New model incoming

https://tire.bridgestone.co.jp/potenza/re004/

Size chart

https://tire.bridgestone.co.jp/potenza/re004/size.html

Good

How you know coming?

well, to be frank, i dont know
i saw the news i share the info here
just wait and see loh

Heard not very good comment on RE003 especially wet grip. Skeptical.

Aquaplaning resistance not as good as other high performance tires but if wet without puddles then still decent. I'm using them now on my Evo and honestly not as bad as I thought, maybe coz the tread still very thick and the car is AWD with good stability.

This or s007a?

saw it in some car forum too..cant wait for the launching

Car weight & tire profile (width) also plays a roles on how the tires performed in wet condition...
RE003... once you passed the 12-15k mark... the wet performance drops drastically (well, that is what I experience on my car)

Mine is 255 width now on an Evo 9, but I suppose not yet reach 12k km yet and treads still very thick (85-90%)

255 nice...
I reckon it wouldn't be too obvious on your EVO as its AWD plus with TCS (I assumed)...
I'm looking forward to try out the new Goodyear AS5

Don't have TCS, got SAYC and ACD.
I'm eager to try the F1SS but not sure how expensive it would be! Lol

i ran the RE003 on my previous impreza, find the wet performance acceptable too..

Wow... F1SS. Don't you think that using that tire on the normal road is kinda waste/overkill?

Yes. This is true. I had RE003. But then, the ones I had was not made in Japan. I'm not sure if there's a different.
Not only that, it wears out very fast. By 20k km, better pay extra caution on puddles.

AWD... of course la. :s
I only drove it on a bare FWD car without any sort of traction control, ESC, ABS etc.

No la, it's same class as PS4S or CSC6, so still 100% street tires type.

Hmm I don't think there's RE003 made in Japan. It's either Thailand or Indonesia. Japan ones are S001, S007, RE050, RE71R.

Yeah it should wear out fast coz treadwear rating also only 220.

Hahaha yeah a good AWD car certainly helps.

PS4 by itself is already a very good tire for street.... PS4S is a minor step up from the regular PS4 (slightly softer compound hence better grip)
And we all know softer compound means wear out more faster as well

so i'm not entirely sure whether is it worth the $$$$

Actually PS4S has the same compound and tread wear rating as PS4 at 320 but has different race inspired stiffer construction to make the handling even more aggressive and faster but at the expense of a bit more nervous in the wet.

F1SS is tested to be about as quick as the PS4S in the dry but yet as good as PS4 in the wet so like able to merge between those 2, which means it should be an incredible tire. The wear rating is still about the same as F1A5 if I remember correctly.

We'll see how expensive it will be and whether I will still be itchy after knowing the price! Lol

Hate you bro.... Now you got my attention on the F1SS

But after watching the view below.... Having mixed feeling about it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpZss_Y_JHc


Because how well a tire performed in the dry doesn't really concern me as I hardly push my car to the max (city driving... how hard can you push anyway?) so it doesn't makes much difference anyway. But when it comes to wet condition... that is where its matters.... the ability to control the car and stop the car in wet condition makes a huge difference between being in a accident and not being in one...

Anyhow... if you do get it.... please share your input/experience about it
Any idea when will it be available in Malaysia's market?

True, living in Malaysia means wet characteristics is highly important, so need to find tires with the most suitable balance between dry and wet.

Not sure when, from some news I read maybe around Q2 this year. I am looking for 17' actually for my Evo but I worry they only bring in 18 upwards.

F1SS similar priced as PZ4...

The funny thing is that the F1SS and F1A5 pricing very close in singapore

Goodyear will do well....bridgestone RE series usually edge more towards dry performance....

Similar priced with PZ4 then similar to PS4S also then, which makes sense. If very close pricing between F1A5 and F1SS, I'd try the F1SS.

Let see my appetite once comes the time.

direzza z3 surprisingly good in wet too nobody using it here eh ? both dry and wet perform better than AD08R

Direzza Z3 good in the wet? Are you sure about this?

Yes I've just tested it. surprised me too. As opposed to AD08R where it become unpredictable in the wet after half worn

This post has been edited by torreto: Feb 10 2020, 02:12 PM

How fast were you driving and is there any standing water? Because the groove on these tire are not sufficient to channel water out....

Its a simple science... in the dry... the more rubber surface/contact you have on the road... you have better grip...

when it comes to in the wet.... its the opposite, the more rubber surface you have... the higher the chance you'll have aquaplane..... because there's no way to channel the water out

Another tire that might interest you is the Continental Extreme Contact Sport, just as good if not better than PS4. Price range similar to PS4. I am using it on my Mark X.

