I rescently put some 185/60/15 ZE-502's on my Jetta. They are the 420
Treadwear version and for being rocks, they grip like mad especially in the
rain. I've put about 3k on mine, many of which are from brisk twisty
mountain roadtrips from when I needed more room than I had in the miata :)
Mine are nice and quiet. Matter of fact I like them so much I'm probably
going to swap the pirelli's on my miata to the VW and put the falkens on the
miata.
I haven't noticed any added noise compared to the badyears that they
replaced. I've had other directional tires in years past with wide
treadblocks from other tire co's that were noisy though. How many miles do
you have on yours approximately? Maybe they need more miles before they
become noisy? I'm sure I've worn them a bit more in 3k than most people
would, but... they are a 60,000 mile tire. I'm not showing any wear except
at the shoulder edges. Or possibly, they are loud and so were the factory
badyears on my VW. I've never driven an A3 Jetta with anything but the
factory tires and these falkens I just put on. Either way, mine aren't near
as loud as driving down the street on R compounds in any car I've used for
autox.
-Mike
Hope my falkens don't get really loud after some more miles.
> I think it was last week there was a thread here about noisy tires. Last
> summer I bought a 2000 model MPV for my wife to replace the 1990 model. It
> seemed to me that the tires on that van were noisy to the point of
> distraction, however, I didn't have anything to compare it with until I
put
> on a set of Blizzaks for the winter. The MPV now was as quiet as a limo.
>
> Of course, the noisy tires were buried in the back of the shed, and I had
a
> Senior Moment and couldn't remember the brand of those tires.
>
> Yesterday afternnon, I emptied the shed and took off the Blizzaks. The
noisy
> tires are Falken Zeix ZE-502a in 205/65/HR15 size. Two of them have 380
wear
> numbers the other two show 420 numbers.
>
> I have no problem with how the Falken tires function, they are most
> certainly wear well, they are just LOUD!
>
> Larry Steckel
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