Federal 595's?

[S13Deviat]

Looking @ just getting some tyres for some 17's and cant afford big buck tyres so wondering what people have heard or think about these!?

Any comments appreciated!!

Ando

[Bluprint]

A few friends of mine (Frink & Bullet32 on here among them) absolutely swear by them in terms of bang for buck, apparently they stick like shit to a blanket, though I hear some people saying that they tend to go off after they've travelled a certain amount of kms, and have noticeably less stick and generate more noise.

[75coupe]

I run federals on the front now... 235-17s I don't find them to be anything special....

Wil be running Hankook very soon... Good price and I've heard they have good grip...

[cowie165]

I run federals on the front now... 235-17s I don't find them to be anything special....

Werd, albeit a good tyre for the price. I'd like to try K104s too.

On my R32 the 595s lockup before ABS engages.

Without meaning to be rude, a search would probably find a thread from a few months ago discussing these very tyres

[MrStabby]

I'm pretty sure there are two different types of 595s - the SS595 and the 595 RS. The SS595s are these ones;

http://www.federaltyres.com.au/car/ss595.htm

The 595RS's were reviewed along with 8 other tyres in either Motor or Wheels recently. The short of it is that they were the best in the dry, the worst in the wet, and the cheapest by a fair margin. The mag suggested thay may be a good choice for ppl who do the occasional track day. They sort of seem like they're a bit more like an R spec tyre than the others in the test.

HTH,

Kot

[VHR32]

The price in the motor magazine tyre test was wrong.

SS595 tyres might have been the $130 stated but the 595RS's which they tested are more expensive. I got a price of $330 or something for 17's.......

[Bass Junky]

Hankook K104

They are top tyres.

I use them for all my car duties.

Should be about $180 or less for the 235/45/17 and about $260 each for 255/40/17

They are great in wet and dry.

[Xizor]

What about falken 451's?

[PSI_GTSII]

The Federal 595 RS's by all accounts are a very good tyre...in the dry.

I'd fit them to mine but they dont come in 18's apparently....

[Duncan]

fk451 are among the best performing street tyres