Federal 595RS Sport Competition tyres

hot rod · Postby **hot rod** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 2:32 pm

Hi guys,

I was wondering if any of you guys have experience with these for road daily use?

http://www.federaltyres.com.au/ss595rs

I've also heard good things about the lower spec 595 tyre. They are only $140 odd for a 205/40/17.

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

Cheers guys

FMS01 · Postby **FMS01** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 3:50 pm

I beleive they also released a new softer 595 RS-R at the end of last year too.

Cheers,
Julian

16bit · Postby **16bit** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 8:10 pm

how much have you been quoted for the semis

fastfreddygassit · Postby **fastfreddygassit** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:40 am

16bit wrote:how much have you been quoted for the semis

I rang up a local dealer (as per the federal website) and for a 205/40-17 it was:
595 $160
595RS $215

SteveS1 · Postby **SteveS1** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 12:37 pm

in terms of the 595RS (semi-slick) the local Qld dealer advises they only do 17\" & 18\" tyres until at least may/june when they may bring in 15\".

irwin83r · Postby **irwin83r** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 7:49 pm

SteveS1 wrote:in terms of the 595RS (semi-slick) the local Qld dealer advises they only do 17" & 18" tyres until at least may/june when they may bring in 15".

know anyone thats ran on them?? any feed back?

16bit · Postby **16bit** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 8:30 am

yeah because 215 for 17 inch semis is cheap. should be very resonable for those of us with proper sized rims :mrgreen:

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:06 am

fastfreddygassit wrote:
16bit wrote:how much have you been quoted for the semis

I rang up a local dealer (as per the federal website) and for a 205/40-17 it was:
595 $160
595RS $215

Well..... 595RS's certainly have come down in price. Mid 2006 i was quoted $290 for the 16 in size.
I ended up going back to the 15" size & settled with RT615's.

hot rod · Postby **hot rod** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 12:39 pm

Thanks for the info guys, too bad the RS are not available in 15s, I'll ring around locally and see if I get a different story.

Brad · Postby **Brad** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:41 am

Nark wrote:Just thought I'd give this thread a bump in case someone has tried these.

I'm seriously considering these since the RT615s don't come in 205/45R16.

Anyone tried the 595RS-Rs? Apparently they have reinforced sidewalls and treadwear rating dropped from 180 down to 140.

No 205/45/16??? Bugger. I was eyeing these off for my next tyre set. I have these on my 14" and while they were good on the track they had alot of roll and my car rides much better now on 16" Yoko S-Drives. I'm sure the RT615's in 16" would be excellent though.

Jimmy · Postby **Jimmy** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 4:40 pm

I just got a quote for the 595RS.

205/50/R15 was $205/corner. Thats pretty damn good. Looks like they have updated their sizes.

Does anyone have any feedback for these? It seems like very good value for a semi slick.

16bit · Postby **16bit** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 4:51 pm

are they a genuine r spec tyre or are they like the rt 615's?

Brad · Postby **Brad** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 4:55 pm

They'd have to be a RT615 equ. surely.

Jimmy · Postby **Jimmy** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 5:01 pm

I'd say they would be RT615's rival.

I'm not in the market for them as im getting some 888 and c-drives (gotta love tax return time!) but was just letting people know that the 15's are now available!