Had You Heard of Falken Tyres Two Years Ago?

Post by **andysapp** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 5:18 am

I got to thinking about what a HUGE financial turnaround Falken Tyres has had through massive exposure via drifting, so I figured I would post a poll to see what everyone else thought about the subject.

Had you heard of Falken Tyres... or better yet - would you have considered purchasing a set of Falken Tyres two years ago?

Personally... I had heard of them vaguely - only through Gran Turismo, and seeing the Falken Skyline GTR running JGTC - but I would have never thought of purchasing their tyres. Fast forward to 2005, and I've already burned through several sets.

I think it's interesting how their success has trickled far beyond the drifting community, and now just about every other FF Honda I see is sporting Falken Tyres and Falken stickers all over the place. I think it's amazing how they took a chance supporting drifting the way they did, and have made such an enormous turnaround with sales as a result.

I'm impressed!

CodyW · Post by **CodyW** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 12:23 pm

i was actually rockin' some falken ziex's on my mx3 back in 00, so yes

. they have made a huge improvement over the last couple of years though.

MTRLevolution · Post by **MTRLevolution** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 3:06 pm

i remember making fun of the falken "apenis" tires around '01 or so with cody, so yeah for me too.

POOPscandal · Post by **POOPscandal** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 3:28 pm

i used to want some Azenis, and my friend had some on his SVO for autox. i was rawkin some grB's on the back of the FC (actually still on there), which are now bald for some unknown reason.

Frosty_SPL · Post by **Frosty_SPL** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 2:08 am

I had azenis on my old EF civic back in 01

BrokeAssHachi · Post by **BrokeAssHachi** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 4:01 am

i read an article a while back about the azenis sport and wanted them ever since... i believe that was a few years ago. so yes for me as well

oh by the way, kick ASS avatar andy !!

sa22drft · Post by **sa22drft** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 12:17 am

yeah i had heard of falken tires a while back, when i was doing auto-x and whatnot and was following JGTC. and hell yeah if i had the funds at the time i would have bought a set of falkens then and even moreso now.

CubanMike · Post by **CubanMike** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 10:01 am

I bought falkens for one of my 1st gen's a looooong time ago.

Post by **andysapp** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 12:01 pm

Bwaahaha... apparently, there is a huge difference between people I've had this discussion with, and everyone on this site, lol.

Maybe I was completely wrong, and Falken's been a major tyre contender this whole time.

sa22drft · Post by **sa22drft** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 10:32 pm

hey andy it seems that you have been talkin to the "rice boi's" and not real racers. most of the auto-xer's in abalambala where i used to live loved the falken tires. and then at the "illegal" street races i would go to just to laugh at the honda civics and their "bumble-bee" mufflers, and they wouldn't know shit about falkens, it was always nittos this and nittos that. that and talkin about puttin drag slicks on their street cars, abd then a few days later breakin an axle.

Post by **andysapp** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 1:38 pm

Ask any racer... any real racer... it doesn't matter if you win with Yokos or Toyos... Falkens are Falkens.

Bwaahahaha... I'm not even going to start in on that one, lol.

DriverGT5 · Post by **DriverGT5** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 12:37 am

Azenis tires have been ripping up the autoX circut for a while now. I'll have to say I rocked a set long before drifting became popular.

Kouki7 · Post by **Kouki7** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 4:07 pm

i'm not a Falken fan at all. i'm one of the 2 people that said i didn't know about em and won't ever buy em.

i'm loyal to Yokohama and their tires. i'm really glad they're releasing the Advans over here now in more sizes that fit basically everything. those tires have been tearing up the circuits for years over there in Japanland and i can't wait to get a set for my new 7 for auto-x and track day events. drifting wise, i love the feel of the ES100's for drift. nice gradual breakaway and very predictable.

i guess it just comes down to personal preference. i'm not saying Falken are shit, i'm just saying they aren't my cup of tea. until Yoko lets me down i'm sticking with them.

Saisoku · Post by **Saisoku** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 10:42 am

I have known about Falkens for a good long time, but they have always been a lil pricey. Before I got into the whole RWD craze I was an AWD guy and buy 4 tires at once wasnt nice to my wallet, so I opted out of buying the "good" shyt.

Kumhos 4 lyfe!

BrokeAssHachi · Post by **BrokeAssHachi** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 5:48 pm

Saisoku wrote: Kumhos 4 lyfe!

wash your mouth out with soap young man! thats a dirty word.

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