Federal SS595 SUPER STEEL

These tires are great not to expensive but the quality and performance as very good it meets my expectations. I tried these tires on my Galant VR4 8th with a V6 engine twin turbo. I always drive fast and aggressively especially when the road is clear either it's straight or while on turn which pushes the tire performance to its limits. Yeah I know this sound kinda stupid but I assure you I only do this when the roads are clear mostly during dead hours like 12 mid night. From what I observe it's a bit quiet than the last tire I use which is GoodYear. The tire rolling is much better. I observed this during on neutral coast running atleast 100kmph on a straight road timing how long does it take before it slowed down to 80kmph, from what I have observe these federal last longer than goodyear's which is a good thing less drag from the tires. Cornering is much better as well wet and dry. Tested S curve Road @ Okada Manila near South Beach Place Westside City going to Cavitex Highway Road Goodyear tire. Cornering @ 100kmph I can hear the tires screaming loudly Federal tire. Cornering @ 100kmph no tire screaming at all. I tried going faster and faster on the corner till I heared the tire scream loudly @130kmph. Also what I have observe the acceleration was a bit faster than GoodYear tire since the rolling drag on Federal is much less 0 - 100kmph average of 6.4 secs Goodyear was around 8 secs Full specifications 6A13TT DOHC V6 24Valve Stock HP: 276 but tuned to 358 with stock turbo before. Full Exhaust System(CAT and Resonator Delete, HKS Chamber Muffler slightly modified for less exhaust restrictions remove some internal parts but still have the deep bass sound), Racing Filters and Remap.

First off this is for a lightweight, hard-driven track car. I don't really concern myself with road noise or cushy sidewall as my car is on coilovers and driven very spiritedly on mountain roads and track as well as daily driven to work and back. My car came with Pirelli PZero Neros and those were absolute garbage(horrible understeer, absolutely no sidewall flex, and zero feedback). I then tried some Falken Ziex ZX960s and they were miles better than the Pirellis. After I wore those out I tried the Federal 595s and while loads better than the Pirellis still for a quarter the price, they are not quite as good as the Falkens. But they are half the price. Wet traction is pretty bad but not deadly by any means as long as you don't drive like it is dry. That being said I have driven them on a slightly damp track and still managed decent lap times with only slight hydroplaning in standing water. I have about 5 track sessions on this set as well as daily driving for about 13000 miles and am now looking for replacements. For a heavier, more powerful car I can totally see these being overwhelmed, but my experience in a sub-3K Lb car is excellent. I'm thinking Federal 595RS-Rs for track-only use and a set of Federal Evoluzions for daily to see if I can get better all weather capabilities but if I was to do one set for every use again it would be these 595s.

I bought these tires mostly for their looks cause even thought the size was 185/55/14 they seemed more meaty and wider like a 195/55/14 size. I guess Federal is one of these brands that make tires look 1 size wider than they suppose to be, well that suits fine for me, they looked amazing BUT that was the only good thing about those tires.The dry grip was just ok and in the wet i was too afraid to push them hard due to the fact that i have heard many negative reviews about their wet grip so i had little experience in wet driving and with low speed so i would say that they were just passable. And now let's go for the BIG downfall.
The first thing i immediately noticed was a strange trembling in the brake pedal every time i was breaking even in very slow speeds. I don't know if that had to do with the tread pattern or what but the feeling i was getting from this was unsecured, frustrating and like i was steeping over little rocks all the time. And there were worst to come... Secondly the tires were extremely noisy and i mean in an UNBEARABLE way. They were making a weird noise that i have never heard before on a tire, like a helicopter's propeller kind of thing. Even with a loud exhaust (muffler delete) i was still able to hear that irritable noise! I would never buy these tires again and i wouldn't recommend them for confident secure driving. They only worth trying them for their looks and if you drive them only for shows in closed stages for drifting burnouts and stuff but not on the street.