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205/60/13 Federal 595 mounted

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205/60/13 on 13x 6.5 ET6  Ive been running Toyo RA1's for 2.5 summers so its hard to judge these coming from those. I paid 400 and  no tax for a set of 4 and 60 bucks to mount and balance. First impressions are much weaker sidewall than the R compounds, which I expected.  These arent a bad tire but they arent a great tire by any means. They grip well but theres a moment of "oh shit" when you throw it into a corner hard I never got with the Toyos. But they are cheap and quiet and wide 13s are hard to get. 185's would look silly on these wheels so I thought Id try a set of these. For the money they are fine but I really loved those Ra1s and I got 2 trips to Vintage, 2 trips to Mid America, one trip to Texfest and 2 trips to Chicago plus all my daily stuff. I dont have a speedo so I dont know true mileage but I drive this car a lot. No clue how long they will last 

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1 hour ago, BLUNT said:

205/60/13 on 13x 6.5 ET6  Ive been running Toyo RA1's for 2.5 summers so its hard to judge these coming from those. I paid 400 and  no tax for a set of 4 and 60 bucks to mount and balance. First impressions are much weaker sidewall than the R compounds, which I expected.  These arent a bad tire but they arent a great tire by any means. They grip well but theres a moment of "oh shit" when you throw it into a corner hard I never got with the Toyos. But they are cheap and quiet and wide 13s are hard to get. 185's would look silly on these wheels so I thought Id try a set of these. For the money they are fine but I really loved those Ra1s and I got 2 trips to Vintage, 2 trips to Mid America, one trip to Texfest and 2 trips to Chicago plus all my daily stuff. I dont have a speedo so I dont know true mileage but I drive this car a lot. No clue how long they will last 

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Good.

 

Because I don't want to see you in a speedo.

 

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FWIW: I bought a set of those Federal 185 60R 13's for less than $50 a tire. Was looking for 205's but they did not come up as available.  Where did you source them from? I got mine from Amazon with free 2 day shipping. So far they are doing all right but I hear ya on the oh shit although they hold the line.  

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13 hours ago, conkitchen said:

FWIW: I bought a set of those Federal 185 60R 13's for less than $50 a tire. Was looking for 205's but they did not come up as available.  Where did you source them from? I got mine from Amazon with free 2 day shipping. So far they are doing all right but I hear ya on the oh shit although they hold the line.  

I got them locally from a legends dealer. He has a massive stack of them . If anyone wants contact info I can provide 

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12 hours ago, esty said:

do you eat wheaties before each drive to help with slow hard turns

 

I wish you could drive this. It defies logic. This car with 205s has lighter steering that anything I own. It has to be the offset?? My wife can drive it and has no issues

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7 hours ago, 2002Scoob said:

Have you tried the 595 RSR? I had them on my DD/canyon carver WRX wagon for a long time. Cheap, sticky, awesome.


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 No  I wasnt even aware of them  Are they avail in 205/60/13?

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22 minutes ago, BLUNT said:

 No  I wasnt even aware of them  Are they avail in 205/60/13?

 

Ah shoot. Sorry. 13's. Nope. 

 

Smallest sizes are for 15's, 195 50's or 205 50's.

 

I've had pricey performance tires on that same car, But if you're looking for a budget track-day or aggressive DD tire they're 90% the tire at a fraction of the price. 

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15 hours ago, BLUNT said:

205/60/13 on 13x 6.5 ET6

 

Someone will ask, so you might want to verify that this car's fenders are rolled and pulled to fit these, correct?

 

Here with the RA1 tires:

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Steve are those 6 or 7" wheels?

 

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