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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
I have a MK6 and it handles great on snow with winter tires.
Pros: handles great on snow
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Jetta
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
second winter with my mk8 as well over on the east coast. the frequent issue I run into is my front assist being unavailable from snow / ice. Otherwise I find it very smooth in the winter, I almost prefer winter driving as opposed to spring-fall. my car drives better on my 17" winters than my 19" oem wheels.
Pros: very smooth in winter
Cons: front assist unavailable
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Alles top, solang die richtige Karkasse nicht in Vorschein kommt ist das in Ordnung.
Pros: Alles top
Cons: Karkasse nicht Vorschein
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Phaeton
I had a front wheel drive VW Golf GTI with an ECU tune. My front tires lasted about 25k km.
Cons: tires lasted 25k km
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Mileage: 25000 km
ist noch ok, aber bitte beobachten ob der in n\u00e4chster Zeit eine Beule wirft\ud83d\ude05
Pros: ist noch ok
Cons: Beule wirft
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Lupo
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
Two things:
1. That is a straight MOT failure because it's dangerous.
2. Your choice is to replace the tyre today, or the wheel **and** the tyre tomorrow.
Cons: straight MOT failure
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
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Which tires to choose — RIKEN or OEM Volkswagen?
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 — OEM Volkswagen or RIKEN?
In March 2026 on PartReview, tires OEM Volkswagen were overall better than RIKEN.
- RIKEN received a PR Score of 71 out of 100, and OEM Volkswagen scored 76 points.
- RIKEN ranked 55 in the overall ranking, and OEM Volkswagen ranked 37.
- The average rating is higher for OEM Volkswagen (3.8) than for RIKEN (3.6).
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Tires OEM Volkswagen have better feature ratings than RIKEN:
- Ride comfort - owners believe, that this property for RIKEN is better than OEM Volkswagen.
- Noise - drivers claim, that this property for RIKEN is outperforms OEM Volkswagen.
- Grip - reviews suggest, that by this property RIKEN does not differ from OEM Volkswagen.
Which tires are more popular — RIKEN or OEM Volkswagen?
In March 2026 on PartReview, tires OEM Volkswagen were overall more popular than RIKEN.
By vote balance, tires OEM Volkswagen surpassed RIKEN:
- For RIKEN, the ratio of positive (35) to negative (14) votes is 21 vote.
- For OEM Volkswagen, the ratio of positive (70) to negative (22) votes is 48 votes.
By number of reviews, tires OEM Volkswagen surpassed RIKEN:
- For tires RIKEN there are 15 reviews: 9 positive, 4 neutral, 2 negative.
- For tires OEM Volkswagen there are 28 reviews: 18 positive, 8 neutral, 2 negative.
Which tires do car owners prefer — RIKEN or OEM Volkswagen?
In March 2026, according to PartReview, tires RIKEN and OEM Volkswagen have not taken top places in car-specific ratings. You can help by adding your review about these manufacturers.
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