sorry tyre question Toyo Proxes T1-R

Rich1988 · 12 Nov 2009 at 11:55

Sorry for making another tyre thread but Just want to get the general opinion on these, they seem the best for the money but I dont really have any experience with them, anyone used them or know much about them?

Janesy B · 12 Nov 2009 at 11:56

Soft side walls and high wear rate seem to be common complaints.

Rich1988 · 12 Nov 2009 at 12:02

Wear rate isnt an issue really I do maybe 3k a year as its a second car, soft sidewalls might be an annoyance though

Clarkey · 12 Nov 2009 at 12:09

Major sidewall deflection issues..

What size are you going for?

Defcon5 · 12 Nov 2009 at 12:20

Do the smaller sizes suffer less from the sidewall issue, with them being smaller? I would have them either in 195/45/15 or 205/45/15

Duke · 12 Nov 2009 at 12:25

I've got them in 195/45/15 size and they seem fine. Certainly more stable than the linglongs on there before, but thats not hard really. Seem ok.

edit: actually think they are 195/50

Rich1988 · 12 Nov 2009 at 12:29

I would be getting 205 55 r 15

bledd · 12 Nov 2009 at 12:31

I had 195/50/15 on my Integra and tbh, I found them fine, didn't have crazy wear, and never wobbled on fast corners. People with 195/55/15 say it's a different story.

Same goes for the KU31's I replaced them with, the 50's are a good balance and 55's are a bit soft in the sidewall.

This is what I've read on forums, I've not tested both sizes.

The T1R's had fantastic wet grip

Sin_Chase · 12 Nov 2009 at 12:31

General consensus is the wear rate is not as good as other tyres, and they will perform better after they have been worn in. Some people compensate for the softer sidewalls by going a few PSI over normal.

sigma · 12 Nov 2009 at 12:32

If it's just for road use then they should be fine on most cars (although some people report them to be poor?) i've never had an issue with them on a number of cars.

I've heard they're not brilliant for track use though.

Sin_Chase · 12 Nov 2009 at 12:34

People say different things, but mine wore very very fast. Sub 6,000 miles.

Rich1988 · 12 Nov 2009 at 12:40

Right ill go for 205/50/r15s then, being a 50 it will make it under read slightly ?

bledd · 12 Nov 2009 at 12:45

double post

bledd · 12 Nov 2009 at 12:45

Yeah

according to this around 3.5% out in diameter

http://www.tyresave.co.uk/tyresize.html

ci_newman · 12 Nov 2009 at 12:49

Sin_Chase said:
People say different things, but mine wore very very fast. Sub 6,000 miles.

You don't mention what car.. I did 6k miles on the rear of my MR2 turbo - that's consider high mileage for an MR2!

Hilly · 12 Nov 2009 at 12:49

Worst tyre I've ever used. Just didn't inspire any confidence in the car what so ever. I had so much understeer with the tyres it was untrue.

Rich1988 · 12 Nov 2009 at 12:49

Well the car under reads anyway (as most do) so I wouldnt have thought it would put it out more than a few mph? bringing it closer to true speed

Sin_Chase · 12 Nov 2009 at 12:49

ci_newman said:
You don't mention what car.. I did 6k miles on the rear of my MR2 turbo - that's consider high mileage for an MR2!

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Gaverick · 12 Nov 2009 at 12:57

Got these in 195/50. had them around 6k miles now and wear rate looks to be fine, haven't noticeably lost any tread depth and I drive them quite hard. Dry grip is very good and wet grip even better. I haven't noticed any side wall issues in this size.

jamoor · 12 Nov 2009 at 13:23

Good not great IMO.