THE TRUTH ABOUT FALKEN TIRES
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2024
- On this episode of Tire History, we take a look at Falken Tires. We dig into their roots & cover how they have managed to become so huge in today’s market. Find out more as we go in-depth on Falken Tires on this episode of Tire History. Let us know your thoughts down in the comment section below!
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Fitment Industries hahahaha dat hashtag. May I just add that a video about Speedline would be good.
Better than manspreading LMAO
Hankook tires would be an awesome video to do. I personally run them myself and love them.
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What's that got to do with Falken tires? Stick to the f*cken story.
Love my Falkens. Once I bought those, I had a pair last me 4 years. Never looked back since. All my cars have Falkens now
Just got my first set of Falken wildpeaks on my Tacoma. Cant wait to put them to the test.
Love them. I don't do a lot off roading. I have tested them in recent record breaking rainfall in California and they held up VERY well. Zero complaints what so ever. They are one of if not the most aggressive looking AT tire on the market. And the price of $126 per tire? Cant beat it.
Love my new Falkens on my Holden Colorado in NZ. Dirt road no problem.
@@tommagnum6302 who?
@@atrain132 All of you. Let God sort you out.
"Hey 18 is 18"-Alex
Omfg his pronunciation of Rancho Cucamonga lmao. Hilarious when you’re from socal.
Definitely...I'm from Cucamonga
Yeah I've been using Falken tires for a little while now they're pretty good tires. I got 75 thousand miles out of set of tires they were only guaranteed for 50,000 miles. Good rotation and balancing the tires on a regular basis really helps.
I came here just to say "Are you Falken kidding me".... K I'm sure it's been said already but there I did it.
💀💀💀
rancho cucamunga...youve never seen next friday?
Negative ghost rider. - Alex
it was set in rancho cucamonga only reason i ask
“Them are 20s man, nah they 10s... But I keep em clean dough”
Lol just saw it again on MTV last week
I only know how to properly pronounce it because of workaholics.
To be honest falken has one of the most iconic livery's for a tire company, and yes so does Yokohama also but it's easily reconizable by many people who watch any type of motorsport. Agree to disagree
*_Falken Punch_* !
*Falken Kick*
Smash bros!!!!
Show me your moves!
YESZ
I had a small Dodge badged Japanese truck back in '86 thru '92. Every type of tire put on it got sideways badly in the rain (Alvin, Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, TX heavy rains.) Popped on a set of Falken FX-06 A2's and the thing would run arrow straight in the rain and still let me 'drift' on dirt roads!! Have been a huge fan of the Falken tire ever since...and that truck spent about half it's driving life @ 105m.p.h.! (maxxed out little 2 liter) all the way to 342,000 miles... Nice video dude! : )'
Thats awesome homie!
Seriously? If this video is supposed, judging by the title, tell things about the quality or anything at all about the tyres, this is a joke. Tread patterns, rubber compounds, casing materials??? Who cares about corporate soap opera or the way the youtuber tangles his legs? Utter waste of time.
I went FALKEN after years of replacing brand name tires that wore heavelly won't buy any other brand now just a great all round safe tyre.
Fitment Industries,
Please do Hankook Tires next!
Sure!
Yes please I wanna buy some hancook rs4s but want a review!!!!! Pls
hang-cock
I've just put a set of Falken Wildpeak AT3 W LT305/65R18's
on my Jeep and they are fantastic. Took them on a nice long run through the Superstition Mountains and did some rock crawling. Great traction!
are they loud on hughway
I've got falkens on my winter wheels and I've got a set ohtsu tires on my centerlines I'm running in my volvo. Ohtsu is actually a cheaper brand owned and produced by falken.
The building still says Sumitomo Rubber North America on Google Maps street view. When they changed it to Falken Tire Corporation a few years ago I thought the other company closed, did not know it was the same thing or that it was the company HQ I was driving by every morning.
Sumitomo owns Falken they both are still around I drove by the proving grounds in Madison al
Sumitomo is not just a "rubber conglomerate". They are one of the 6 mega-conglomerates in Japan, called KEIRETSU. The closest comparison would be General Electric in the US or perhaps Samsung in Korea. Sumitomo group companies include NEC (electronics), Mazda (cars), and and SMBC (one of the major banks in Japan).
