falken rt615s

[Dreamcastin]

im running 18s 245 up front 275 in the back. right now i have nt-01s all the way around and love them. the only prob is buying a new set of tires everyyear is going to get expensive. has anybody on here had experience with the nt-01s and the falkens. how do they compare? ive been looking into other high performance street tires such as the re01r, the nt-05s comin out,etc, but i really dont like directional tires. how do these falkens compare to other high performance street tires? im mostly concerned with straight line grip.

[Bumpin' Yota]

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[h1psi]

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It's a great tire for dry grip...not the best in the wet, but much better than the old rt-215's.

As for treadwear, they aren't great....but not really much worse than any other super grippy street legal summer tire.

I've used RT-615's on previous vehicles and will be mounting a set on my GTO this spring. Will post my thoughts then.

[Bumpin' Yota]

Kewl! I ordered 2 of them in the oem 245s (i have stock rims) yesterday so Ill be posting up my thoughts as well. Going from the OEM tires, ANYTHING is going to be an improvement! lol!

[Dreamcastin]

about how many miles can i expect. how do they compare. anybody else got any input. if i could get 20000 plus id be happy. i only got about 10 outta the nt-01s.

[Bumpin' Yota]

Put em on the front end and drive sedately and they'll last a lot longer than 20k! LoL!

I dont know first hand, but reading other people's statements here and on other forums 10-15k is normal. I dont think I've gotten 20k out of ANY tire I've ever had on the ass end of the goat!

[Dreamcastin]

Kewl! I ordered 2 of them in the oem 245s (i have stock rims) yesterday so Ill be posting up my thoughts as well. Going from the OEM tires, ANYTHING is going to be an improvement! lol!

yea, you coulda duct taped your rims and felt an improvement over the stockers. worst tires i have ever driven on.

[BigRedGoat]

about how many miles can i expect. how do they compare. anybody else got any input. if i could get 20000 plus id be happy. i only got about 10 outta the nt-01s.

Had mine on the rear for 7,000-8,000 hard miles before I hit the wear bar. That includes a whole lot of drifting, so a normal driver should see over 15,000 easily. The tires are fine in the rain, had no issues.

[jaqattack02]

I haven't used these tires in particular, but I can speak highly of Falken as a brand. I've had their tires on several of my cars, as has my brother, and we have had nothing but good luck with them. They make good tires at good prices.