Discussion
My Griff currently has SO2 on front and SO3 on rear.
The rears are nearing the end of their life. I will possibly look to change over to TOYO'S.
BUT my big question is, is it OK to run TOYO'S at the rear and BRIDGESTONE at the front ?
Or indeed, any other makes where the front and rear are different?
The rears are nearing the end of their life. I will possibly look to change over to TOYO'S.
BUT my big question is, is it OK to run TOYO'S at the rear and BRIDGESTONE at the front ?
Or indeed, any other makes where the front and rear are different?
Well I've got SO3's on the front and Toyo Poxie's on the back and it's ok, it's not unsafe just a little tail happy due to the fact that the Toyo's appear to be made from a material related to Bakalite 
The car has bags of front end turn in grip and as long as your expecting it a quite controlable slidey rear which actually suits my driving style down to the ground
My only concern is when the SO3's are dead I don't want to put a Poxie on the front as the thought of understeer gives me sleepless nights.
A mate has just fitted Toyo 888's and they look like the way to go, they were even surprisingly good in cold damp conditions
The car has bags of front end turn in grip and as long as your expecting it a quite controlable slidey rear which actually suits my driving style down to the ground
My only concern is when the SO3's are dead I don't want to put a Poxie on the front as the thought of understeer gives me sleepless nights.
A mate has just fitted Toyo 888's and they look like the way to go, they were even surprisingly good in cold damp conditions
raceboy said:
My only concern is when the SO3's are dead I don't want to put a Poxie on the front as the thought of understeer gives me sleepless nights.
Understeer??? Think your suspension geometry may be out! I got T1-S "poxies" (
) on my Chim 500, and one thing it never does is understeer.... They have stacks of grip...both at the front, and at the rear end - as proven on my recent 90-minute session with Ride-Drive at Kemble Aerodrome.
I was getting understeer with my SO3's the last couple of days - which Ithought very odd indeed. A quick check of the tyre pressures proved my thinking right in that they were under inflated. A quick top up and no more understeer - normal business resumed 
>> Edited by .Mark on Tuesday 20th December 16:42
>> Edited by .Mark on Tuesday 20th December 16:42
I will say that the Poxies do give a slightly more controlable slide than the old Rear SO3's did, they had a habit of regaining grip mid drift, wheres as the Poxies allow the tail to be stepped out the whole way round the island....er did I say island I ment private circular test track 
And following a few trackdays the front Bridgestones were showing the healthy signs of working hard, where as the Toyos looked fresh as a daisy and were showing next to no signs of wear, so I'm guessing they are a much harder compound.
But anyway I'm up for trying some Toyo 888's next time, I rarely drive in dodgy conditions and they look a lot better suited to track work, and they look cool
And following a few trackdays the front Bridgestones were showing the healthy signs of working hard, where as the Toyos looked fresh as a daisy and were showing next to no signs of wear, so I'm guessing they are a much harder compound.
But anyway I'm up for trying some Toyo 888's next time, I rarely drive in dodgy conditions and they look a lot better suited to track work, and they look cool
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