Toyo T1-R

-westy- · 1 Feb 2007 at 13:34

I'm getting a full set of tyres bought for me for my birthday.

a set of 4 are available for £125 delivered from mytyres.co.uk. Are these any good? They're for my 205 GTi in 195/50/R15 fitment

neil-ste · 1 Feb 2007 at 13:37

F1's are only another 3 or so quid a corner. You know it makes sense.

-westy- · 1 Feb 2007 at 13:41

Ooo, didn't realise that. Although I don't want a tyre thats very fast wearing, but I'm not massively bothered, as long as i'm not changing them every 6 months.

TripleT · 1 Feb 2007 at 13:41

I have them in 55's and find them great

Saying that though if they did a F1 GSD3 in 55 profile then I would have gone for them so if they're only a few quid more in 50's then I'd go for them.

(Actually I'm getting Bridgestone RE720's next but meh).

EDIT - TR-1's a quick wearing too so I wouldn't worry about that when comparing F1's.

neil-ste · 1 Feb 2007 at 13:42

They shouldn't wear terribly quickly on something as light as a 205 gti.

-westy- · 1 Feb 2007 at 13:42

neil-ste said:
They shouldn't wear terribly quickly on something as light as a 205 gti.

Cool, I'll give them a go then. First thing to sort is the rear beam though :/

neil-ste · 1 Feb 2007 at 13:43

TripleT said:
(Actually I'm getting Bridgestone RE720's next but meh).

I wouldn't. I've had Eagle F1's in the past and have recently put a set of RE720's on my car. They shouldn't be compared together the difference is that big

TripleT · 1 Feb 2007 at 13:51

Strange, it must just be down to the car's characteristics as everyone on the GTi6 forums swears blind that they're better

720
F1
TR-1

You can't really go wrong with any though, the advantages you're going to get marginal 99% of the time.

ci_newman · 1 Feb 2007 at 14:03

The T1R is rated as an excellent tyre on the mk2 MR2 BUT I imagine that is because they don't manufacture the Eagle F1s in the size need for the rears on the MR2..

My money would be with the F1s though

jamoor · 1 Feb 2007 at 14:36

I had them on the mondeo - excellent.
They squealed nicely too

TinkerBell · 1 Feb 2007 at 14:58

ci_newman said:
The T1R is rated as an excellent tyre on the mk2 MR2 BUT I imagine that is because they don't manufacture the Eagle F1s in the size need for the rears on the MR2..

My money would be with the F1s though

Change the stock alloys.

ci_newman · 1 Feb 2007 at 15:54

TinkerBell said:
Change the stock alloys.

That means more expense

Plus the stock alloys are widely regarded as being the best solution to maintaining proper handling characteristics for the car... It tramlines enough as it is!

N43SP33D · 1 Feb 2007 at 15:58

Ive had both eagle f1s and toyos and i think the toyos are the better ones, they last longer, grip and my car handling is great! even in wet

MrMoss · 2 Feb 2007 at 12:52

Only a couple of mm into a set of T1-R's and they're proving to be better than the F1's I had. Similar grip and better wear rate (so far).