I bet Sony, Nintendo, Toyota, Subaru, and Honda are the rest
I've been running Falkens for 7 years now, really good tires and saves you quite a lot money compared to equilevent tire from other companies.
i know exactly which brand to go with now for my new tires lol
Been driving with the Azenis FK510 for few months now and I can say that Falken took a big step forward with the new FK510. Previous FK453 were good but the 510's are amazing, but the price is still same.
@@PoorCoyotee Almost as good as Michelin Pilot Sport 4. I've bought PS4 only because I did not find fk510 in the time I had for that!
@@AudioThings Have you had the chance to drive on both the PS4 and the FK510? I'm currently thinking about my next summer tires and I've narrowed it down to these 2. If the Falken tires wear ok I'll go for them I think. Much cheaper.
I moved to FK510’s after having Michelin Pilot Super Sports, and I’m gonna stick with Falken’s for a better bang for your buck. The Michelin PSS were top-notch but just too pricey to keep equipping on my two sports cars
Put a set of Falken Ziex 960 A/S on 2011 Mercedes C300. 12,000 miles review. Great price but really impressed with the comfort of the ride. It was quiet and simply more comfortable over the Michelin that had been on there. Braking, handling, and comfort are really impressive. The previous generation 950 was fairly loud, per many online reviews, but the 960 conquered that issue. Not loud at all.
Do a episode on hankook tyres I'm using them fwd 300ft lbs s1 evo model grip really well better than the previous toyo t1r
0:46 'based out of Japan' - I thought it was based IN Japan !
Straight out of compton?
Still not "The Truth". Just History :)
But they're not lies... so its also the truth ;)
But still that is an clickbait title ;)
@@FitmentIndustries Now THERE'S tRUMP "thinking" for ya, GEE-ZISS!
You do realize your comment contradicts itself right?
I bought Falken Ziex tires for my ZX. I got a chuckle out of it. But then I started to get faster down the local canyon road, out of practicing, and felt a relationship with the brand. Best tires I've bought for rain.
Support USA jobs. Falcon tires. And the price point is Soo good. And I absolutely run their tires on my motorcycle wich is still a Dunlop tire.
The Dunlop brand is owned and the tires are made by Goodyear in Europe. That's what's left of the Sumitomo-Goodyear partnership.
In Japan Sumitomo has made a lot of Dunlop branded OEM tires throughout the years. When I was a kid, I was wondering why in the world would a car made in Japan have Dunlop tires and not some japanese brand. Later I found out they were made by Sumitomo.
pretty much wtf he said... PARTNERSHIP!!
5:23 Proper pronunciation th-cam.com/video/fPZdUdp0m1A/w-d-xo.html
The recent Falken tires I bought were complete shit. All 4 seperated within a couple years or less with about 60-70% tread still left...
7:30 when you said that you don't think they'll dive into making extreme creative tires, it's false because the RT615 was that tire. The tread design is unique to Falken and really sticks out. When you see the tread, you know right away that they are Falken RT615. It's had 2 more iterations where the rubber compound was changed named RT615K and RT615K+.
7:45 when you said it doesn't have the same brand loyalty as others, I agree to an extent. If you ever go to an auto-x event like the one at Miller Park that's hosted every month, you'll find the RT615K+ on almost all the cars there. Almost all the FRS/BRZ/GT86 guys were running that tire just last weekend. Even I have a set for my Civic Si. Just absolutely great tires with a lot of grip. Brand loyalty may not be up there yet but so far, it's having a loyal fan base in the auto-x community. Especially with how cheap they are and how well they grip and even tread water pretty well too. I'm pretty much a fan now and would buy another set when these ones are wasted.
Hi Alex. You mentioned that the tires get a little noisy after around the 8000 mile mark. Is this true for all the models of the Falken range ?
I put Falken RX-007s on my 80 Datsun 200SX in 1987. They totally transformed the car's handling. Great tires. Very grippy. I scared the crap out of several of my friends carving out turns on the backwoods roads in Vermont, where I lived. Used to drive to school 35 miles everyday on old two lane state highways. Very twisty roads with a 55mph limit. To entertain myself, I'd see how close I could get to an average of a mile per minute. My personal best was 35 miles in 32 minutes. I got three years and 75,000 miles of daily driving out of them.
Awesome to hear!!
The jokes are not funny and the music is annoying. Are the latest video's this bad?
