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Nic Barnes
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29th Mar 12 at 09:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Anyone use them? Quite cheap, thinking of getting them as road tyres as to replace the s drives.
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29th Mar 12 at 09:52   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Do you get tyres cheap Nic? needing a full set of 195/45/15's
Nic Barnes
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29th Mar 12 at 09:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Nah have to be for my own car really to get discount from my work.
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29th Mar 12 at 10:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Federals are terrible tyres Nic.

Sidewalls crack all the time.
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29th Mar 12 at 12:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

I had them on the wife's ctr and they were pretty decent I thought.
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29th Mar 12 at 12:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Hankook V12 Evo's are good tyres Never used the Federals before
Phil W
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29th Mar 12 at 12:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

I've had a few sets of them, never had a problem and actually performed quite well. Tread pattern looks good too!
Nic Barnes
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29th Mar 12 at 12:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Only after 195 50 15 don't think hankook evo come in that size will check in a bit
Nic Barnes
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29th Mar 12 at 13:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

They do make them. About 34 quid each.
Colin
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29th Mar 12 at 13:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

I got some Avon ZZ3's for the M3, this far all good in wet & dry conditions.
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29th Mar 12 at 13:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
They do make them. About 34 quid each.


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Nic Barnes
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29th Mar 12 at 13:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

I'm not sure they'd be massively good though. Other option was yoko ad08
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29th Mar 12 at 13:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

hankooks are a decent tyre.

HAd them on a few of my cars now
Graham88
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29th Mar 12 at 13:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Are you talking about the Federal 595 RSR track tyres? Very good tyres. A few M3's, Caterhams running them at Donington yesterday, and I know a couple of people who run them and rate them. Yoko AD08's are also awesome
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Ran the federal on my Punto for a while. I thought they were okay until the road got slightly cold or damp. Then they were rubbish. Currently use Khumo tyres. Can be bought from camskill.co.uk for the smae price as federals. I no, would not use Federal
Nic Barnes
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29th Mar 12 at 16:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Getting them and price isn't the problem it's what to get. I can get them cheaper than cams kill anyway.
Graham88
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I think people are getting confused with Federals normal range & there track tyres. The 595 RSR's are awesome. I hope you mean Kumhos track tyre too as all other Kumhos are ditch finders.

Nic is that a discount you can give CS members?
Nic Barnes
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29th Mar 12 at 19:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

i need to price the yoko ad08's up again i think they were around £60ea. federal seem to be similar money really. them hankooks are a proper road tyre, and tbh the yoko s drives it has now are very good really. just i don't want 195 45 15's as i don't think its as good to drive as it was on 195 50 15's

sadly no graham. only get decent prices on stuff for our own cars normally.
Graham88
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30th Mar 12 at 02:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

That's so insanely cheap. Yoko AD08's for the rear of mine are £350 each. Joys of small wheels I suppose!

Shame :-(
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Have you looked at Toyo R1-r's? I had them on my old Corsa in that size. I found them pretty good. At the time it was a toss up between the 595's. But I went for the Toyo's.
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30th Mar 12 at 06:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Had hankooks on my old ctr and they were terrible in the wet. Cant remember they type of hankooks but i can remember how awful they were.
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T1-R's or 595 RSR's? Mid range road tyres vs track tyres? Strange tyres to compare
Nic Barnes
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30th Mar 12 at 08:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by corsadonk
Have you looked at Toyo R1-r's? I had them on my old Corsa in that size. I found them pretty good. At the time it was a toss up between the 595's. But I went for the Toyo's.
Yeah had toyo t1r before thought thy were pretty poor tbh.
Adam_B
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30th Mar 12 at 08:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by Graham88
I hope you mean Kumhos track tyre too as all other Kumhos are ditch finders.


Nothing to do with the thread but not all Kumho's are crap, the KU31's are an excellent performance road tyre

[Edited on 30-03-2012 by Adam_B]
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30th Mar 12 at 09:03   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
quote:
Originally posted by corsadonk
Have you looked at Toyo R1-r's? I had them on my old Corsa in that size. I found them pretty good. At the time it was a toss up between the 595's. But I went for the Toyo's.
Yeah had toyo t1r before thought thy were pretty poor tbh.


Donk's on about the R1-r

These tasty looking things


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