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Best Tires for the Subaru 04 WRX

Subaru 04 WRX drivers have left 24 tire reviews on Tire Reviews, covering 319,607 miles of real world driving. Every tire they rated is ranked below, so you can see what actually works on this car.

  • 24owner reviews
  • 319,607 milescovered on them
  • 21different tires rated
  • 72%average tire score
Most fitted size - 7 reviews 215/45 R17 To scale, mm
Ø 625 215 97 17" 97 All 215/45 R17 data →

The quick answer

The quick answer - Subaru 04 WRX
Season Owners' pick Owner rating Our category test
Summer Federal SS595 SUPER STEEL 5.4 46% from 3 reviews Best Summer Tires

Highest weighted owner score from Subaru 04 WRX drivers. Full rankings and the evidence behind them below.

The best rated tires for the Subaru 04 WRX

Rated only by drivers of this car. Each tire needs at least 3 reviews from the Subaru 04 WRX to be ranked; the order weights a tire's score by how many reviews back it, so one glowing review cannot top a table.

Summer tires

The highest rated tire in the Summer category for the Subaru 04 WRX is the Federal SS595 SUPER STEEL - 46% from 3 owner reviews across 30,000 miles.

Summer tires ranked by Subaru 04 WRX owner rating
# Tire Owner rating Reviews Distance reviewed TR Score
1 Federal SS595 SUPER STEEL 46% 3 30,000 miles 5.4

Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Summer Tires →

TR Score is the tire's overall Tire Reviews rating out of 10, built from independent test results and every owner review of that tire - not just the reviews from this car. The owner rating column is this car only.

The best rated tires that fit the Subaru 04 WRX

The rankings above can only speak for tires a Subaru 04 WRX driver has already reviewed. These are the highest rated tires we hold that are actually manufactured in the sizes these drivers run - 215/45 R17 and 225/45 R17 - whether or not anyone here has fitted them yet. They are ranked on the TR Score, which is built from independent test results and every owner review of that tire.

Summer tires

Our highest rated tire in the Summer category, in this car's sizes, is the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6, at 9.7 out of 10.

Highest rated Summer tires made in Subaru 04 WRX sizes
# Tire TR Score Made in Subaru 04 WRX reviews
1 Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 9.7 All your sizes Be the first →
2 Continental PremiumContact 7 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
3 Bridgestone Potenza Sport Evo 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
4 Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S 9.4 All your sizes Be the first →
5 Michelin Pilot Sport 5 9.4 All your sizes Be the first →
6 Hankook Ventus Evo 9.4 All your sizes Be the first →

Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Summer Tires →

All Season tires

No Subaru 04 WRX driver has reviewed a tire in the All Season category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3 is our highest rated, at 9.6 out of 10.

Highest rated All Season tires made in Subaru 04 WRX sizes
# Tire TR Score Made in Subaru 04 WRX reviews
1 Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3 9.6 All your sizes Be the first →
2 Continental AllSeasonContact 2 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
3 Michelin CrossClimate 3 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
4 BFGoodrich Advantage All Season 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
5 Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3 9.4 All your sizes Be the first →
6 Bridgestone Turanza All Season 6 9.4 All your sizes Be the first →

Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best All Season Tires → Test winner: Goodyear Vector All Season 4

Winter tires

No Subaru 04 WRX driver has reviewed a tire in the Winter category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3 is our highest rated, at 9.5 out of 10.

Highest rated Winter tires made in Subaru 04 WRX sizes
# Tire TR Score Made in Subaru 04 WRX reviews
1 Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
2 Michelin Alpin 7 9.5 225/45 R17 Be the first →
3 Bridgestone Blizzak 6 9.4 All your sizes Be the first →
4 Goodyear UltraGrip Ice 3 9.4 225/45 R17 Be the first →
5 Nokian Snowproof 3P 9.4 225/45 R17 Be the first →
6 Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ 9.3 All your sizes Be the first →

Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Winter Tires → Test winner: Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3

All Weather tires

No Subaru 04 WRX driver has reviewed a tire in the All Weather category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Vredestein Quatrac is our highest rated, at 9.5 out of 10.