Holy crap its weird to hear someone that isn't from California say rancho cucamonga Haha
Or someone that hasn't seen workaholics
I have used them on toyota echo and yaris with good service. this after the michelins on my echo had the side walls rot out and go flat with over 50 percent of tread left. The tire store said falkens are fully vulcanized and stand up in the sunlight here in Denver very well and they did. I went back to michelins because of a big sale discount. I have learned never to wash or put anything on a tire as that will make them rot faster.
I put falken tires on everything I drive
Best tires on the market
Fuck it ALEX just because of this video I'm ordering 2 more pair if wheels from you guys fitment that would make 5 set of wheels this year will may 2017-may 2018. What's a good wheel under $1800 for a gt300 twin turbo vr4 with 18,19,20 inch AZENIS RT-615K HIGH-PERFORMANCE TIRE
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i wish they still made the azenis 215k, they were much cheaper than the newer rt615 and were actually a better tire. Best bang for your buck in the early 2000s for a high performance tire
I have always bought Pirellis but got an SI almost a year ago that was on falken ziex ze950 all seasons. I don’t hate them but certainly don’t love them. I need new tires now so I looked up the falkens for the hell of it and they were within 3 dollars of a the continental extreme contact dws06 plus and within 5 dollars of the p zero a/s plus. Maybe their performance lines are better but those ziex as are not anywhere near the quality of other tires in the 600-700 range.
Falkens are grippy, but don't Last very long. Toyo's are just dangerous in the wet. Michelin is the only way to go.
Falkens are my favorite don't know why but yeah love em
I guess their go to market ploy worked on me. I loved growing up watching the Falken 911 race in ALMS. My truck came stock with those god awful Goodyear Wrangler tires. After the second pair that I bought, I switched over to Falken. All I do is highway driving. What really surprised me was the wet weather grip! It takes quite a bit of effort for me to make it step out. I bought a pair for my mom’s car, and when my dad drove it he too was surprised by the wet weather handling. I don’t think I’ll switch over to any other brand, especially for the price point.
Good price and fantastic quality! 👍
Falkens are great iv had them before and will be buying again :)
I put a set of falcon tires on my Lexus I S2 50 they are garbage they had knots in the side of them within six months you couldn’t give me a set of falcon tires consumer be where he must be getting paid by whoever owns falcon tires because they should be named shit tires
What kind of tires are you running now? We have some good deals on tires whenever you need a new set! 🤟bit.ly/2OD31EY
Do one on Yokohama pleeasee.
Hmm boutta cop a set of FK510s but the low price tag is keeping me from fully committing as its usually cheap equals bad🤔
How do you not know how to pronounce Rancho Cucamonga? You need to binge watch Workaholics if you've never heard of the place.
Some of us don't watch TV daily.
#teamfalken. had some rt615k on my civic, never had a flat, literally soaked up every nail and piece of glass without a care. lasted over a year without rotation. eventually a bunch of 1 wheel peels and a giant piece of broken construction metal on the road killed them.
That's good to hear!
If you drive normally, they'll last forever.
I have to say Falken is a brand I stuck with for at least 5 years. They are mounted on 22'' rims and are holding up well. For the price I feel the tires are just as good as competitors.
The truth about everything! I love this series!
Hope you reach millions of subscribers
Thank you so much! We hope we do too :D
When Falken give Michelin the Punch and gives consumers equal quality and performance for lower price then they be the winner.
Yo. How about you guys do Yokohama tires.
love the flakens i have them on my SUV quiet ride. , good in snow/rain 950 a/s tire... oh yeah good thread compond
My GT came with Falkens when I bought it. Nearly killed me by surprise oversteer once or twice. Car is a FWD so dunno how it did that. Really didn't inspire confidence, so I junked them for some Continental ExtremeContact DWs. Best decision I ever made
Cant go wrong with the Continentals man! Sounds like a sick ride have you uploaded your car to our gallery yet? bit.ly/2Ma4oca
Fitment Industries Thanks. It's nothing special right now, just a bolted & tuned six speed GT. Should be putting down a little over 280whp. I started calling it Mr. Krabs because 1) it kinda looks like a crab and 2) it loves money lol
Hopefully by next spring it'll be turbo'd. Completely stock interior and exterior. Really trying for the sleeper look
Interesting ... I bought my first set of Falkens in 1987, yeah my little Chevy Monza handled much better with them. Also I assumed Sumitomo tires were cheap crap tires.
