Nexen & Federal Tyres

[White Ghost]

Guys,

Would like some info on the above mentioned tyres.

I have been quoted $277 for the nexes tyres and a similar price for the federal.

Are either of them any good and any experiences people have had with them.

Cheers

[ATOMIC MALOO R8]

IVE had 3 set of feds on 2 cars very happy with the life and wet waether braking
i will by again better then falken 452 IMO

[bush_basha]

I have actually just order 2 federal 595 evos for the front of mine. 245 wide. $225 fitted and balanced when they arrived. Thought that was pretty good.

[NIXON]

I use federal 595 245/40/18, get them for $170 ea. No complaints from me about quality, grip well to.

[gjohnson]

Yep I use fed 595 evo in 275/30/20 about $300 each. Excellent grip, wet and dry, track days, wear really well too. Highly recommended!

[Malus]

Had 595 evo's on my VE SS, 245/35/20 and 275/30/20. They are really hard wearing (still had 75% tread after 30K km), but as a trade off, the wet weather grip was shocking (IMO) and the side walls are really stiff making for a rough ride.

[motorin on]

I had 18" Feds and found they were great to begin with but after they wore down were very unpredictable in the wet,sometimes good other times very loose,I didn't trust them so got rid of them .They were under 50% worn but winter was starting.Running Michelins Sports P3's now

[maka5]

i got 275/30/20 595 evos on the rear.. in the dry they are great... grip very well... last long tooo... but in the wet they are crap... i hate when it rains...

[ittwgn]

whatever brand you go for just make sure their load rated !!!! i ran non load rated 225/35/20 nexens and very dangerous fractures/ bubbles appeared on inside of front tyres!!!! from memory they were 90 y load rating where commodore,s should be 93 or 95 or more!!!!! was running mine on the front at drags doing at the time 134mph + glad i changed them before a bad incident!!!! cheers

[CalaisRider]

Had 595 evo's on my VE SS, 245/35/20 and 275/30/20. They are really hard wearing (still had 75% tread after 30K km), but as a trade off, the wet weather grip was shocking (IMO) and the side walls are really stiff making for a rough ride.

Yup I would agree with the above post completely. I would never put another set of Federal Evos on again. But having said that, its more what you use your car for and the expectations of tyres and grip. I am now an absolute advocate for Toyo R1R semi comp tyres, I have em on as my daily drivers but I wan't absolute best traction in both wet and dry - and these tyres do it for me.

[Souljah]

Had 2 sets of 595's on the rear of my ute. Can't complain as both wet and dry grip has been good for me. Would use again.

[White Ghost]

So the overall consensus is that Federal tyres are good decent tyre for what you pay?

Majority say they are good both in dry and wet conditions and would use again?

[deverson1]

I went fron Falken 452 275/30/19 to Federal 275/30/19 595's and I have more grip in the dry but not in the wet. They have already done more kms than the Falken so for the price I will definatly buy again.

Thanks Daniel

[surfwagon]

I went fron Falken 452 275/30/19 to Federal 275/30/19 595's and I have more grip in the dry but not in the wet. They have already done more kms than the Falken so for the price I will definatly buy again.

Thanks Daniel

Is the Federal bigger than the Falken as general consensus is that the Falken 275 is quite a small tyre despite what the sizing says, most people running falkens run 285 rears

[deverson1]

I think the Federal is slightly wider as it scrapes a tiny bit where the Falkens did not.

Thanks Daniel

[CalaisBoy]

My car had Nexen N3000's when I bought it and I did replace them with another set because they seemed excellent and lasted about 50,000km. After that set, I have changed to another brand (giving Pirelli's PZero Nero a go) because the second set of Nexen's had bubbles on the inside lining when they were removed. My tyres get an extremely easy life apart from a small amout of gravel road driving about once every 2 months.

For what its worth the Pirelli's are great in grip and wear, but walls felt a bit soft when they first were fitted - used to it now 'though.

[tomholzy]

just some feedback on the feds:
Ive had a few sets and they are very very grippy in the dry, better than tyres 3 times the price! but absolutely terrible in the wet, may as well not even drive with over 260rwkw when its wet!
Ive also had not one, but two tyres that were 'out of round' that had to be sent back to federal in order to get a refund - the build quality is quite poor, the old saying you get what you pay for...
I use Falken FK452s instead of the feds now for overall handling & grip, and build quality

[surfwagon]

I too run Falkens on my Senator but not because of problems with federals although I now run Falkens on my wifes Corolla because I have them but also to replace Federals 595's that were splitting in the side walls.