How are Falken tires?

ZKindaGuy

The very first thing I noticed about the RE050A's is that they do NOT have the gripping / cornering capability that BF Goodrich G-Force T/A KDWS tires had on my Shelby Mustang GT.

The extreme cornering I did in the Shelby with the KDWS tires I always have to think twice about doing the same in the 370Z entirely because the RE050A's don't strike me with the confidence that the KDWS tires gave me in terms of holding to the road curve.

In addition the RE050A's don't tread water to the degree that the KDWS do. I never slid nor hydroplaned using the KDWS tires going 70 to 80 MPH on drenched highway roads but I have slid and hydroplaned on the RE050A's going even less. In fact the fastest I would dare go in drenched highway driving usng the RE050A's is between 60 to 65 MPH.

And lastly the KDWS are $50 to $75 cheaper than the RE050A's. And I am positive that buying through the various tire discounterers one can get the price down on KDWS tires more so than on RE050A's as the latter tire tends to skew the vendors into thinking the buyer has very deep pockets.

The KDWS is as it name claims, an ULTRA-HIGH PERFORMANCE tire that the RE050A's just cannot live up to. I am not saying the RE050A's aren't good tires...I am just saying that they cannot live up to any claim made by anyone that they are the best.