Highest rated All Weather tires made in Subaru 04 WRX sizes
# Tire TR Score Made in Subaru 04 WRX reviews
1 Vredestein Quatrac 9.5 225/45 R17 Be the first →
2 Vredestein Quatrac Pro EV 8.3 225/45 R17 Be the first →
3 Vredestein Quatrac Pro+ 8.1 All your sizes Be the first →

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Fitment comes from each tire's manufactured size list, and the sizes are the ones drivers reported when they reviewed. Check the size, load index and speed rating on your own doorplate before buying - a size a previous owner ran is not always the size your car left the factory on.

Every tire reviewed on the Subaru 04 WRX

The complete record, including discontinued tires and tires with too few reviews to rank, ordered by the amount of evidence. A further 19 tires have a single review each; they count toward the totals but are not listed.

All tires reviewed by Subaru 04 WRX drivers
Tire Season Owner rating Reviews Distance reviewed
Federal SS595 SUPER STEEL Summer 46% 3 30,000 miles
Bridgestone Adrenalin RE003 Replaced by Bridgestone Potenza Adrenalin RE005 Summer 86% 2 60,000 miles

Tire sizes Subaru 04 WRX drivers run

The sizes fitted in the reviews on this page. Each one links to the top rated tires in that size, across every car.

What Subaru 04 WRX drivers say

The most recent owner reviews from this car, in their own words.

89%
Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperCar 3R 235-40-18 Subaru 04 WRX 500 miles August 11, 2025
Compared to the Toyo RRR this tire needs a brief warm up to really perform.
Dry grip is exceptional even when pushed to the point that the tire is smoking and never feels greasy .
communication is great letting you know when you are at your limit or just past it with no sudden breaking away.
Wet grip is acceptable for what it is but falls off as tire becomes worn.
Tire comfort great without the loud hum of the Toyo 888.
I use 888 for my rear wheel drive Corvette as nothing hooks like these cold short of slicks.
The Supercar 3R I use on my Subaru wrx sti which often see driving at the limit in the mountains.
Grateful to Tire Reviews channel for discovering this tire
84%
Bridgestone Adrenalin RE003 225-45-17- Subaru 04 WRX 40,000 miles November 8, 2023
I just bought a new set of these after running the same tires for 4.5 years and 40,000km. The price has gone up, but traditionally, the RE003s have been good performance tires for one who is on a budget. I have previously run Re003s, before that S007s, and before that Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3s, so the WRX has seen a few different tires in my 13 years of ownership, averaging 10,000 a year. NVH is noticeable greater than the Eagle F1s and S007s, but the price is much lower. Performance wise, i have found that they give good feedback and are not vague or anything like that. They are not a track tire, but rather a solid street performance tire. In the wet with AWD, they feel very capable and I have pushed them a bit in such conditions, but others I know with 2wd vehicles have been less enthusiastic about their Re003s in the wet. They are capable in the rain, but not awesome. The Re004 has not been released in Australia, but I have heard that they are better in the wet. Dry performance is great with these, they are very good for spirited driving. Steering feedback is good and predictable at the limit to my mind. The set I just replaced I ran in my WRX since August 2019 and they went a full 40,000 and I had a tiny bit of inner wear that (if not present) could have made them last 43,000 or so. Noted, I did rotate every 6-10 months in that time and I did not always drive spiritedly, but would make sure the engine did not grow any proverbial cobwebs either.
44%
Achilles ATR Sport 2 215-45-17- Subaru 04 WRX 10,000 miles March 11, 2022
dry grip ok wheel starts to shake around 100km/hr on the freeway dangerous in the wet sliding around roundabout at 30km/hr only good thing is the treads never wears out will not be buying again
76%
Sailun Atrezzo ZSR 225-45-17- Subaru 04 WRX 8,000 miles November 4, 2018
Extremely well performing for the price !! The tires grip well once they in the good operating temperature but they have their limits. After a few km of spirited driving they tend to understeer a bit (2004 wrx) but it is easily recoverable. They perform reasonably well on wet asphalt. I even tried them on compacted snow and i was able to pull a few corners and donuts... But be careful to not get overexcited.

