My new tires, Falken Ziex 512, WOW!

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If you are looking for an all season high performance tire for the stock 16" wheels on the GTS (205/50/16), these are awesome! It feels like I have gained about 30 WHP from these tires.

They fit good and have a rim protector (still trying to get use to the look of this). They have much better wet and dry grip than stock yokos. It actually felt like I was driving on dry pavement while driving in the rain. Noise is also less than stock and any tire I have had in the past. The tires ride smooth and have good comfort, yet they are stable and rock solid in performance.

Now I see why consumer reports rated this tire #1.

I have only put on a 100 miles, so I will write back once they wear in a little. I don't know how they do in the snow yet, but I have heard they are great. They had the best snow and ice braking rating in consumer reports, for all season performance tires.

If anyone has questions, let me know.

[hurryhurry12345]

can u post some pics of your new tires? my stock tires are starting to go out (16xxx miles) because I drive on very bad roads here in Boston. I'm curious to see how the rim protector you've mentioned will look on the stock 16s, I never plan on getting new rims either......anyways

how much did it cost? where u get them?

[SelicaGTS]

I have the 512's on my car now, and they're pretty decent tires. In my opinion nothing beats the yoko's for your money.

[TragicallyHip]

How much do the Falken's cost?

[SelicaGTS]

i got mine for $79 a tire at tiresdirect. free shipping

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Hi,

I will put some pictures online when I get time if the weather is nice.

They cost me $81 each with free shipping and no tax from tires.com. I got them the day after I ordered them (placed online). They came from the Ohio warehouse, and I live in PA.

My goal was to get something that could handle a little snow and would fit the oem requirements and stock wheel size specs (205/50/16). The stock tires were good, but in rain and snow they were very very bad. Not only that, like most others have posted, you are lucky to get 15,000 miles out of the stock yokos. These tires are a lot better than the stock tires, or maybe I just forgot how good the stock tires were the first 500 miles I drove on them. Seeing that my car is at about 16,000 miles and the tires were almost bald, you basically get about 8,000 miles of good tread on the stock tires.