This post has been edited by 6UE5T: Feb 12 2020, 01:59 PM

Too bad Conti didn't have lower size for their SportContact 6

RE004 start to sell here already? Where to get the cheapest one?

003 is risky tyre but once you understand it, you won't die from accident as long as you have >40% thread.

The ECS is almost like CSC6 but available in 18'. It is categorized in the same class as CSC6 and PS4S, performance wise just slightly below only for dry but wet is excellent if not better. I actually like this more than PS4 coz no chipping issue.

Wet is excellent? Odd... My friend used this tire previously before switching to PS4 on his scirocco told me that on the dry its on par with the PS4 but on the wet, PS4 is much better. Anyhow, different tires behave differently on different cars....

mana beli?

For me the ECS is excellent in both dry and wet for a street tire. I don't recall ever aquaplaning or sliding on it in the wet and my Mark X has no VSC/TRC. Even now with middle treads only left 20-30% and side treads almost all bald, I still dare to drive it relatively fast in the wet. In comparison tests, this tire is matched against PS4S, not PS4 anymore.

Some tire shop in Sunway, forgot the name. I think you should be able to get or order it from any Continental shop.

Interesting.... It would make sense since MarkX is quite a heavy car compared to my friend's scirocco because weight would make the tire more 'planted' to the ground/road.

Well German cars usually are heavy too. My X120 is about 1.55 ton curb weight, how about the Rocco?

I think its should be around 1.2 ton (+/-) if i'm not mistaken...

Cannot be that light. That's Evo 5/6 or FD2R weight.

Just googled it... its between 1.3-1.4 ton depends on model...

what size and how much it costs you?

225/45/18, just over rm600 if I remember correctly, about similar price as PS4.

PSR89502 265/35R18 97W XL ¥56,650（¥51,500）

ahh just saw their website, compared to old re003 chart they show, no improvement on wet grip hate that lol.

need to wait tyre test by others first 😜

Available in market already?

which website you checked? i checked bridgestone SG site, it shows improvement for wetgrip.

u go to japan website bro

I am more interested to try the S007A.

inconsistent marketing.. haha
or they have different compound for SEA and JP
the Bridgestone SG uses test result from Bridgestone thailand

interested to try after my current tyre botak

Is potenza re series an equivalent to Michelin’s ps and potenza s with pss?

Traction A only, what do u expect

I decided to skip RE004 and proceed to try AD08R

RE003 old stock can pakai?

Not really, S001 was comparable to PS3, not even as good too! S007A is supposed to go up against PS4S though but not sure how good is it.

That first photo is RE003 not RE004. AD08R is a lot more expensive though. On what car do you use them and how do you find them in the wet? I also have just switched from RE003 to AD08R but not yet got chance to try in heavy rain. Dry is of course much better than RE003.

Can la, no issues.

So how is your experience after the raining days?
I love the steering response in the corners. The best tyres for corners.

Still haven't gone out much in the wet coz still WFH. Lol Have gone thru some wet roads but no puddles, seems ok and no drama yet. Yes in the dry it's very good and very sharp steering.

Is this the best 15 inch tyre now? Since ps4 doesnt have 15 inch.

Just had an opportunity to drive an Ek9 with AD08R climbing up genting in wet and slippery road conditions. The handling and grip is slightly below PS4, that gives you the rough idea.

I suspect in the wet still behind PS3 but dry much better.

Ic, I think it will struggle more in heavy rain with water puddles.

It would be disappointing bec ps3 is such old technology by now and re004 still cant aquaplane well.

But PS3 was so good at that 1 aspect. You can see it has many big water channels there, but consequently sacrificing a bit of the dry performance, that's the complaints of people coming from PS2 when they tried PS3. Probably RE004 is also not designed to focus on that so Bridgestone purposely designed it more closer to Extreme category where they all never that good in aquaplaning resistance to improve dry grip. The main question is how RE004 dry performance compares to the newer PS4. If it can outperform PS4 in the dry then it's not so bad but if it also still lose to PS4 in the dry then it's rather disappointing.

i have high hope for re004,for me the re003 gave me the most wow factor in the dry,wet grip not as bad as what people told me,never had aquaplane incident with it, only thing is its wear rate,bumpiness and noise but you can more or less forgive it being a performance tire,the most important aspect of a uhp tire is the feel it give you,otherwise go touring tire

I went to Klang Hin Leong Tyres today.
They have RE004 in stock. For size 205/55/16 the price is RM320.

That is the same price I paid for RE003 4 years ago. And the same price as Yokohama Advan Fleva that I am using.

Been using this RE004 for the pass 2 weeks time after coming from RE003 .

