Toyo T1-R's

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Are these being phased out/replaced by anything?

I know they are getting hard to find due to stock levels following the Tsunami, but they have actually started vanishing from some sites now, rather than just showing as out of stock!

Some people have said they are being replaced, but nobody has any ideas what with?
 
Hopefully they'll just get phased out and forgotten about. Less sidewall flex to be had by all:p
 
loltim said:
Hopefully they'll just get phased out and forgotten about. Less sidewall flex to be had by all:p
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But they are massively popular. Likely because they were uber cheap. Sidewall flex was terrible, but for the money there was nothing better (£35 for 195/50/15).
 
We stock Toyo, nothing on the grapevine about them being phased out.
The only ones we have difficulty in getting is the R888's
 
Skeeter said:
But they are massively popular. Likely because they were uber cheap. Sidewall flex was terrible, but for the money there was nothing better (£35 for 195/50/15).
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I found them to wear super fast and grip average wet and dry. Prefered Kumho KU31.

Eagle F1s were similar money and better.

PE2 are more, but are a lot better.
 
I've heard their is a new range of Toyo Sport coming, maybe they could be replacing them?

They are an OK tyre, but better for lighter cars as in sub 1200kg, there are much better other tyres.
 
Parada Spec 2's are about the same price in that size, iirc they are a similar performing tyre?
 
Gibbo said:
Great in the dry, awful in the wet. I'd rather V12's or PE2's :)
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Yeah I know there are loads of better tyres but they are £35 in 195/50 R15, same as Toyo T1-Rs were.

I've just got some Kuhmo KU31's for the VTS, hopefully better than the T1-Rs that were on it before.
 
I liked KU31 in that size, but they've been phased out for some reason, online stocks seem to be dying..
 
Never had any issues with the sidewalls with Proxy's.

Perhaps the people that do have really high profile tyres?

Mind you the highest I ever went with them was 40 profile.
 
Dr. Pain said:
Never had any issues with the sidewalls with Proxy's.

Perhaps the people that do have really high profile tyres?

Mind you the highest I ever went with them was 40 profile.
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Or heavy cars.

Fine on my s1 106 rallye, average on my Xsara VTS, awful on my MR2 T-bar.

All running similar 50/55 profile.
 
Dr. Pain said:
Never had any issues with the sidewalls with Proxy's.

Perhaps the people that do have really high profile tyres?

Mind you the highest I ever went with them was 40 profile.
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Depends on the car I guess. T1-R's were awful on my Civic but I suspect they'd be perfectly fine on my dads Mondeo for example, which isn't been thrown into corners:p
 
loltim said:
Depends on the car I guess. T1-R's were awful on my Civic but I suspect they'd be perfectly fine on my dads Mondeo for example, which isn't been thrown into corners:p
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Its the sidewalls, they are soft, you can try to dial it out a bit with higher pressures, but that can adversely effect handling.

Just better to buy the right tyres in the first place for the kind of driving and performance you want.
 
Gibbo said:
Its the sidewalls, they are soft, you can try to dial it out a bit with higher pressures, but that can adversely effect handling.

Just better to buy the right tyres in the first place for the kind of driving and performance you want.
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Yeah I know, I've tested them before (see post 2:p) What I'm saying is you wouldn't notice sidewall issues on a non-performance car, in fact it'd probably be a nice ride.
 
The Hankook S1 Evos did very well in this years Auto Express tyre test.


Seem to be a touch hard to get though. A lot of my local indy tyre places didn't stock them at all and cam skill are out of stock at the moment in my size.
 
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