Federal SS595

Terrible tyres, – Conditions: Vehicle: VF Maloo Tyre Size: 275/30 R20 kms: 20,000 Terrible tyres, extremely poor in any wet conditions, fairly average traction in dry conditions. Tyres ended up failing with inner side wall failure. Always regularly checking pressures and condition, wheel alignment more than acceptable. would not purchase again. Show details

Federal 595 – I thought I needed two tyres, but closer inspection revealed that all my tyres were damaged, so I bought the set. 245's on the front 275's on the rear Reasonably quiet Reasonably grippy Reasonably priced I bought them at Tyre City in Wakerley QLD. I have to say that I am very happy with the recommendation I was given for these tyres. … Read more ·  1

I would recommend them too.

June 21st 2018 Update: Federal 595 (they renamed the SS595)

I've just bought the set, so I cannot say how durable they are, but the rubber compound is supposed to be reasonably hard. I don't experience and grip issues on dry roads so that means it isn't too hard. The pattern looks like it will aggressively clear water from under the tyre in wet conditions, I haven't experienced any wet weather grip issues yet.

The side walls are supposed to be firm and sporty, I chose one size wider than I usually get so the side walls are just off vertical.

I am quite happy with these tyres so far.

245 on front and 275 on rear.

FYI, I keep getting a reminder to finish my review, even though I have. Writing this gets rid of the reminder message but that means I have written two reviews on the same product. Maybe these will be merged?

Ok tyre, but terrible in the wet – I bought these tyres because the price was quite good and my mechanic recommended them. In the dry they are fine, with low road noise and good wear, but when it is wet, the tyres are really bad. I found traction to be quite limited and I accidentally spun the front tyres even when taking off from traffic lights.  Show details

You get what you pay for – Bought these tyres in 2015 (now 2017) to mount onto my new wheels. I found these tyres to have a decent amount of dry grip, especially for the price. I never found myself 'needing' more grip with them in the dry, even when driving fairly aggressively. I cannot completely comment on the wet grip as I take it extremely easy in the wet, but for… Read more

normal wet drivinf they seem to do fine.

Sadly this is where the positives end. I've only driven 6,000km's on them im the last 2 years, so they have not had a lot of use, although they have begun to crack/rot around where the tread comes out of the tyre. This is happening to all 4. I've never seen this happen to any tyre, especially ones that are only 2 years old with minimal use.

The noise. I found these tyres to be extremely loud once above speeds of 60km/h. My car has a full straight through exhaust with no cats, I am able to still hear the tyres over the exhaust at cruising speeds... I had to revert back to a stock exhaust for a week or so last year and the noise almost drove my crazy, I felt as though I was driving a 4x4 with mud tyres. I understand that 'semi slicks' tend to be loud, but this tyre is not one, so there's no excuse.

For a tyre that is not close to a 'semi slick' I find that these are wearing considerably fast as well.

Personally, from this experience, I would not go back to the 595SS for my next tyre change.

Federal 595 wet roads – Terrible on the rear of my s2000 in the wet. Twice the back end just broke and spun me around. Never buy again. Even my previous Khumo ku36 were better in the rain and that's a semi track tyre. Better options for the same money out there. Don't buy if you drive in the rain.  Show details

Definately the best value performance tyre - handling wear & price – Federal 595's brilliant tyre 235/45/17 on my commodore Lumina , on 120,000 k's now & just below half tread . I drive responsibly & like to push the corners a little . Tyres do have a little noise but handling for me is amazing in the dry & pretty good in the wet . As for wear , I rotate the tyres every 6 months and my tyres are even shoulder to… Read more

shoulder on all 4 corners. These 595's are my 2nd set , unfortunately I had a rock on my driveway go through the wall on one tyre rendered it unrepairable . Only to find out now they do not make these 595'S anymore , extremely disappointed Federal tyres I hope your new performance tyre matches the old 595's...............

On my second set – On my second set says it all. First set lasted on rear 40K miles, fronts a little less and thats on a grunty V6 diesel car. Only negative is that wet grip is not good, so drive accordingley. Otherwise, they are well priced and I am happy. Standard Pirelli Pzeros only lasted 15 to 20K miles and they weren't that great in the wet either but cost 2 and a half times the price.