First impression that RE004 feel more quite in term of roadnoise etc , wet performance its slightly improve from RE003 and most important dry performance its still darn good

I'm quite curious how do you guys usually tell if the dry performance is good? Do you push it to the limit to tell which is better, or you can actually tell from normal day to day drive?

Well i just make it comparable with RE003 and i have a short twisty nearby my work place that i travel everyday .

Hi, is there any difference in quality between RE004 made in Thailand vs made in Vietnam or made in any other country?

I plan to get it for my car.

This post has been edited by play7ime: Oct 7 2020, 03:36 PM

Should not have any substantial differences.

Hey guys what’s the difference between RE004 and PS4?

Spec wise, PS4 tread wear rating is 320, RE004 is only 220, so PS4 would last much longer. Then PS4 wet traction rating is AA, RE004 is just A, so theoretically PS4 is better in the wet. Anyway PS4 is one of the best if not the best tire on the wet for UHP so I doubt RE004 can match it judging by how RE003 performs in the wet. RE004 might be able to match PS4 in the dry.

This post has been edited by 6UE5T: Oct 10 2020, 07:06 PM

How about the side walls which one is harder? Because from what I know PS4 got the best dry and wet traction but side wall kinda soft?

no 18"... I'm out

PS4 is quite firm sidewall actually, noticeably firmer than PS3. Haven't tried RE004, but RE003 is also quite stiff so I'd guess similar or possible RE004 slightly stiffer.

Yeah it’s kinda shame just like the PS4S no 18” too

Guess I’ll just stick back with PS4 with my tyre replacements then

saw on lazada got one listing for 18"... strange since supposedly up to 17" only

anyways asking for rm620... vs ps4 at rm600... no brainer to avoid re004... hahaha

Yeah strange RE004 got no 18 sizes coz RE003 got.
PS4S is not that far ahead PS4 actually and tests showed PS4 easier to drive in the wet. For 18' , Goodyear F1SS is the king, followed by Continental Extreme Contact Sport.

offtopic :
actually 17 and 18" PS4S exists, just that michelin dont bring in to Malaysia
dont know if local tyre shops do parallel import of tyres or not.

obviously we are talking about local availability...

True better get PS4

Will ask around prices for GYF1SS and CECS and see

Yeah I saw a lot of other countries such as UK doesn’t have for 17” and 18” too

How is this RE004 compared to V12 Evo2? Especially aquaplaning/puddle. Thanks

Unker tukar to re004.

Gooding yo

How is it compared to PS4, RE003, and Goodyear F1 series?

I haven't tried goodyear before.

My initial impression:
The sidewall is stiff. I guess it is good if you travel alot in areas of construction or klang.
Grip on dry is (better than already superb re003)

I will make a test run on NKVE and NPE loop subang cornering tomorrow.

A month later I shall update my review together with aquaplaning and wet performances.

Im only 15 inch so limited to RE 004 or PS3 , is similar performance?

Very diff style of UHP. Not sure if ps3 has solved the chipping issues. Ps3 would do well on rainy weather 140kph no problem

Re004 still testing on rain and wet condition

Nope, even PS4 still has that chipping issue.

Looking forward to your review bro!

Wanted to change my tyre to Continental MC6 because of the good review. Saw somewhere the tread wear is 320? but the shop said that tyre fast botak. He recommended Bridgestone Potenza RE004 instead. What us the tread wear for this? Could not find the info anywhere.

RE004 is at 220 TW only, surely will finish even faster! RE003 was same, TW 220 and finish off faster than those others at TW300-320. That shop is talking nonsense la, just trying to promote what he has. 😅

220

Thanks for the confirmation, guys

Went for the RE 004, feels very surefooted in dry and also in the wet , dont do high miles so not too worried about wear.Some say they are loud but havent noticed that at all.Impressed so far.

Great to know. It is hard for me to test wet now even though its raining daily in klang valley I didnt manage to run much of NKVE and highways when raining heavily. Altho i tried thru poodles and unlike re003 which doesnt give confidence this one is better.

Hi guys,

RE004 v AD08R
What are your thoughts?
In terms of grip in both dry & wet, tw, braking distance. Overall la, except noise.

My exhaust is louder than the tyres so that's not really important.

TIA!

Drove on wet pen-KL weekend. Raining all the way

Very grippy. No over or understeer. 120kph to 140 kph no issues. Alot of water splash high level if look at mirror to hindview tho.

Very satisfied. Now only thing left is its threadwear... Hopefully can last me 30k km +

This post has been edited by Jedi: Dec 22 2020, 08:10 AM

aquaplaning ok?

Excellent.

20k km later review again

Nice, looks lime at least now we have another good option besides PS3/4 for smaller sizes.