New Falken Azenis
Thread Starter
BanHammer™
iTrader: (8)
Joined: May 2000
Posts: 47,596
From: Wagonmafia Propaganda Lieutenant
Car Info: 2014 Forester XT
New Falken Azenis
Taken off of SA from an email from someone at Falken
> "The "New" Azenis Sport will be available 1st quarter 2005. The differences
> are as follows: A lot more sizes will be available, 14"-19"; the tire will
> respond better to standing water; the tread pattern, although still very
> aggressive, will be more "radial" looking. That's about it, the tire is
> very nice. We received our first one 3 weeks ago for us all to look at and
> "WOW", I am sure you will all be very pleased!
>
> On an interesting side note, we sent the Azenis Sport RT-215 to Tire Rack
> (who doesn't currently handle our product) for some testing and we came out
> on top beating out 13 other makes and models in the Ultra High Performance
> segment! Even more interesting is that we placed 4th in wet traction! That
> is a very strong finish for a tire that is designed around maximum dry
> traction"
> are as follows: A lot more sizes will be available, 14"-19"; the tire will
> respond better to standing water; the tread pattern, although still very
> aggressive, will be more "radial" looking. That's about it, the tire is
> very nice. We received our first one 3 weeks ago for us all to look at and
> "WOW", I am sure you will all be very pleased!
>
> On an interesting side note, we sent the Azenis Sport RT-215 to Tire Rack
> (who doesn't currently handle our product) for some testing and we came out
> on top beating out 13 other makes and models in the Ultra High Performance
> segment! Even more interesting is that we placed 4th in wet traction! That
> is a very strong finish for a tire that is designed around maximum dry
> traction"
Registered User
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 3,391
From: Lovely Reno, NV
Car Info: 2004 Sti
Those look awesome! Even though it says they come out later this year, I wonder if the people at SCCA nationals were running those. Dean says there were some new Azenis that cleaned up. I'll check them out for sure.
Registered User
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 3,391
From: Lovely Reno, NV
Car Info: 2004 Sti
Originally Posted by AWD OWNZ U
Look cool, if they perform well and come in my prefered size I'll probably pick some up.
I though you only drove on tires that had cords showing...
NASIOC Slut
iTrader: (2)
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 4,723
From: Roseville, CA
Car Info: 1995 Subaru Impreza 1.8 L
Originally Posted by sonicsuby
Probably my next set of tires.
Thread Starter
BanHammer™
iTrader: (8)
Joined: May 2000
Posts: 47,596
From: Wagonmafia Propaganda Lieutenant
Car Info: 2014 Forester XT
Originally Posted by sperry
...yeah, but are they gonna cost more? The best thing about the current Azenis is the bang v buck ratio. If they cost $150/tire, I'll just get some RE070's.
NASIOC Slut
iTrader: (2)
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 4,723
From: Roseville, CA
Car Info: 1995 Subaru Impreza 1.8 L
Originally Posted by sperry
...yeah, but are they gonna cost more? The best thing about the current Azenis is the bang v buck ratio. If they cost $150/tire, I'll just get some RE070's.