Road noise very bad – This tyre is clearly a budget tyre. Great for 30000km and then the noise started! You can't believe the noise and vibrations these tyres are now causing, I started to think my bearings were shot or drive chain gone it was that bad. Yes they were half the price of my Continentals but now I have to replace them after only 30000km. Not happy. Look good, do the job on and off road Don't last long, terrible road noise

Budget tyre – Good grip on dry road, this tyres are soooo noisy, hard to believe it. on the wet road going through the roundabout is like playing Russian rulet, scary! good breaking in all road conditions which is kind of surprising. Very good thread wear. I made so far 40K and I should be Ok to squizz another 40K. thread wear, rim protection, price Noise, poor wet performance

Federal SS595 – Ok to begin with I drive an AWD Twin Turbo with ASC, TC, ABS, and AYC. Federal SS595's Grip - In dry conditions its decent, in the wet conditions below average. Wear - These tyres wear way to quickly, way quicker then I had anticipated Comfort - Absolutely shocking, not good at all. Noise - Loudest tyres I have ever come across. Ever! … Read more

In the end Tyre's died because of tyre separation and terrible uneven wear, despite best efforts to avoid this, the result was inevitable.

Will NEVER buy this tyre ever again! Be warned, its an over priced, under performing tyre. Had decent grip in dry conditions Loud, uneven, quick wearing tyres. And shocking grip in the wet.

Very happy with my 2nd set of Federals – My first set of Federal tyres was on a Peugeot 306 Cabriole & I was so impressed with them that when I bought a Lexus IS I waited until the original tyres had done 50k & put a set of Federals on. They are every bit as good as the Dunlop SPs that they replaced. I find them a great wet weather tyre.They can be noisy at first but quieten down as they wear. Value for money they can't be beaten. Value for the money.

Good value for money – I went from potenza re050a to these, which was always going to be a down grade. Having said that these exceeded my expectations of grip in the dry, though i must say they are rather dismal in wet. I can't see the lifespan of these being very long either but i am fairly hard on tires so that is to be expected. They are very noisy tire but i… Read more

can't really complain about that as i can't hear much over my exhaust! haha Cheap, good dry grip poor wet perforance, noisy

An alright Tyre if your on a budget – Previous Tyres: Bridgestone RE040 235/40 R18 Dry Grip: Performs around the same in the dry. Wet grip: a little less in the wet, can feel the car a little less grippy than the RE040 but very predictible. Road Noise: alot quiter than the RE040's but does have a slightly diffrent sound comming from them if you listen close enough... not really a… Read more

problem.

Rim protection: not much compared to the RE040's but decent enough to stop very light gutter rash.

Overall a not bad tyre, i don't think they perform as well all round as the more expnsive tyres but decent for the price, plus the tread looks good. good tyre if your on a budget. Dry Grip, Road noise, Price. Sightly less wet grip, Rim protection

Good – Great value for money! I was pretty surprised by these, they are fairly good in the dry for a street tyre, they're not that far behind Bridgestone RE001 and better than the Good Year Eagles I had some years back which are both much over $200 a side. In the wet they're average but still much better than other cheap tyres. Only done about 10k… Read more

out of these so far but they have a treadwear of 240 so Id estimate somewhere around 30-40k out of them.

I will be getting these again for road tyres as they are cheap and do a great job at it! Id rather pay $100 less than other tyres and have something slightly less good, if you want something incredible go semi-slicks, if you want something that will get you from A to B and will still perform well when you want them to, buy these! Cheap (paid $100 a side for 225/45/17) good in the dry and ok in the wet. Very noisy when new as other have said but after a couple thousand they are fine.

Very Noisy Tyre and poor grip in the wet – I purchased a car that had Federals on the rear. I immediately took the car to the workshop for suspect wheel bearings which turned out to be tyre noise. The car is very loose in the rear end in the wet. It is not related to suspension as ll bushes and Bilstein B8 's fitted recently Cheap I believe Sounds like you have bad wheel bearings

Urgent replacement tyres – While on a trip out to Longreach, I blew a rear tyre, and had to get two new one. The only ones I could get were Federal SS595 225/50/17, which cost me $390 for the two, fitted, including freight by truck from Rockhampton. I had no choice in the matter, and hoped the rural tyre service was doing the right thing. I am still on the same trip,… Read more

towing a caravan, and have done about 2000km on them. They are on the front, and don't seem noisy, as other reviewers have said.

The price I paid for these tyres seems to be industry standard. Comfortable ride. They steer well, which is something, given the goat tracks out west that are supposed to be highways! Nothing at this stage!

Bad – Definitely not suited for a prestige vehicle. The noise is high and you can feel the rough tread in the steering I can't think of anything I like about these tyres These tyres are the noisiest I have ever encountered