Just got my full set of Falken FK-452 mounted. Went with 225/40-18 fronts and 275/35-19 rears. $750 out the door from a local Ma & Pop Store. Took me over 4 weeks to find the rears. I wanted the 285s but they're not available until July. Very sweet ride so far. In those 4 weeks, the Hankook Ventus S1 Evos on the rears went completely slick. But heck, I sure got my money's worth out of them.

In my search for other tires when the Falken rears weren't found, I ran across the new Firestone Firehawk Wide Oval Indy 500s and thought I'd give them a go. But I guess they were so new that none of the local Firestone stores could find them in the sizes I wanted. Yet, Tire Rack has them. 225/40 $110, 285/35 $207. Was gonna jump on them the next day if my rears weren't found.

I guess I'll be sticking to the online stores the next go around. My last 2 sets were bought @ TireRack. I wanted to see if any of the local chains could match their prices, and many of them said they could beat them, but not one of them could find the tires sizes I was hunting for, mainly the Conti DWS and Falkens.