New Azenis

[Rob]

Might be of interest to some of ya'll. Evidently Falken is bring out a new version soon, they had them at SEMA

"They're called the Azenis RT-615, and that is exactly what they look like. They uses light weight nylon sidewalls instead of steel (like the old azenis sport), and the tread compound is not supposed to get greasy when they heat like the sport does. The tech rep was telling me that they can be mounted with the large blocks on the inside of the rear rims to help produce oversteer for drifting or race tuning. They are aysemetrical and non directional, so you can rotate them front to back and side to side, and the sidewall is supposed to be as stiff (if not more) as the sport."

jacked from a road-race/autocross thread on honda tech, so the source is decent. Hopefully pricing wont go up much. gonna be available in a 225/50/15, good for us E30 boys


picture, like that matters:

http://www.k-series.com/Images/SEMA_2004/sema_2004-28.JPG

Size list:
195-60-14
185-60-14

205-50-15
195-50-15
225-50-15

205-40-16

205-40-17
215-40-17
235-40-17
255-40-17
275-40-17
225-45-17
245-45-17
215-45-17

225-40-18
235-40-18
245-40-18
255-40-18
225-45-18
275-35-18
255-35-18
265-35-18
315-30-18


Cool deal. that's all the info I can find at this point

[Kyle K.]

Cool, maybe I'll get those as my next set instead of another set of Azenis Sports... those look like they may have a little better wet traction as well. :cool

[slcook54]

I loved my Azenis but only got 8K out of the rears, not enough for a street tires imo.

[Daved]

Do they still bubble out with the light weight nylon sidewall?

[NuG]

It looks like they will perform better in the rain than the old ones. Cant wait to hear reviews.

[ruffytdog]

They got a pic of these tires on this site too.
http://www.edgeracing.com/Blog/

[BlueMaxx9]

Only ONE 16" size??? Well that's mildly annoying. I see they have also kept up the trend of making their tires either really skinny or really tall. Still, if they are faster than the RS-215 (otherwise known as Azenis Sport's) I'll probably end up buying some.

-Bret

[Rob]

AFAIK, the size i listed are in addition to the current Sport line up, so 215/45 and 205/55/16 in addition to 205/50/16

[oversteerdawg]

I loved my Azenis but only got 8K out of the rears, not enough for a street tires imo.
You're done with them already? LOL, weren't they great? If these new ones have no/little heat issues I'm going to buy a set. 235/40/17 now available? WOOHOO

[oversteerdawg]

Do they still bubble out with the light weight nylon sidewall?
?

[euro4life]

I wish I could get 8k miles out of all 4 of mine. I feel lucky to reach 6k as they go completely bald.

[euro4life]

They got a pic of these tires on this site too.
http://www.edgeracing.com/Blog/
http://www.edgeracing.com//images/other/isthisthenewazenis.jpg

[Ben Carufel]

Innnteresting...might have to hold off on my planned purchase of Kumho MX for the Coupe...

[potomac]

finally, I've been waiting for the 2k5's to drop FOREVER.

[WytLytnyn]

I loved my Azenis but only got 8K out of the rears, not enough for a street tires imo.

My buddy got 6K miles out of his. I'm going with Michelin PS2's.

[bmw_e30]

The tires will be available 1st Qtr. 2005.

Pricing has not yet been set, but expect them to be around the same price as the 215's.

[Swift1]

Tires look good. One note on them. They are still not "R" compound tires. We know the head of Falken Marketing and we asked why don't you have any R compound. He says they won't release them in the U.S. So they don't really have a true motorsports tire.

[iamane30m20nut]

I got 6k out of mine on the e30.

I'm hoping to get 3-3.5k out of them on the S13.