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badboyburt
Original Poster
1,048 posts
46 months
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Been offered some brand new Toyo Proxes T1-R 275/35 R19 100 Y ZR, anyone have any experience of these, ive always kept to the RE050A's in the last 3 yrs.
Any info appreciated.
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bimbleuk
47 posts
94 months
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I've used them on several cars with no complaints. They are known ot have softer side walls than some but you get god feel as a result.
Very similar to Kumho KU31/39 in price and performance. Not quite a premium tyre but the price usually reflects.
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phillg
249 posts
78 months
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Have them on other cars,very happy with them.
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Sarge 4x4
1,496 posts
74 months
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IMHO these are not stiff enough in the sidewall for a heavy powerful VXR8........ 
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MyM8V8
6,796 posts
64 months
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They are a soft compound and apparently do grip well.
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motomk
1,237 posts
113 months
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I have Toyo Proxes T1 Sports on my ute, very happy with them so far.
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Throwyourbike
254 posts
20 months
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I bought my Ro a few weeks ago and the previous owner had 4 of these fitted.
The only negative thing I would say is that they seem quite noisey. Bear in mind though I have nothing to compare them to.
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hsv keith
122 posts
19 months
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I used these on my astra turbo for about 3 years and had no problems with them although not to good in the snow but we don't get much of that
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MattyB_
1,126 posts
126 months
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Had them on my 147GTA. Horrid, massive tyre flex and couldn't wait to be rid of them - PS3's which replaced were a revelation in comparison.
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badboyburt
Original Poster
1,048 posts
46 months
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Sarge 4x4 said: IMHO these are not stiff enough in the sidewall for a heavy powerful VXR8........ What would you advise ? The loading is 100Y but the RE050As are 96Y so wouldnt this be a stiffer sidewall ?
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Sarge 4x4
1,496 posts
74 months
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I went through this question when I was thinking abouit finding a better wet weather tyre for my old "S" which was running quite high BHP, talked at length to all the tyre reps and none gave me the confindence that their tyre would do the job.
What you have to take on board is the weight of the car and the fact they all are tail happy, especilly with lots of power so accidently coming in contact with hard obsticals can happen so a good stiff sidewall is important, softer sidwalls will fail sooner on impact.
I will stick with Bridgestone as thay do work well except you must warm them up a little especially in cold and damp conditions as I found out on new years morning.
The Michelin Super Sport are great and are renound for great grip, just not very stiff (think) in the sidewall, as the Bridgestones wear down I will start looking for a replacement, mind you I seem to sell my cars before I wear the tyres out.
Tyres are the only thing between you and the road and when you compare tyre prices to fuel.......tyres are still the cheapest vs. fuel.
We sell quite a few Falken for powerfull heavy cars and are quite cheap.
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moif
831 posts
29 months
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Sarge 4x4 said:
We sell quite a few Falken for powerfull heavy cars and are quite cheap. I'm running Falken's on my vxr8,452 on the backs and just put new 453 on fronts,excellent tyres imho
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badboyburt
Original Poster
1,048 posts
46 months
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Thanks Sarge, Im finding it hard not to buy the bridgestones if im honest,
Moif, where did you buy your Falkens from if you dont mind me asking ?
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moif
831 posts
29 months
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badboyburt said: Thanks Sarge, Im finding it hard not to buy the bridgestones if im honest,
Moif, where did you buy your Falkens from if you dont mind me asking ? Bri,bought the 452's locally done about 5000 click's on them,got the 453's from mytyres just before le mans
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badboyburt
Original Poster
1,048 posts
46 months
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moif said: badboyburt said: Thanks Sarge, Im finding it hard not to buy the bridgestones if im honest,
Moif, where did you buy your Falkens from if you dont mind me asking ? Bri,bought the 452's locally done about 5000 click's on them,got the 453's from mytyres just before le mans Cheers, ive just looked them up, seem to be a decent tyre, and good prices aswell.
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BEE1VXR
213 posts
18 months
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Had these on my civic typeR...excellent tyres but as said before very soft...great grip...rubbish mileage...
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stevieturbo
8,355 posts
116 months
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MyM8V8 said: They are a soft compound and apparently do grip well. T1R is a bog standard road tyre. TR1R is a soft compound tyre, basically the new 888, and they do work well. A friend is running them on his Subaru and is doing some sprints and hillclimbs with them
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mik_ok
659 posts
110 months
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You are thinking of the R1R Stevie.
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stevieturbo
8,355 posts
116 months
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mik_ok said: You are thinking of the R1R Stevie. I said R1R, I just stuck a T in front of it....for Toyo lol
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adevxr
152 posts
24 months
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Im running 452's on the rears on the vxr8 and have to say they are better than the Goodyear F1's I ran before ... very planted and plenty of grip ... and when the back does go its very predictable and easy to control
Ade
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