Falkens or Toyo's!?
Falkens or Toyo's!?
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Sparey

Original Poster:

119 posts

245 months

Monday 11th April 2011
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Mainly dry weather driving! Thanks.

scotty_d

6,795 posts

223 months

Monday 11th April 2011
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Goodyears hehe

Sorry getmecoat

gruffalo

8,150 posts

255 months

Monday 11th April 2011
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Toyo T1Sport are the latest and getting very good press on here.

I use the T1R at the moment and have absolutely no complaints.

Sparey

Original Poster:

119 posts

245 months

Monday 11th April 2011
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Thanks for that! Best place to get them supply only to a garage please!? Thank you!

RUSSELLM

6,002 posts

276 months

Monday 11th April 2011
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I had those Toyos with the fancy tread patterns on the front, and the car used to tram line terribly...dangerously so.

Swapped them for Continentals with an old school pattern & it was like driving a completely different car.


bobbins

1,413 posts

236 months

Monday 11th April 2011
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Won't go wrong with Toyos - they'e been spot-on whatever car I've had them on.

Tried Camskill?

grahamn

1,777 posts

263 months

Monday 11th April 2011
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I use falkens on mine and have no problems with them. I wouldn't use them on track, but for normal/spirited road driving they are fine.

itiejim

1,822 posts

234 months

Monday 11th April 2011
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My experience with Fakens is that they are OK when new but go off very quickly leaving precious little grip even though there is plenty of tread left. I currently have Toyos which I am happy with.

Marto303

162 posts

192 months

Monday 11th April 2011
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grahamn said:
I use falkens on mine and have no problems with them. I wouldn't use them on track, but for normal/spirited road driving they are fine.
Are they the 452's graham ?

anonymous-user

83 months

Tuesday 12th April 2011
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Just one word of warning re the Falken 452's

Had them all round on my pokey 3 series a couple of years back, as previously mentioned the rubber does harden pretty quickly in colder weather. More importantly like a lot of TVR's my Bimma stood around in the garage a lot as I don't drive often living in London.....both fronts (225 35 R18's) developed circumferential cracking to the inside tyre wall, ie where u cant see it.....was told this was a pretty nasty fault with the tyre by local Bimma garage and to change asap. I only pootle round urban roads in the main, so not "spirited" by any means....just maybe worth you guys with 452's checking....

S

grahamn

1,777 posts

263 months

Tuesday 12th April 2011
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Marto303 said:
grahamn said:
I use falkens on mine and have no problems with them. I wouldn't use them on track, but for normal/spirited road driving they are fine.
Are they the 452's graham ?


They are 452's. On my second set, no problems with inner wall cracking or losing grip. I know quite a few Tivers use 452's and most seem to like them. As I said not as good as Toyo's, but for normal road driving they are alright. And at about £25 a corner cheaper.

warpig

336 posts

234 months

Tuesday 12th April 2011
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had 452's on mine for nearly 6000 miles of hard driving.
pretty much had it now, good alround tyre and will be putting same on again

HarryW

16,028 posts

298 months

Tuesday 12th April 2011
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+3
use 452's for fast road use no problems with them.

Marto303

162 posts

192 months

Tuesday 12th April 2011
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grahamn said:
They are 452's. On my second set, no problems with inner wall cracking or losing grip. I know quite a few Tivers use 452's and most seem to like them. As I said not as good as Toyo's, but for normal road driving they are alright. And at about £25 a corner cheaper.
Thats good to hear as I've just bought a set for my cerb, hav'nt used them yet though, I'm still waitting for my caliper to come back from the engineering shop but should be back on the road for the weekend, i'll give a better opinion then.

Martin

spongy

2,236 posts

190 months

Tuesday 12th April 2011
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Tell ya what they are very well priced,am i right in saying fronts about 75 quid,and the backs 100 quid or am i looking at the wrong ones,400 squid seems very good for a full set,any idea on fitting cost's from say the likes of protyre etc

10mpg

56 posts

247 months

Tuesday 12th April 2011
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Toyo Proxes T1R's on mine 17" flavour cant fault 'em (well they don't leave very good no 11's) if I had to be negative!

jenpot

472 posts

216 months

Wednesday 13th April 2011
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Got Falkens on the MINI, they're good but don't feel as responsive as the previous Goodyears. I'll see how they fare before deciding the replacement. I felt they'd be better than Toyo's in the wet, based on the reviews online, although this doesn't affect you as much.