 325/30/19 and 305/30/19, but they are more expensive and from what I've heard not the equal of REs anyways, so yeah at this point I think you pretty much need to run REs to make a level playing field. |
Agree on the assessment. I get roughly 80 laps (7-8 events) out of my Falkens. The middle tread on front will look nearly new and be 4-5/32nds. The outer edges will be worn. Once they are at that point I'm lucky to get 1 decent run out of 6, that the car feels predictable and somewhat planted. I take them off and sell them for $150/4.
I really wish they would make the RE's in a 315. I can't justify a 295 RE versus a 315-anything. Giving up 20mm on each corner seems like too much.