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[siztenboots]

Ordered some Federal 595 RS-R (note not the "SS" ) 205/45 ZR16 83W , £89.60 on Tuesday lunchtime from their website and they were delivered from Germany by DPD Parcel on Thursday .



£93.80 for the rears 225/45/17 all inclusive , link here , XL here

£89.60 for the fronts 205/45/16 all inclusive , link here

[techieboy]

Hope they fit, this time, Steve.

[siztenboots]

I had no problems with the 225/45/17 on the TD's , just the 235/40 would not go on. But I will be fitting them on my new 9J TD's. Also will fit these on the Porsche as the snow tyres are about done.

[Bargi]

Steve, what are these like compared to 888's? I'm going to need new rubber before Spa and they look pretty good value.

[siztenboots]

I prefer these above the r888

[Sutol]

I'm impressed with My Tyres good service and not a bad price.

[ArticMonkey]

So them two tyre sizes will fit a normel set of TD's no problem? Whats was the issue before with them not fitting?

[JohnTurbo]

FZ201 - Thats where its at. Mate just bought a set. FYI...Service and Sport in wigan is the sole UK distributor for federal. Free fitting.

[siztenboots]

i agree the fz201 are great race tyre, although i think you would only manage a few 1000 miles use as the compounds you can choose are soft

[siztenboots]

So them two tyre sizes will fit a normel set of TD's no problem?

Whats was the issue before with them not fitting?

the 225/45/17 fit fine, no problems, i'll try and take a picture to compare against a new 888.
its the 235/40/17 that I had problems with

[ArticMonkey]

Thanks.

[Dashwood]

I have found that Federal are always a bit wider than most other makes. 205 are more like others 215 etc.

[Bargi]

I have found that Federal are always a bit wider than most other makes. 205 are more like others 215 etc.

So 205 is still OK on TDs or you recommend going 195?

[Dashwood]

I'm sure they'll be fine. Both 205 and 195 are recommended for 6.5 to 7.5 widths. In the evos though they don't even do the 195 in RS-R http://www.federalty...ormance/595rs-r http://www.federalty...formance/595evo

They just seem a lot wider than other makes of tyre.

Edited by avhbi, 06 March 2012 - 06:31 PM.

[techieboy]

The same thing within the same brand. R888's on the left and T1R's on the right. Both with 2 off 195/50 16's and 2 off 225/45 17's.

[siztenboots]

Bargain hunters can now receive a 3% discount on all car tyres (and complete wheels) - but only until 15/03/2012 and only while supplies last!

[siztenboots]

These are now showing back in stock, including the wider sizes for wider wheels.

[siztenboots]

for some reason the search engine won't list these, but the links at the top work

[westie]

A thumbs up from me for my tyres, my federal's took 4 days from ordering to being fitted, great service and price,actually also a thumbs up to siztenboots who recomended them on this thread !

[siztenboots]

I think this will be my third winter running on them, and these past mornings when there has been frost its amazing how quick they switch on, plus much better in the wet than R888. I can't even say they wear out fast, because I run a very aggressive geo with a lot of scrub and they are good.