Anyone here have an opinion on these? Less than $400 for 4 for 205/50/16, 140TW. See some good reviews on NAISOC/EvoM/other forums, the phrase "best bang for the buck" thrown around a lot. I'm familiar with Federal's tires but i've never seen the RS-R in action, so thanks for input if you have any.

Don't care about ride comfort or noise.

 

Saw a few sets of these out at AutoX events recently and the guys there seemed to like them.... posted good times too...

 

RWD there ok

 

^ makes sense as I saw them on Miata's lol I thought there was one older EF civic ruining them though...

 

I was curious about autox especially as I found good performance reviews and some data to support but it was for road course and I was wondering how they performed without much warmup time.

TPC FYI considering these for 2013 when I join you out there

 

At that price I'll give em a try.

 

there worth the try bro if not buy my egale gt there 1 month old ill sell u them lol anywho the federals SUCK in water so sloww down lol even the egale gt suck in rain and they clam to be all season they hold up very well tho when tougeing they never fail up and down but i feel there ment for RWD lol thats all i see cars with them with

 

Really hoping to see you out there in 2013

I do recall people talking about them needing heat to function... but since the ambient temp that day was in the 90's and it was a relatively high speed course people were having no trouble...

I'm trying a new tire combo myself, the 225 45 15 Hankook RS3's in front and a set of 195 50 15 Toyo R1R's in the back.... comes highly recommended for AutoX...

 

Just noticed though, is 140 tw right? That would make them illegal for use in ST or RT classes... min tread ware rating is 180

 

I'm going to try them on my next set of wheels. I've heard they're loud, get super greasy very quickly, and never have the same peak grip as its more expensive peers.

 

: / fuge it go with another tire

 

yeah there loud so are the egale gt

 

English? 10char.

 

May I Help you MIke Did u want me to bring out the spell checker

 

Figured they'd be no good in water, I wouldn't daily drive them though, they'd be on track dedicated wheels. I know the drifters love Feds so i'm not suprised, I know the regular 595s are pretty tough and can take a beating.

Toyo R1R is 140 as well?

 

Hankook RS-3 vs Dunlop Z1SS vs Federal 595 RS-R vs Bridgestone RE-11 - S2KI Honda S2000 Forums

Great comparison of tires here from a S2K driver....

Not 100% applicable to our cars but worth a read

 

IGNORE ME.... min tread ware is 140 in ST classes DUH.... It's the RT (Road Tire) classes that are banning a ton of the 140 tread ware tires...

 

I'm OK with loud, I don't think i'm worried about them greasing up for autoX, but TPC's comment about them taking time to warm up has me worried, because that would mean they'd be not that good for autoX and getting greasy would be bad for road course.

But then again I always had fun on 615's, so I suppose it can't be any worse than that

 

The place I saw people running them was out at the Castle Air Force auto cross in Atwater. I am headed there again this Sunday so I will ask around and see if I can get more feed back.

Also if your looking for awesome deals on tires, PM JDMxGE8. Matt is awesome and is hooking me up with my new Toyo's!

 

Eagle GT's. Running Star Spec's at the moment. Are the Goodyears as sticky?