Federal SS595

[Craig]

has anyone got any experience of these tyres ?

reason I ask is that I am thinking about putting these on my 18's for the summer (as they have no tyres on at present due to my Goodyear incident):D They are less than £60 a tyre..!

[Scottie]

remind me what's the tyre size for 18's again

[Craig]

215/35/18

[Scottie]

Know nothing about the Federals although they sound good on mytyres.

after owning our Touareg tyres became a big thing with many many reviews and because of this we started using Hankooks now have them on both MINIs aswell wouldn't go past them now

very good tyre

[Craig]

thanks for the info Fi,

I can get a set of 17" tyres and a set of 18" tyres for just over £400 so I'm tempted, but only if they are any good...:D

the hankooks come out at nearly £100 more..

[Scottie]

quote:Originally posted by Craig & Jude

thanks for the info Fi,

I can get a set of 17" tyres and a set of 18" tyres for just over £400 so I'm tempted, but only if they are any good...:D

the hankooks come out at nearly £100 more..


your right they do.

it's a risk you take get the federal and they may be a really good tyre or get them and they may be rubbish. ;)

you good be chief tester and let us all know.:p

[john]

Fedaral Tyres are fantastic and I had them on most of my MINI's

[S7JGW]

One of my mates had federal tyres and said they lasted forever. Not sure about how they grip tho.
Jim

[CooperTrooper]

ive got those federals, got them from www.camskill.co.uk next day delivery, i think £45!!! 205/45/17 had a few sets of tyres from them always very cheap and next day!

I reckon they are much better than the falkens I had before, and they look nice and sporty too!

[KenL]

My mate with a Civic Type-R rates Hankook tyres (the ones that look like Eagle F1), he gets them from mytyres.

[ajamesj]

Good hard wearing compound tyre ideal for summer use Craig I sell alot of them on Alloy wheel sets not the best at this time of year though.

Andy

[Craig]

thanks folks... think I might go ahead with the purchase as they are purely for my summer wheels

:approve::approve::approve::approve:

[james f]

come the sping the cooper should be sporting some yoko prada spec2's or maybee even some 888 semi slicks for a few track days

[johnsop1]

Hi Craig

I've got these on my cooper on 's' spokes. Whizz up and down the A7, Stow - Newtongrange every day. Seem OK to me. Much better than the Pirelli runflats I used to have

Seem to have plenty of grip.

Paul

[The Dogfather]

Good in the dry not so good in the wet, the new Toyos are much better

[Gorbash12346]

federal ditchfinders... utter crap in the wet but not bad in the dry, i suggest you try avon zz-3's £80 for 215/35zr18's as this is what i have on mine. only thing is theres a bit more tyre noise

[Craig]

is that price fitted ? ;)

[Gorbash12346]

i got the fitters @ my work to do it so yeah for me anyway but thats about cost price for national tyres

[minimad]

craig you should try toyo proxes t1rs great on the wet even better on the dry;)

[Gismo]

Another thumbs up for Toyo Proxies from me, they were excellent on my old S

[Craig]

T1-S or T1-R gents ?

[Gismo]

quote:Originally posted by Craig & Jude
T1-S or T1-R gents ?I only ever used the T1-S, never tried the R version

[james f]

i think the R version has replaced the S version if ive been told right im going for some Pirelli P Zreo Neros on mine i think as ive not heard a bad word about them expesive but very good from what ive been told

[minimad]

S

[Craig]

the reason I ask is because the S version has been replaced by the R version and have heard lots of good reports on the S version, but none about the R version of Toyo Proxes..:D

[The Dogfather]

I'm running the Toyo Rs on my Brabus at the moment, massive improvement over the standard michellin sport things. Masses of grip wet or dry