Dry grip is the clearest strength of the Bridgestone Adrenalin RE003, praised by 54 of 84 owners, alongside favorable dry handling and steering feedback. Wet grip is also more often praised than criticised, at 35 positive comments against 11 negative, though it is less consistent than dry performance. Tread life and noise divide opinion, with 20 positive wear accounts against 17 complaints and 17 noise positives against 12 criticisms. Around a fifth criticise wear, so strong mileage reports should not be treated as typical. Longer-term accounts vary, and the one substantive follow-up remains positive without establishing a shared ageing trend across owners.
What owners mention most counted across 84 reviews
I have Put these Tires on My 2002 3ltr Estima , Prior tires on this veiciel where Yokahama which tracked and ejected water perfectly and worn well .. So the RE003 , They are whereing Hard , Tire wall says 220 wear which is bad Had I knowen I would not have Brought them 220 is like a soft racing compond , But the grip you get is greasy rolliey ,8,000k's and Im over Half worn on my Front tires ( I've driving them like a nanna) , I have had to use these tires at nearly the max Rated PSI to stop my Estima rolling around like a bitch (the Yok"s never made me worry) , one off the four is dropping Psi badly.. Im a ex tire fitter and Not at all Impressed.. If if could have my money back I Would, Yes I have brought many brigdestone tires over 30 years,truck tires too k .. I feel I paid $260 for a $80 dollar tire ...
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195/55 R15
Very good grip on dry. Very good on damp surfaces. Bad at certain standing water.
Good and solid side walls. Poor treadwear.
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I'm using this Bridgestone Potenza Adrenalin RE003 since January 2016 till today, which clock about 20,000KM (approximately 12,400 Miles). Love the feedback and progressiveness! Great in dry condition and I would say also good in wet condition, when cruising at a speed 70-80 m/ph. Cornering grip very responsive. Definitely would buy again this tire for the current car and my other car too.
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Changed to a set of the RE003's at 25,000 km's on my 2015 STI. I am now at 55,000 and looking at replacing them with another set. These tires make the grip levels so high that I can't actually find the limit in the dry on the street. I am not brave enough and I need a race seat / harness as the grip see's me moving around in the cabin to much... I highly recommend these tires to everyone I know and I am really impressed with how well they have lasted. Correct tire pressures would be the key here I think. I am running 39psi all round with -1degree of front camber and 0degree toe.
The tires completely transformed the car. coming from Kuhmo KU39s i think i felt a drop in wet grip, particularly over big puddles and extremely wet surfaces to begin with, but once the tires wore in they became a lot better in the wet. They don't have a large amount of tread depth which doesn't help them a whole lot in the rain, but wet road surfaces themselves are no challenge for this tire. Impressively they are extremely progressive on the limit and you'll be able to tell when you're loosing grip. They do take the feeling out of steering a little bit, but nothing terrible and made up for the wet and dry grip. Great street and track tire, just have to be mindful of air pressures, over inflating them will come at a cost of grip.
I have driven 10 000 km on these tires in one year, in a sedate 2004 Mazda Atenza. I bought all 4 tires in the same purchase in Newmarket, Auckland, NZ this week in May last year (2015). The rear tires are now shot and have tread of 1.6mm, the front have 5mm. Nobody, even Bridgestone, can explain to me why the wear is so excessively fast. I am not impressed with this. Absolutely no point purchasing a Road Hazard Warranty. They have 'kindly' offered a discount on my next pair, but frankly only 100% discount will do!
Haven't had them for long but they're super grippy in the dry and I was very surprised with their wet grip too. Noise isn't too bad and ride quality is good still. Can't comment on wear yet but I'll be happy with 20,000kms. Great tire and I picked up a set of 4, balanced, fitted and alignment for $600aus in a 225/50r17 which isn't a common size. Keen to try some 245s once I get wider wheels.
Fitted to my wife's Forester (which I drive occasionally). So, a sporty tire in a mostly non-sporty context. I'm interested in tires & when I've driven the Forester I've had a bit of an exploratory "go" on familiar twisty roads in dry & wet conditions. Conclusions?
Dynamically, it's a very talkative & responsive tire that operates at low slip angles yet is not snappy when at the limit of its adhesion. Further, recovery of grip in that transition stage is easy to modulate. So, a nicely behaving tire for both the enthusiast who can "play" it & the non-enthusiast who won't be caught out by untoward behavior on the tires' part in, say, an emergency avoidance maneuver (which I've simulated).
As for absolute grip levels, my impression is that it is way good indeed in dry condition, streaming wet "tread pattern" conditions & merely slick "compound" conditions. Buy with confidence.
Not that it is of any interest to me but the tires didn't seem to me to be noticeably uncomfortable or noisy (my wife certainly has not complained & she is more concerned about these things than me). As for longevity, I think that, on current indications, they will be faster wearing than most competitors but that bothers me not at all as it's often the trade-off for a wet-grippy compound.
It's a nice tire I would say, it's very good for dry road, it's comfortable and not really noise if we compare to other performance tire. But if I tended to compare it with Goodyear F1A2, which was my previous tire of my Mondeo MK4. The grip on wet condition is not that good and I'm not as confident as driving with F1A2. Indeed wet grip of RE003 is better than RE002 but I would ask more if it's possible. The other thing is that I have drived Goodyear F1A2 for over 44,000 km until it wore to the safety line. But I don't think RE003 would give me the same result.
