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77CVT:
Nitto's are good too!

Nitto tyres

Khumo tyres

Toyo - believe it or not!

Yokohama

Vette Obsessed:
I thought that Falkens were one of the few tyres readily available in Oz in a 275/40ZR17 size with an "all-weather" tread pattern.

If you can get your C4 to handle in the wet without resorting to traction control you will have to let me know how you did it.  In my opinion you will only get varying degrees of poor traction - the torque characteristics of the L98 coupled with wide tyres tendency to aquaplane work together to make every drive in the wet in a C4 an interesting one.

For what it's worth, it is/was possible to get Falken's for as low as $250 in Sydney.  Toyo tyres are now available in a 275/40/ZR17 fitment at pretty good prices but I can't comment on their performance firsthand.  

Unless you buy Falken or Toyo expect to pay $500-$1000 (approx) per tyre for other brands.

77CVT:
I read somewhere recently that Kumho are bringing their high performance tyre (ecsta?) to Aus.  Not sure if they'll have the sizes we want - probably not though.

SM90:
I made the mistake of buying the same tyres. I got them on special at a tyre store that had a Falken rep working on a display. I paid $390 as well, so the price you paid is correct. As soon as i drove out of the shop i knew i had made a mistake. The only other tyres on the market were all around $750 each. I didn't think that there would be that much difference in the performance. Same old story, you get what you pay for.
I was at a  sprint day at QLD raceway recently and got passed by a datsun around a corner in the wet. I was struggling to just idle around the corners while everyone else was powering around.

Steve

Stingraynut:
Hi SM90, I’m very sorry to hear you have identical trouble. It is good to know I’m not crazy though and confirms the Falkens are terrible tyres. I had two put on the front before I ever drove the car so had no way to measure what is ‘normal’.

Idling around a wet corner was an apt description and very recognizable.

‘Luckily’ the rear Falkens are fairly worn so will be replaced shortly. I have a noise which I have thought is the UJ’s or bearings but my mechanic checked and says all is tight – it reminds me of the coo-ing of pigeons and is directly speed related – could it be the Falkens ? How noisy are yours ?

If you check the link out to my thread on the Corvette forum, you’ll see which tyres (tires!) people think are good. I was given a link to tirerack.com, their prices were amazing – Goodyear Eagle 1 GS-DS (which looks like the best) - Aus$285
Kumho Ecsta MX (almost cheapest but highly recommended) - Aus$226 – that’s Aussie dollars.

I emailed tirerack and they replied that they will ship to Aus but I have to arrange shipping customs duties etc. I haven’t researched that yet but surely it wouldn’t need much of an order to be very worthwhile.

77CVT – that’s good news if the Kumho’s can be got in Aus, unfortunately the 275x40x17 is a rare and expensive tyre. I really wanted my 12 slot rims but now I’m thinking I should sell them and get a more common size. I’m also thinking that the 16” rim will ride slightly less harsh.

Vette Obsessed. What tyres and sizes do you have. It’s certainly not good to hear your views on the wet roadholding – looking at the various tread patterns at tirerack I can see that the Falken is not very good for the wet. When the car lets go it’s big and takes time to recover. When the C4 was released there was this big issue about the fantastic roadholding – highest G’s ever pulled in a car etc. I think now that those tests were really not ‘real world’ stuff at all but surely a skid pan is slick and wet and the most ideal condition for aquaplaning ? How did they get such high g-force measurements ?……..not with Falkens that’s for sure.

There’s was a thread at Corvette forum 2 or 3 weeks ago titled “Falkens Suck’ – couldn’t agree more. Paying $400 for a tyre is hard enough but for one that doesn’t work !!!!!!

Anyone interested in getting up an order for tyres ?

Anyone know how I go about organising shipping and what charges I can expect ?

S’nut

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