Finally, I would definitely recommend them for the price cause their performance is comparable to tires 3 times as expensive. They might not last alot cause they are soft tires, but hey u wouldn't want to keep a cheap tire for more than 2 years.
43%
Sportiva Compact 195-65-15-T Subaru 04 WRX 16,000 miles October 28, 2018
These came fitted to an Impreza 1.5R they are reasonably quiet and dry grip is acceptable, Gauging wet grip is hard as the car is AWD, they are down to the wear indicators already at less than 20k km. I wouldn't recommend these if you want more life from a tire.
As a positive they are quiet but with soft sidewalls they are a bit floaty.
87%
Falken Eurowinter HS449 215-45-17-V Subaru 04 WRX 7,000 miles January 14, 2018
Fitted these Falken HS 449 2 years ago to my Subaru and very impressed all round. Great in the dry, very good in the wet and completely capable in heavy snow. A tough tire that I use all year round. Very recommendable.
54%
Neuton NT8000 235-45-17- Subaru 04 WRX 8,000 miles October 28, 2017
I bought these tires in the beginning of 2016. Grip in the first 5-6000km was good... They were soft. But now towards the end of 2017, they dried up pretty fast and grip is bad. Im getting the front wheelsto spin even on dry roads on a wrx ! Maybe its the asphalt to blame here in lebanon which is very 'not rough'. But that has nothing to do with the tires becoming hard after 14000 kms. And they tend to understeer alot.
Tread is still good but grip in dry and wet is very bad.. changing them soon and will be trying Jinyu YU63.
But for the price i guess it is good but you can find better.
I don't recommend them.
90%
Nokian zLine 215-45-17-W Subaru 04 WRX 5,000 miles March 17, 2017
I'm a big fan of Nokians winter tires, so as I needed to get a full set of summer tires I thought I'd give the Zlines a try. The first few dozen miles were a bit slippery, but this is normal for any new tire. After they were broken in they settled down well and are performing brilliantly.

I tend to push my car, and after going a bit tentitively to begin with while I got used to the tires, I have got to the point where I trust them and find them very reliable in dry or wet conditions. Turn in is very nice and predictable (it's all relative - my benchmarks are the BFGoodrich gGrips which were on the car when I bought it, and Goodyear Eagle F1s that I've had a few times no previous cars of simliar performance (older versions of the twin turbo legacy so AWD, with plenty of power). Also a set of Vredestein Ultrac Sessantas. I find the Zlines to be better than all of the above, with particularly note worthy performace in the wet.

I'll have to update this later to comment on the wear life as I've only done about 5,000 miles so far, but as I said I push quite hard nad so far the fronts have just over 1.5mm of tread scrubbed off. Another reviewer mentioned the wear slowed down once it got to 2mm so I'm hoping that turns out to be the case. Also it may be worth noting that most of my driving is on narrow country roads which don't tend to have the best road surface, so wear may be slightly exaggerated than it would on predominantly motorway/A road use.
95%
Laufenn I Fit Ice 205-70-15-R Subaru 04 WRX 1,000 miles March 10, 2017
This first set of I Fit Ice remains a price attractive product. The Lufenn tire model did better than expected and driving in the ice and snow with a Subaru Outback. I am pleasantly surprised at the handling and traction received. This Montana winter of 2016/2017 has been determined in this area to be one of the top 10 most undesirable winters on record. I have no regrets on my tire purchase and the handling I have received. This is a recent purchase and will have to wait to see how the tires wear.
81%
Pace PC10 235-45-17- Subaru 04 WRX 55,000 miles July 1, 2016
I was running achillies on my car and the wore terribly.
Went to pace tires as there were in the perfect price range for the value you get.
Very gripy in the dry.
For the price they are the perfect tire for all day use.
Will buy again and again.

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