Some of their tires are cheap, crap tires - and some aren't. Read Consumer Reports independent tire ratings for specifics.
www.consumerreports.org/products/tires/ratings
I had bought ziex 914 205/50-17 for my nissan grand livina last year.
It's pretty good for driving in high speed in high way.
And I love the durability of this sumitomo product.
Saveral time get in the hole of bad road, and it still fine.
And the last, it wothted for the money that I spend for it.
Love falken😍
Working at a Continental plant, do one on them!
It's on the list!
I'm running Falkens on my daily. Falken Wildpeak AT3W+. They're fantastic, rain or shine, cold or hot, dry or snow. Love love love my Falkens. Next I need a set for my you (95 Pontiac Firebird)
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I recently bought a set of Falken Wildpeak AT3w's for my truck and I absolutely love them.
I hear nothing but good things from Wildpeak AT3s I will be buying these for my Grand Cherokee soon. Good price! $176 each from Amazon! For a AT Tire, that's seriously a good price.
Truth? More like HISTORY
we aren't lying 😉
I knew of Falken Tires back twenty years ago as a good, cheap tire. Good quality, and affordable. Better than a used name brand tire, and way better than a new $40 China special. Falkens held up pretty well to teenage stupidity on a budget.
$40 China special 😂😂😂😂
Really like that you guys are going history on tires and springs now. Great job boys. Keep it up
Thanks, man! We cover anything you guys want!
Had a set of Falkens...IT SUCKED!
Daaaaaaaannnngggggg😅
When you cant find a perfect seating position
Your saying the lifespan of a Falken tire is roughly 7-8000 miles, or less than a year. That is the worst tread wear I'v ever heard of. I been a fan of Falken for years, no more. I don't race so I need my tires to last more than a race season. Thank you for the insight and saving me money and possibly my life.
Time 4 a change they become loud after 7-8000 miles lol, doesn’t mean the tread is gone
I had a pair of Ziex on my old Corolla to accompany wider wheels. Man were they nice; offered more grip when cornerning, controlled slides, and predictable and sharp handling. As mentioned though, they were shit when they got older and in wet weather at 10k of hard driven miles I wear I could have died a few times trying to go over 65mph. Despite that during summer time when the tires are warm they perform nearly as good as day one.
Good to hear man!
Falken tires suck.
Fortune auto coil overs please!!!!!!!! I want some company history before buying a set for my 93 rx7
I’ve ran 2 separate sets of falken tires and they were all loud once they were worn down a little. The tires were priced low and wear well. But construction wise they pick up nails/debris easily. First set were 329s picked up multiple nails and second set were stz05s picked up a piece of rust on the shoulder.
That being said the only reason I rarely look into falken is that they aren’t advertised as much and a lot of their tread patterns are resold across the whole sumitomo line up with different names. It kinda lowers the exclusivity the brand.
Okay, but...that also lowers the cost of their tires while spreading word-of-mouth about their innovative products - both of which are beneficial! "exclusivity"? My ass.
Falkens are good tyres and you're not going to break the bank when buying a set. Good performance at a really good price.
"Fucking tires"
:-) The last part about the noise was interesting. I had a set of Falken summer tires around 2002/2003. The first season they were really good, sticking to the road like superglue. Second summer: incredibly loud and "scared" of wet asphalt. Had to replace them as wit got too dangerous and loud for my taste.
The video you made is from 2018, so even 15 years later they still get noisier than other tires if i understand that correct.
Bridgestone neeexxxxt pleeeeeease
It's on the docket!
Federal tires next please
It's on the docket!
Federal tires +1
All this talk about a bunch of Falken tires ... I swear
Best tires ever. Wildpeak AT on my truck. Ziex on my Civic Sport Hatchback. Awesome.
"Guys don't like guys that do that" -Alex 2k18
Heyo - Alex.
My boys back at it with dat knawwwledge!
I actually live 2 exits away from Irwindale lol keep up the vids, Yokohama tires next?
ayyyyy! Yes we plan on it!
I am way late to the party but they make a fantastic offroad tire. I just bought a 2013 Toyota Highlander from a dealership and it came with touring tires that I hated, they constantly made a weird sound going down the interstate and had trouble with vibration for some reason. So, after 3 wheel balances and 1 wheel alignment that didn't fix the problem I got rid of them and bought some FALKEN WILDPEAK A/T TRAIL and they run smooth and quite and in the rain.... best tire I have ever had. I thought my old Good Year Wranglers were awesome and these put those to shame.
