Falken ZE914
WatchThe Falken ZE914 is a Premium Touring Summer tyre designed to be fitted to Passenger Cars.
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Review Summary
Based on 94 user reviews
Drivers largely rate the Falken ZE914 highly for strong wet and dry grip, value, and decent longevity, with many noting improved confidence and stability versus previous premium sets. Noise is generally acceptable to quiet, comfort good, and wear commonly reported between 20-50k km/miles depending on driving style, with some noting slight noise increase as they age. A minority report poor wet grip or early wear on specific cars and some tramlining/noise cases, but these are outweighed by the many high-scoring reviews. Overall, the ZE914 is praised as a budget-to-mid tyre delivering near-premium performance for the price.
Strengths
- Wet grip
- Dry grip
- Value for money
- Handling stability
- Comfort/low noise
- Predictable/feedback
- Decent tread life
Areas for Improvement
- Wet grip concerns on some vehicles
- Increased noise/twitchiness as they wear
- Faster wear for sporty/light cars
Top 3 Falken ZE914 Reviews
As the factory shipped... Enough, but they are somehow mistake od choince by Toyota.
As I drive defensively the tires are not so pushed to the limits.
Previously I was driving Skoda with Goodyear Vector Gen 3. Three Falkens are annoingly noisy. 82 km/h - buzz sound, and over 110km/h - humming/harsh like axle joint issue.
And this is only 4k km on them.
Need to replace them ASAP.
Avoid "these things" if you are noise sensitive.
If noise is something that you don't care, go with them. I can give you mine ones (only 4k km used - no rushing)
Latest Falken ZE914 Reviews
Not so impressed with these. Dry handling and grip is ok, but not great. Wet grip is bad in my opinion. I have to be carefull when taking corners in the wet because I can feel the car breaking loose easily. I'm spinning wheels in 3rd gear going straight. Road feedback is ok, but not great either. I've had kumho tyres on my previous car, different weight and engine of course (mg zr td 150 hp) but the grip compared to these was fenomenal. Aquaplanning is very good though on these tyres.
They are completely worn out after about 40 000 km. I drive sporty from time to time, but mostly not. I must say they do produce more and more noise now that they are getting worn. In the contrary, the grip stays the same.
I wouldn't buy them again.
But all that said they give better grip than any other make I have used, for the price and the safe feeling they give I would use nothing else, if I slowed down through corners then I would have got more milage out of them. This is my third car to use 914s, I would continue to use them but the 310 is supposed to be better again, so I will look forward to the new ze310s that are on there way as I type.
Downside is somewhat stiff ride but not so hard, wet grip is very good but not fantastic, but very good, and only noticeable thing is they skid a bit when starting uphill on dry road. I guess it comes as result of durability. However, if you hit brakes in panic, they stop the car immediately, don't wobble, and give you great feedback, and, as it happened to me few times, after a second or two, what went trough my mind was " thank God I have these tires on my wheels..."
So, I can recommend them, especially for the price, where you will get 98% performance of tires that cost double or triple than these.
They squeal a lot when pushed but still grip well. Seem to take a bit of warming up so last time out I went down to 22 psi cold.
Wear was more noticeable at Cadwell than Mallory.
A little bit skittish on the road in the wet although I have track stiff suspension so not necessarily the tyres fault.
I think they're excellent value for money particularly on standard rims.