Anyone know of shops in the Bay that carry these? I'm looking at the 595rs-r's for summer rubber/HPDE use. They seem to get great reviews by small pockets of different car communities, are relatively cheap, but generally fly under the radar compared to the likes of the Star Specs/RE-11/XS's.

Any feedback from people who've run these tires would also be appreciated.

 

Good tires. They wear really fast.
Les Schwab carrys them here where i live.

 

Federal 595rs-r is highly recommended by Taiwan impreza communities.

 

Yea I used to work at Les Schwab and we would sell them on a daily basis, not a bad tire for the price...

 

Thanks for the info guys!

FYI for people that are interested:

Spoke with Les Schwab in San Carlos and the word from their supplier is that these tires are out of stock in the U.S. The supplier couldn't even give them an ETA on when new stock would be arriving from overseas and advised I check back with them in a couple weeks. Looks to be the same deal with other independent tire dealers that carry these.

Curious to see what the hype about these tires are, but not willing to wait multiple weeks. Time to decide between the RS3's and Star Specs.

 

Go talk to the guys at Goodyear across from Steven's Creek Subaru and get the i-Club Discount on your tires.

I personally run the Star Specs. Love these tires and would definitely get them again.

 

afaik, that doesnt work anymore...igor doent even work there

 

What? When did that happen? Must be Very Recent as I just got my tires from there a few months ago.

 

it was relatively recent, probably a few months ago ha

 

Try Auto Innovations. They don't really stock tires, but their distributors come twice a day or something.

 

I don't recommend them. StarSpec/RE-11/AD08/XS/RS3 are much better tires. The Toyo R1Rs are great, but overheat easy, and don't work on heavier cars like ours.

Don't even consider the Federals.

 

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