WHAT DID YOU DO TO YOUR FRS TODAY?

[KR-S]

Originally Posted by DarkSunrise

Mounted a new set of tires. These are Federal SS 595 in 235/40/17. The SS apparently stands for Super Steel, but they should be “Super Steal” since these were only $55/tire.

I’m not too concerned about grip since these are just my daily/canyon tire, but road manners are great so far. Not sure why people complain about noise. Probably helps that my track tires are Hankook RS3’s so these are actually slightly quieter in comparison on the highway.

As people have noted, these run a bit wide for their size. I’ll update with some more impressions after taking them to the canyons this weekend. As mentioned I’m not expecting huge levels of grip (actually less grip would be more fun to me), but hoping for good tread life and decent consistency across a wide temperature band.

How exactly is gas mileage since you're using it as a daily? Pretty sure mine tanked when I was running my SS 595s.

If using them for drift tires, then hell yeah they're cheap.

[DarkSunrise]

Originally Posted by MJones_RB

I was going to get some 595 RS-Rs for my 17x7 Enkeis, only $87.50 each. For the price the reviews are great! Michelins have just become too pricey for a daily driver.

Nice, post up a review if you get them. At that price it's hard to go wrong. I was actually thinking of getting 595 RS-RR's, but to use as track tires.

Originally Posted by Rican_D

What wheel size you have. I'm running 235/40/17 as well.

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Those are 17x8 +42.

Originally Posted by KR-S

How exactly is gas mileage since you're using it as a daily? Pretty sure mine tanked when I was running my SS 595s.

If using them for drift tires, then hell yeah they're cheap.

Haha I don't actually log gas mileage but it's bad for sure. I'm on E85 and do a lot of "spirited" canyon driving, plus some track days. Probably for the best I don't know lol.

[Ashikabi]

Originally Posted by DarkSunrise

Nice, post up a review if you get them. At that price it's hard to go wrong. I was actually thinking of getting 595 RS-RR's, but to use as track tires.







Those are 17x8 +42.







Haha I don't actually log gas mileage but it's bad for sure. I'm on E85 and do a lot of "spirited" canyon driving, plus some track days. Probably for the best I don't know lol.

E85 costs less per gallon so mileage doesn't matter right?

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[DarkSunrise]

Originally Posted by Ashikabi

E85 costs less per gallon so mileage doesn't matter right?

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Yeah around here it's currently $3.30/gal for 91 and $2.30/gal for E85. So E85 is 30% cheaper and gets ~25% worse gas mileage.

Honestly though, the power difference alone is worth it. This engine loves E85.

[Ashikabi]

Originally Posted by DarkSunrise

Yeah around here it's currently $3.30/gal for 91 and $2.30/gal for E85. So E85 is 30% cheaper and gets ~25% worse gas mileage.



Honestly though, the power difference alone is worth it. This engine loves E85.

See. You're saving money. And your car is greener now too! Aren't racecars great?

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[DarkSunrise]

Originally Posted by Ashikabi

See. You're saving money. And your car is greener now too! Aren't racecars great?

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Hah we should all drive E85 Twins and save the world! This reminds me of that old TG episode where Clarkson tests the Porsche Turbo that had just gotten ULEV certified.

When you drive this car through a really polluted city; Los Angeles, Calcutta, Harrogate(?), something like that; the gas coming out of the exhaust pipe is less toxic than the air going into the engine. And I am not joking, that's true. This then is like a small, efficient, easy to use vacuum cleaner. They should have called it the Porsche Dyson.

Save a tree. Drive a 911 turbo.

[ddevl_86]

Got a replacement kit for 6K HID ballasts and bulbs, although they sent the wrong bulbs.(D2R instead of D2H)

The OLM sequential headlights (rebrand VLands) came with ballasts and H7 bulbs, and for some reason my passenger light went out within a week. Contacted the shipper and he set up the new kit. Got both ballasts installed tonight so they are matching, in case thats a thing like dual GPUs in computers?

Either way, Im not enjoying the color difference in bulbs either. The passenger feels more blue, and i thought it mightve been from the new ballast but after installing the driver side ballast it still shows a difference. Could be the driver side light was used for an hour more... i dunno - my first time ever using HIDs so I know nothin about them. At least the ballasts are now mounted with 3M on my crash bar haha. The other ballasts are still mounted under the headlight and i dont wanna fuck either at the moment.

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by ddevl_86

Got a replacement kit for 6K HID ballasts and bulbs, although they sent the wrong bulbs.(D2R instead of D2H)

The OLM sequential headlights (rebrand VLands) came with ballasts and H7 bulbs, and for some reason my passenger light went out within a week. Contacted the shipper and he set up the new kit. Got both ballasts installed tonight so they are matching, in case thats a thing like dual GPUs in computers?

Either way, Im not enjoying the color difference in bulbs either. The passenger feels more blue, and i thought it mightve been from the new ballast but after installing the driver side ballast it still shows a difference. Could be the driver side light was used for an hour more... i dunno - my first time ever using HIDs so I know nothin about them. At least the ballasts are now mounted with 3M on my crash bar haha. The other ballasts are still mounted under the headlight and i dont wanna fuck either at the moment.

hid's shift color as they age-- color shift is directly related to the quality of the bulbs. cheap color shift hard, good bulbs will color shift a little. run them for a week and re-check.

[Dab]

Today I admired its innate excellence!

[DarkSunrise]

Originally Posted by DarkSunrise

Mounted a new set of tires. These are Federal SS 595 in 235/40/17. The SS apparently stands for Super Steel, but they should be “Super Steal” since these were only $55/tire.

I’m not too concerned about grip since these are just my daily/canyon tire, but road manners are great so far. Not sure why people complain about noise. Probably helps that my track tires are Hankook RS3’s so these are actually slightly quieter in comparison on the highway.

As people have noted, these run a bit wide for their size. I’ll update with some more impressions after taking them to the canyons this weekend. As mentioned I’m not expecting huge levels of grip (actually less grip would be more fun to me), but hoping for good tread life and decent consistency across a wide temperature band.

Took the Federal SS 595 to the canyons today and enjoyed them quite a bit. Grip levels are not super sticky, but the fun part is when you’re approaching the limit, you can get them to lightly sing in all phases of the corner without going into track corner speeds. If you’ve ever driven a max performance summer tire like the Sumitomo HTR Z3, these are somewhat comparable, maybe a half step down in grip. These also feel pretty consistent once they come up to temperature, which is a nice bonus.

Where these tires show their cheapness is sidewall construction. The sidewalls seem to be very soft. Turn-in and steering feel suffer as a result. There is a slight delay after turning the steering wheel, and then the nose digs in and the car turns. This is even with tire pressures at 36 psi cold, which is much higher than I’d normally use. Tread squirm may be contributing since the tread pattern has large voids between the blocks.

Overall I’m very happy with these tires, especially for the price. They are pretty much what I was looking for, minus the soft sidewalls/tread blocks. Fun, cheap, consistent tire that can take hard canyon driving. They don’t have a ton of grip, nor did i expect them to since I have a separate set of track wheels. I haven’t had any problems with road noise, even at 75-80 mph. I’ll update again if anything changes with these.

[Cedric]

Thunderhill 3 Mile



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[Cedric]

Front Pipe changed color.




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[FLIPDADY]

Retired my gold GC STi wheels with old Pirelli winters. Slapped on some newer Blizzak WS80 rubber on steelies. Also removed the wheel spacers. I hate the tucked look but it's only for winter.

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[soundman98]

what's with the front angled plat mount?