Federal 595s

nicholas · Post by **nicholas** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 2:58 pm

Hi guys,

I'm trying to get a set of Fed 595s for my car. Bennoz, i just called Payless Tyres Chatswood like you suggested a while back.

I need either 16x50x205 or 16x55x205, and they reckon that these aren't available in Australia...?

Has anyone got these tyres, or know somewhere else that I might be able to try (in Sydney)?

Cheers!

Astron_Boy · Post by **Astron_Boy** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 3:56 pm

didn't i read a little while ago, that they dont make these anymore............. or something

205x50 r16 is the standard size.

nicholas · Post by **nicholas** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 4:00 pm

Think the Hankook RS2s aren't made anymore, which was my other alternative.

Anyone?

Dan25 · Post by **Dan25** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 4:25 pm

you could just get some potenza adrenalines.... mad tyres

nicholas · Post by **nicholas** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 5:09 pm

Only if they're close in cost to the 595s... and unfortunately i'm not sure they are.

Dan25 · Post by **Dan25** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 5:44 pm

lol yea no idea of the cost, they just look mad, my mate has them. My car currently has Accelera, they have pretty ordinary road noise but the grip and water dispersion is quite impressive.

bushido · Post by **bushido** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 6:06 pm

aai motorsports (buddyclub dealer) in Lidcombe. Thats where I got mine nick.

Post by **Bennoz** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 8:11 pm

Ya can't get the 595's in 16's unfortunately. You'll have to go for the 535's on stock rims. Not bad tyre, put them on the misses car a while back, still stick good

Valandis91 · Post by **Valandis91** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 9:15 pm

hey bro i got some bridgestone potenze g3's for sale in 205/50/16... they have like above 90% tread left...
took them off cos i got new rims but they were new when i bought the car and only driven 5000kms on them!
they have amazing grip as well

Fulltiltorgasm · Post by **Fulltiltorgasm** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 8:42 am

bridgestone adrenalin, end of arguement, great tires

nicholas · Post by **nicholas** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 10:51 am

Valandis, if you were in Sydney i'd definitely consider.But being down in Tas, any cost advantage is going to be well and truly lost by the time I get my hands on em.

Guess it's back to the drawing board in terms of tyre choice. I don't wanna upsize, so guys - what's the best tyre for 16x50x205 under $200 / corner?

Astron_Boy · Post by **Astron_Boy** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:20 am

if you shop around you can score some Pirelli P zero for that.
Bob Jane had them on sale about a month ago up my way.

nicholas · Post by **nicholas** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 1:06 pm

okay - called a few places:

Adrenalin RE001s - best price is $200 a corner
Toyo T1Rs - best price is $195 a corner.

What you guys think?

Post by **Bennoz** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 1:10 pm

Thought about the Federal SS535?

nicholas · Post by **nicholas** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 1:45 pm

Don't know a thing about them mate... please enlighten me?

Post by **Bennoz** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 1:55 pm

They're a step down from the 595. They are still considered a UHP performance street tyre.

http://www.federaltyres.com.au/ss535

As I mentioned, I put these on my ex's Integra (as she only had 15's on it) and was really impressed. They're sticky buggers & I reckon they'd be half the price of Adrenalins & T1Rs.

nicholas · Post by **nicholas** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 5:05 pm

Thanks mate - I checked em out.

Now that I'm working in the city though, I really have myself a weekender car. SO i figured I'll chuck some decent tyres on it, not too worried about the softness of the compound or the practicality of it all; if it's a really sh*t day with puddles all over the place, I'll just leave it in the garage

Having said that, apparently the T1Rs and RE001s both behave in the wet anyway.

Valandis91 · Post by **Valandis91** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:53 pm

nicholas wrote:Valandis, if you were in Sydney i'd definitely consider.But being down in Tas, any cost advantage is going to be well and truly lost by the time I get my hands on em.

Guess it's back to the drawing board in terms of tyre choice. I don't wanna upsize, so guys - what's the best tyre for 16x50x205 under $200 / corner?

itll probably about $100 postage so yeah
if not all good man

nicholas · Post by **nicholas** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 10:48 am

If anyone is interested, I ended up going for Toyo Proxes T1Rs.

They've been on the car about 600kms now, and are pretty a-maz-ing.

The wet weather grip is fantastic... and as for dry weather grip... well I haven't been able to get it to understeer through a corner yet. Yes yes I know that's because i'm not trying hard enough, but whereas I used to understeer HARD with the old tryes on a particular corner at a particular speed, I've gone 10+ km/h faster through the same corner, and not even a hint of it!

Very happy, definitely recommended

bushido · Post by **bushido** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 6:02 pm

definately a good tyre!