All I'm looking for is grip. Tread life doesn't matter, comfort matters even less, road noise? I drive a 15 year old car on coilovers. It sounds like a maraca anyways. DIIs are probably the best choice from what I've seen. I really was hoping to not have to spend 1200 bucks right away

And I've had falken RT-615s which were awesome, and of course the 512/912s which were just TRASH. Never tried the fk452/53