Falken Azenis Asymmetrical Passenger/Performance Tire

Pros: Sticky, inexpensive, great wet performance, stiff sidewalls
Cons: Not for winter, tread life

When my brother bought his 2 004 VW GTI, he liked the fact that the 1.8L turbo engine made 180 hp. He liked the the smooth and easy shifter. He liked quiet and smooth ride. Then he was introduced to auto crossing. ...

Pros: Street tires comparable to racing tires without the cost and wear issues
Cons: Availabilty, Treadwear

Wow, it's been almost a year since my last Epinions review... I've been busy racing my car and working on them, and in that time, I discovered a little secret called Falken Azenis tires. These are possibly the stickiest street tires for your price that...

Pros: GRIP! They are the stickiest tires and cheap as well
Cons: They wear fast, and once overheated they don't stick as well

If you have read my previous post about other tires forget everything I told you. These tires are jokes compared to the Falken Azenis.

Over the last two summers I have spent many weekends out at the local autocross. For those of you not...

Pros: Sidewall stiffness, supreme adhesion, excellent value, autocross/street tire.
Cons: Carcass weight, limited availability of certain sizes.

I purchased a slightly used set of the new Falken Azenis tire from a fellow autocrosser who had been using them as a street and race tire on his D Stock CRX Si. The 195/60HR-14 size fits perfectly on the factory Honda/Acura 14x5" rim, and because of...

Pros: Exceptional grip, road feel, and stiffness; excellent price
Cons: Excessive road noise; picks up gravel; summer compound

One look at the Falken Azeni, and you already have some idea about its intent. In place of the array of hundreds of grooves and channels that dominate the contact patch on most tires, are huge solid tread blocks, divided by only a few grooves that run...

Pros: Insane Grip
Cons: Fast wear, rotated my 2 fronts after 1500 miles of onramp\offramp abuse

This is the best tire I have ever driven on. The Falken Azenis has a reputation among street and auto-x racers to be one of the stickiest and cheapest streetable soft-compound tires. I got my set for about 265 bucks,
(205\55\15).
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Pros: God-like grip for college student value. Hard hard sidewalls with soft soft compound.
Cons: Taking into consideration what these tires are made for- nothing.

This tire was recomended to me from a friend of mine that is a mechanic and an avid autocrosser. Upon asking him which tires should replace my old rotting Dunlops when I first bought my car (1987 RX-7) he told me Azenis sport without a moments doubt. ...

Pros: Almost as much traction as a race tire, almost the life of a street tire.
Cons: Noisy, and not a good tire for highway driving.

I have only had these tires for a few months, but have had a chance to drive with them on a road cou ...

Pros: Unique Grip Design Pattern, Solid Internal Structure, Stiff and Hard Sidewall.
Cons: Price

Falken AZENIS just has to be one of the best tires that I've ever bought and that actually perform as they were made to do best! The traction control either on Dry or Wet pavement/asphalt, either one if you have properly aligned wheels ...

Pros: An insanely sticky anti-squeal street tire with low cost.
Cons: Extremely loud. Turn hard after heat cycled several times

These are by far the best tires I've ever owned. I felt that it wasn't too practical to use an ultra performance tire for year round use. Now it's six months later and I now have 15,000 miles on these tires. They still have some tread left and I am ...

Pros: Large tread blocks, progressive at the limit, Unbelievable slip angles
Cons: Heavy, addictive

The turn in and grip characteristics of the Azenis are excellent. The grip comes on at relatively l ...

Pros: Grip, price, friendly breakaway, durability.
Cons: None that I have found.

For the past few months, I've been using these (sized 195/60-14) for normal street driving on my 1971 MGB roadster, but I've been holding off writing a review until I took them to the track. Yesterday, I finally did that, and they performed ...

Pros: performance is extremely good in auto-x, just below r-dot racers, price is unbeatable,
Cons: not enough sizes, too many street racers use them, gives a false sense of mastery/control

Okay, they aren't r-dot racing tires, but almost, and for about 50 bucks a pop, they are the only real "street" auto-x tire you need consider, (if you can get the right size) the Kumho mx is good but far more expensive and probably not as "sticky" as ...

Pros: Awesome grip, low price, awesome grip.
Cons: Less awesome water grip, short life, noise.

Want to dominate your local autocross? Want to scare the crap out of your friends taking exits at mo ...

Pros: Best Grip for the Buck :)
Cons: Not the best in water, but the dry traction completely makes up for it.

I choose this tire to go on a mostly daily driven and weekend road raced car. This tire exceeded my expectations for how well it gripped the track! The wear rate is not unreasonable considering what the treadwear rating is. I've gotten 12,000 miles on...