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Tires OEM Audi or RIKEN
Tires like the Riken Raptor are a soft tire and performance minded, but not full on track tire (300tw). They perform quite well, but at the same time, are dirt cheap.
Pros: perform quite well
Cons: not full on track
Vehicle:
Mazda
In my experience the best bang for your buck summer tire is the Riken Raptor. They're about $100 a pop and have great dry grip. Downside is that they're not amazing in very wet conditions.
Pros: great dry grip
Cons: not amazing in wet
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Riken Raptor ZR A/S RF. These tires were under $400 for a SET (about $86 per tire). 300tw. Aggressive tire pattern. And they are a solid performer for canyon carving. I drove them about 4000 miles over a week this past summer around MATG including some pretty aggressive backroad driving and they held up VERY well. Insanely well given the price.
Pros: solid performer, aggressive pattern
Cons: grip suffers a bit
Mileage: 4000 km
I'm at about 50k on a audi Q4 awd and outside of resetting the inspection light ever 10k miles, washer fluid monthly, and tires at 40k.
Pros: replaced tires
Vehicle:
Audi
Mileage: 40000 km
Drove the car in the snow storm over the weekend. Did not feel safe with the summer tires on. Also, front windshield wipers froze. Had to pull over twice to scrape the ice off the front windshield. Otherwise a nice SUV. Comfortable and very powerful. Time will tell about the reliability. Cheers
Pros: comfortable, powerful
Cons: unsafe in snow, wipers froze
Vehicle:
Audi
Aside from eating tires and brakes like they’re crabby patties, we’ve had zero issues on the car. Tires seem to go every 25 - 30K miles and we seem to be changing front brakes every 25K and rears at every 30K.
Pros: zero issues on car
Cons: eating tires and brakes
Vehicle:
Audi SQ7
Mileage: 42000 km
Eu am Riken Snow pe mașina de la lucru, pe uscat zici că e pe șine, nu zice pâs dar pe ud am niște emoții de nu-i adevărat ???? nu doar odată era să fac piruete cu ea la viteze de nimic și stai că astea-s bune că am avut pe masina de la lucru inainte un set blanao de viatti brina, dădeam scârb 1-2-3 pe ud cu 1.4 aspirat, babaiatule...
Pros: pe uscat zici ca e pe sine
Cons: emotii pe ud
Vehicle:
Suzuki Vitara
That is 25% of your contact with the road, and from the look of the breaks, a sporty car so a lot of power going down on that wheel. I would change immediately
Cons: change immediately
Vehicle:
Audi A5
Mot fail. Change it
Cons: MOT fail
Vehicle:
Audi A6
Had one almost identical and changed it immediately, not worth the risk and unlikely to pass MOT.
Cons: not worth the risk
Vehicle:
Audi S7
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Which tires to choose — OEM Audi or RIKEN?
If choosing tires across many manufacturers, check the part ranking. If your choice is down to two brands, the PartReview part comparisons help.
We compare tires across these categories:
- PR Score.
- Overall ranking.
- Vote balance.
- Average rating.
- Number of reviews.
- Feature ratings.
- Car owners’ choice.
Which tires are better — RIKEN or OEM Audi?
In March 2026 on PartReview, tires RIKEN were overall better than OEM Audi.
- OEM Audi received a PR Score of 50 out of 100, and RIKEN scored 71 point.
- OEM Audi ranked 59 in the overall ranking, and RIKEN ranked 55.
- The average rating is higher for RIKEN (3.6) than for OEM Audi (3).
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Tires RIKEN have better feature ratings than OEM Audi:
- Ride comfort - owners believe, that this property for RIKEN is better than OEM Audi.
- Grip - drivers claim, that this property for RIKEN is outperforms OEM Audi.
- Noise - reviews suggest, that this property for RIKEN is preferred to OEM Audi.
Which tires are more popular — OEM Audi or RIKEN?
In March 2026 on PartReview, tires RIKEN were overall more popular than OEM Audi.
By vote balance, tires RIKEN surpassed OEM Audi:
- For OEM Audi, the ratio of positive (21) to negative (21) votes is 0 votes.
- For RIKEN, the ratio of positive (35) to negative (14) votes is 21 vote.
By number of reviews, tires RIKEN surpassed OEM Audi:
- For tires OEM Audi there are 13 reviews: 5 positive, 3 neutral, 5 negative.
- For tires RIKEN there are 15 reviews: 9 positive, 4 neutral, 2 negative.
Which tires do car owners prefer — OEM Audi or RIKEN?
In March 2026, according to PartReview, tires OEM Audi and RIKEN have not taken top places in car-specific ratings. You can help by adding your review about these manufacturers.
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