Rancho Cucamonga hahaha in San Bernardino. SoCal represent! Running falken ze ziex 950 love these tires.
Overall good information for individuals with little to no tire knowledge.
Just a name
I don't care how you sit, I'm a guy and I don't like guys.
18 is 18 LOL
When Lil Uzi starts playing and Alex is in the video you know its about to be good
Running a set of falken ziex tires on the stock wheels of my mk3 supra and they ride great! Very quiet and smooth ride with decent traction. I haven't really pushed the car with them on being they are the tires I use to travel with, but for the price they are a great buy. Run a 245/40/17 squared setup with yokohama advan A048 for the fun stuff. Sticky but LOUD!! Next tires I'm buying are the Falken Wildpeak ATW3 all terrain tires in a 245/70/17 for my 4runner. Heard nothing but great things about them and again a very well priced tire.
Agreed I have heard from other guys at our shop that Falken has a nicely priced good quality tire! We actually have some on our site you should check them out! bit.ly/2EtpGT0
Sumitomo make the injection moulding machines at my work
My dad used to sell specialized piping for extremely corrosive chemicals, and some types of pipe he sold used Sumitomo technology. Also, I got rebranded OEM brake pads for My Mitsubishi Lancer, and they said "Sumitomo" on them. Sumitomo is one of those giant companies that does just about everything with chemicals.
I have falken. They have only lasted just over a year. I don't do that many miles. Maybe my tracking is out, but still. I thought they would last longer than one year
I use the Falken Azenis Fk510 pretty good tyres so far.
I've been considering these on and off. My concern is based around longevity rather than driveability. I suppose all I can do is try 'em.
Great to hear!
+Fitment Industries - I ran a set of Ziex 914's on a Passat and they were a bit wear happy. Then again, Michelin's ghastly Primacy 3 was no better.
I currently use Dunlop SportMAXX RT2 on a UK spec 2012 Mazda 6. These are very nice indeed. Not quite as snappy as Bridgestone Potenza S001 in terms of steering response but the grip is relentless and the car still changes direction like a angry wasp.
I think Azenis 510 is my target Falken tyre for this particular car (summer season anyway).
I'm keen on Vredestein Ultrac Vorti and Michelin Pilot Sport 4 as well.
even the name Falken sounds great
I wanna see talks on Yokohama and Nitto. And hopefully reviews on their tires in the future I want a learn more about Nitto Invos
If you want to save even more money, use their off brand tire, Ohtsu. The Ohtsu FP8000's are cheap and are the same as Falken FK452's
I did some serious research before buying 4 Ohtsu fp7000. I don't drive much anymore so it wasn't a big deal. Part of the money I saved I used for a lifetime no questions asked warranty from Discount Tire. Not sure of the exact Falken model but they looked identical.
@@pay9011 I'm sure they are the same molds as another Falken model, just like the FP8000's
At some point Dunlop was part of Good Year.
Currently Dunlop is part of Sumitomo ( SRI ). / Falken.
Goodyear sucks.. Don't hold air, weather check easily, and suck for grip. Had the on f150, 2 ram 1500s, and a Buick lacrosse. Would not take them if they were new and free.
I bought a set of Falkens for my 2002 Ford Taurus. They worked good in the rain but were completely worthless in snow. Will never buy them again!
Most all-season tires aren't great in the snow. But Falkens are better than most. You can find out here if you're interested:
www.consumerreports.org/products/tires/ratings
Nitto tire next
Sure!
It's pronounced Fall-Ken , not falcon. Falcon is a bird. Falken is a tire.
Thanks 👍
I run falken on my car due to reccomendation by ADAC.
I had a set of Falken on one of my vehicles and after only a few hundred miles I had to ditch them as the car had a life of it's own in the wet. Didn't suit my vehicle and frightened me to death but they may be ok for other marks.
Same goes for Falken Eurowinter. No traction even on wet, never mind, on snow surface. I thought my car was on skies. Not a good winter tire.
Hopefully picking up some Falken RT615K+ for my first ever performance tires and I couldn't be more excited!
Somebody has never seen Next Friday. Rancho Cucamonga lol.
Bruh I’ve seen all of them!!
Perelli......I think that’s how it’s spelled.
It's Pirelli