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Hi Guys,

My current tyres, falken 451's, are bald on the inside camber. I have 18" impuls rims 235 front 265 rear. I've had a look on the net for tyres over the weekend, hankook ultimate, potenza S03, Toyo T1r's, falken 451's.... are there any others i should consider? what would people recommend?

Ideally i want something that will last longer than the 451's did for the inside camber wear although i plan to get a camber kit to help with that. My car does not see the track, road use only.

Also, can i just change the rear and leave the fronts as is? i'e have different brand/model tyres on the front compared to rear? I think i can get away with the fronts as is for a little bit.

Cheers

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Even if different tyre pattern? I just got a price for federal 595 235 front $190 265 rear $280. These are a different tyre pattern i assume.

Tempe tyres say they dont have and cant get my rears in falken 451, only falken 452. :rolleyes:

Edit: Actually im leaning towards getting the falken 452 now since the tred pattern is similiar to the 451 and from what i have read they are a decent tyre.

My only concern is here, http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=407372 - they say the 452 is bigger than 451! Im not very knowledge, are they saying they are wider and taller or just wider? From what they are saying it sounds like i should maybe get 255 rear instead of 265 i currently have.

Can anyone please help with this? Im happy with getting the 452 now from what ive read so can anyone comment on that link?

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Even if different tyre pattern? I just got a price for federal 595 235 front $190 265 rear $280. These are a different tyre pattern i assume.

Tempe tyres say they dont have and cant get my rears in falken 451, only falken 452. :(

Edit: Actually im leaning towards getting the falken 452 now since the tred pattern is similiar to the 451 and from what i have read they are a decent tyre.

My only concern is here, http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=407372 - they say the 452 is bigger than 451! Im not very knowledge, are they saying they are wider and taller or just wider? From what they are saying it sounds like i should maybe get 255 rear instead of 265 i currently have.

Can anyone please help with this? Im happy with getting the 452 now from what ive read so can anyone comment on that link?

It's ok to have different tread pattern from the front.

If you get the 452's, just get them in the same size. So you've got 265's on the back so get 265's by whatever profile you've got now (35 I Think for 18's). So you should be getting 265/35/R18

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Tempe tyres say they dont have and cant get my rears in falken 451, only falken 452. ;)

The 452 superceeded the 451, it should be a better tyre.

Edit: Actually im leaning towards getting the falken 452 now since the tred pattern is similiar to the 451 and from what i have read they are a decent tyre.

My only concern is here, http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=407372 - they say the 452 is bigger than 451! Im not very knowledge, are they saying they are wider and taller or just wider? From what they are saying it sounds like i should maybe get 255 rear instead of 265 i currently have.

Can anyone please help with this? Im happy with getting the 452 now from what ive read so can anyone comment on that link?

By bigger they'll be referring to tread width i'd say. I used to have 245 451s and the tread width was quite narrow, about 220-225mm. so they looked a bit skinny and didnt protect the rims well. From the links that Xizor posted some are bigger and some are smaller, just check the tread width column for the size you want.

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I like my advan ad07s to be honest.. so much grip.. but will cost you more than 400 a corner

but i also have t1rs.. excellent value for money..

both have been to the drags and track day.. no complaints...

t1rs have lasted me for ages..

bought them end of last year.. 05/12/06 to be exact.. still got over 6mm left..

love it..

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