Help....new shoes gentlemen

[Malex350]

Evening all

Time has come to replace the tyres on my t350c.

Currently have Eagle f1 fitted all round in standard sizes.

Should I fit Toyo r1r......more F1 or Ad08 or...... Oh god help.

Fronts are 225/35
Rears are 235/40

Should I stick to these sizes or 225/40?

Over to you gents


M

Edited by Malex350 on Thursday 31st October 20:38

[Malex350]

Evening all

Time has come to replace the tyres on my t350c.

Currently have Eagle f1 fitted all round in standard sizes.

Should I fit Toyo r1r......more F1 or Ad08 or...... Oh god help.

Fronts are 225/35
Rears are 235/40

Should I stick to these sizes or 225/40?

Over to you gents


M

Edited by Malex350 on Thursday 31st October 20:41

[anonymous-user]

I have just put Falkens on the back of my Tuscan. After 200 miles they are much better than the Goodyears I took off. They were terrible for about 30 miles now really good

[Malex350]

Thanks for the quick reply.

Can I ask what Falkens you fitted?

M

[anonymous-user]

255/35R18 94Y FALKEN FK453

[Malex350]

Does anyone have Toyo R1R ?

The day is coming ever closer before I end up in a hedge backwards!

M

[donski58]

I have Toyos on my T 350 C, they are very good and fairly priced.

Don

[Malex350]

Can I ask Don.....

What sizes did you end up with.

Standard at the front is 225/35 and toyo is 225/40.

Mine have that stretched look but what will the 40 look like?

Do you have any pics?

Ps last thing ..... Do you have the R1R

Mark

[bionicjim]

Ho mark
Iv got a CERB so there may be a difrance
I had r1 all round and was really happy with them
I manged to rip one on the rear
I could not get r1s so had 2 T sports
And they are no way as good as the r1
Makes the car very twitchy under excel resting
God I hat this phone

[donski58]

Hi Mark
I have 225/35/18 front and 235/40/18 rear, I have been very happy with them. I will have a look for some pics but I can take some when I get my car back from Devon this weekend.

Don

[donski58]

Sorry forgot to add mine has the Toyo T1R, they have been on there for approx 20 months now.

Don

[QBee]

I know someone who has been running R1Rs on a 330 bhp Chimaera. Swears by them and never has to take a second set of tyres to a track day. I drove his car on the track in the pouring rain and the stopping power was excellent. Grip good too. Close to R888 standard in the dry, and good grip levels in the wet.

[Zippee]

I'm in the process of having R1Rs fitted to my T350 F-225/45/18 and R 255/35
PHer Darkmark07 (Mark Wheeler) runs them on his 350 and has a lot of praise for them, as does our mutual mechanic Mat Smith.
There a a couple of rubbing issues on some cars (Marks suffers) but others have no problems - mainly only when travelling at speed over bumpy roads.
Personally I can't wait to try them and see just how much extra grip they do generate.
They are expensive but I only do 5k a year so replacing every 2 years isn't going to break the bank.

[LeeT350c]

Hi

I have run R1R's on my T350 for over three years now.

255/35 on the rear and 225/40 on the front. These offer amazing grip and have had some hammer but have still lasted three years and around 12k with 3mm left on the rears.

Rear inside and front offside do catch sometimes with a passenger in under load round corners but on my own I have no issues.

I will be fitting them again.

Cheers

Lee

[QBee]

Zippee said:

I'm in the process of having R1Rs fitted to my T350 F-225/45/18 and R 255/35
PHer Darkmark07 (Mark Wheeler) runs them on his 350 and has a lot of praise for them, as does our mutual mechanic Mat Smith.
There a a couple of rubbing issues on some cars (Marks suffers) but others have no problems - mainly only when travelling at speed over bumpy roads.
Personally I can't wait to try them and see just how much extra grip they do generate.
They are expensive but I only do 5k a year so replacing every 2 years isn't going to break the bank.

Think it might be every three years to replace them - I seem to remember Phazed saying his lasted 15k miles plus, and as said before, he tracks his car.
Am seriously considering them myself for when my R888s finally expire in about two track days time. I will use them for road, dry track and wet track use. The only warnings i got were that they are similar in compound to a wet race tyre, so can tend to overheat slightly on hot days of prolonged track driving, and while they are good for dry grip, they are not 888s even though they are a similar compound. Oh, and don't spend a long time on them on the rolling road trying to sort out your mapping issues as they could overheat.

But you won't encounter any of these issues on the road.

[Malex350]

Thanks for all the info so far gents.

Some of you are running 255/35 on the rear.....can I ask what is the thinking behind this as 235 is standard.

I know the R1R only come in 245 rear and upwards.

Come on gents lets get some crappy phone pics of how they look.

Mark

[Malex350]

Right Monday is the day to order my tyres so hope I'm doing the right thing.

I'm going to order Toyo R1R 225/40 front and 235/40 rear.

If anyone has anything useful to throw in before Monday morning please feel free.

Mark

[donski58]

Malex350 said:

Right Monday is the day to order my tyres so hope I'm doing the right thing.

I'm going to order Toyo R1R 225/40 front and 235/40 rear.

If anyone has anything useful to throw in before Monday morning please feel free.

Mark

Hi Mark did you manage to get a good deal on the new tyres?
At least you should not suffer from catching the inner wings by sticking to the 235/40 on the rear!

Don

[Zippee]

donski58 said:

Malex350 said:

Right Monday is the day to order my tyres so hope I'm doing the right thing.

I'm going to order Toyo R1R 225/40 front and 235/40 rear.

If anyone has anything useful to throw in before Monday morning please feel free.

Mark

Hi Mark did you manage to get a good deal on the new tyres?
At least you should not suffer from catching the inner wings by sticking to the 235/40 on the rear!

Don

R1Rs as far as I'm aware only come in 255/35 or 245/40

[Malex350]

OOPPPSSS .....late night

Well spotted young man.

I meant 245/40 rear.

hope these fit now with no geo or camber change.

m