Federal 595 RS-R

[chrishesketh]

has anyone used these on their clios? found a lot of good reviews online and I'm tempted to get myself 4 new ones for Christmas!

 

[182Matt]

I will be trying these next, have heard lots of good reviews.

I'm sure there are quite a few threads on here, have a search.

one thread - http://www.cliosport.net/threads/ad08-v-fed-595-rsr.713578/

 

[MarkX]

yes, happy with mine, cost £248 delivered from oponeo about 3 months ago

 

[182jwilliams]

Yeah they're very good. I hate them in the wet (on the road) and you the side walls love to wear quickly! Good for the money

 

[Simon_16v]

Got them on my car, really grippy in the dry. Like most summer tyres they suck in the wet though.

 

[daveski]

As above. Great on my Mini in the dry, not so much in the wet

 

[imprezaworks]

I've had them, tried on track and road. Yeah there ok, wouldn't by them again though. Fancied trying the nankang nsr2's but a set of bridgestones re050's came up cheap and are practically new.

 

[M.C..]

I have a set that I use for road and very wet track, they are good for the money but nothing like my Dunlop Direzza in the dry.

 

[imprezaworks]

I fancied the direzzas but wanted over cost to keep the 16's. I can get decent tyres to try so unless a cheap set of 15's show up I will be staying with 16's. Atleast I have an excuse when I'm getting lapped, yeah but he's got like decent race tyres, innit.

 

[chrishesketh]

cheers for the replies! I'm still swaying towards them!

 

[imprezaworks]

For the money they are good.

 

[chrishesketh]

For the money they are good.

how many miles am I expecting from a set?

 

[imprezaworks]

Depends on a lot mate tbh. What's your plan, trackday?

 

[numbers_]

I've found them to be quite confidence inspiring in the wet, for what is essentially a very hard semi-slick

 

[chrishesketh]

Depends on a lot mate tbh. What's your plan, trackday?

just road use for now but I go the lakes or north wales most weekends climbing mountains so she gets a good hammering there

 

[loggyboy]

I think id prefer these for £2 less
http://www.tyreleader.co.uk/car-tyres/nankang/ns-2r/205-45-r16-87w-263746

lots of reports of delamination IIRC on the federals:
http://www.cliosport.net/threads/federal-rsr-595-tyres-falling-to-pieces.667455/

 

[chrishesketh]

I think id prefer these for £2 less
http://www.tyreleader.co.uk/car-tyres/nankang/ns-2r/205-45-r16-87w-263746

lots of reports of delamination IIRC on the federals:
http://www.cliosport.net/threads/federal-rsr-595-tyres-falling-to-pieces.667455/

they look good read a few reviews quickly! have you used them yourself?

 

[loggyboy]

I haven't, but mainly because of the reviews i've read! Just search on here or google and you'll see plenty of reports concurring.

 

[car.crash]

I've got 4 in the shed that I ran for a few weeks and half a trackday.

Can't say I'm a fan of them for street as they feel ropey in heavy rain.
P zero for daily.

Wouldn't buy them again.

 

[coverman]

I have been using Maxxis Victa for Autosolos, same as the other Cliosport competitors in that type of motorsport.Very hard usage on front tyres during Autosolos but only for a minute at a time.. Perform well on wet or dry roads, and grippy when competing, and not expensive.

 

[sbridgey]

I've used these tyres on 2 cars now, Clio and Mx5, on the clio with standard suspension they allowed for me to reach some hilarious tripod heights.

Properly good tyres, i would buy them again, and did for my mx5 on which they also performed admirably.

 

[imprezaworks]

If it was me and although ive not used them I would try the nankangs. Better allround tyres for a daily imo than the federals.

The latter comment meaning there are better choices, like the p zeros etc. I'd still try the nankangs

 

[sbridgey]

I would definitely consider the Nankang NS2-R's, and tbh i'd probably order the cheapest as i reckon they are both a good trackday tyre.

 

[chrishesketh]

thanks for all the replies! I'm looking at the nankangs now going to read a few more reviews but the reviews I have seen say they have excellent dry grip which is what I'm after mainly!

 

[imprezaworks]

Quite a few have used them on impreza's and rave about them. Can see them only getting dearer

 

[Ph1 Tom]

http://www.cliosport.net/threads/ad08-good-trackday-tyre.758819/#post-10491097

 

[M.C..]

If you are not going to track it just go for some good road tyres Michelin PS3 or similar, I run them on my Meg 250 and they provide more than enough grip, also with winter coming up it is only going to get wetter so you will probably be going slower with Federals or Nankangs on.

 

[Tuffty172]

I use 195 50 15 federal rsr-r's on my clio, mine did start to delaminate but kept on using them and didn't get any worse, lasted two Trackdays at Croft before the edges we're worn, in fairness ive probably over cooked them, rear last forever. Used them on track in the rain and I thought they were ok for being semi slick, predictable what they were going to do. Camskill have 15s for around £60 a tyre. My clio gets little road use but could imagine as a road tyre in winter months ( snow in the lakes ) they would be useless