Tyre Opinions

[johno1404]

Unfortunatly im gonna need some new rubber. All four tyres this time

Seen a set of Toyo Proxes T1-R V tyres on ebay for £180 (NEW) which seems pretty cheep to me as i used to be a tyre fitter back in the day.

Was just wondering if anyones had experience with these or which other brands you could recommend.

Cheers

 

[stevegti6]

Unfortunatly im gonna need some new rubber. All four tyres this time

Seen a set of Toyo Proxes T1-R V tyres on ebay for £180 (NEW) which seems pretty cheep to me as i used to be a tyre fitter back in the day.

Was just wondering if anyones had experience with these or which other brands you could recommend.

Cheers

i still work in the tyre trade i recomend yokohamma parrada thery are muts nuts

 

[PAUL HEV]

ive just got 4 new yokohama parada's they seem very good even in the wet

i used to have avon zz3's they were ok.

 

[stevegti6]

ive just got 4 new yokohama parada's they seem very good even in the wet

i used to have avon zz3's they were ok.

good choice mate yokos paradas are ace

 

[pdcupra]

prada's are good. Seem very soft though, my front one's have managed to last me 3 months! i found them to be better than the toyo's i had on there

 

[stevegti6]

prada's are good. Seem very soft though, my front one's have managed to last me 3 months! i found them to be better than the toyo's i had on there

they are soft but i dont think you can do better for the money but thats just my view

 

[pdcupra]

yeh, depends what you want - if you want performance then something like prada's but dont expect them to last for too long, but if you want general tyres that they will last longer dont expect them to be as grippy, its one of those things.

 

[stevegti6]

yes mate

 

[blackie]

Michelin exalto p2's are a great tyre also, had the on the last couple of cars i have had, hard wearing and very grippy, like the look of the tread on the parada's tho!!

 

[PAUL HEV]

my parradas were 252 for 4 fitted etc which i thought was very reasonable
205 40 17's

 

[johno1404]

i still work in the tyre trade i recomend yokohamma parrada thery are muts nuts

They were the first set of tyres i put on the fronts and i found them very grippy but as you are all saying they dont last long at all. About 4 months for me

I have Continental Contact Sports at the minute which **** that bad. Ive just heard that toyo's are pretty good.

Cheers for the advice lads

 

[Forbez]

Try this place mate, very good prices:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk:80/ws/eBayISAP...B:EOIBSA:UK:11

Possibly the same place that your looking at.

 

[PhilW]

My tyre of choice apart from linlongs i got on at the moment are Goodyear GSD3's. Lasted the longest as well.

 

[carlisle pete]

used top work in tyre trade myself. im running yoko s-drives 195/40/17 went for them so they would be a little bit more strched so i could lower it that bit more. and hell do they grip. i know il be sticking with yoko's. even if i go upto 205/40/17 and go for parada's.. eagle F1's (gsd3's) r a really good all round tyre but as ** got company car the cupra doesnt get used all to often so can afford to use some sticky rubber and not worry about miles etc..

 

[johno1404]

Try this place mate, very good prices:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk:80/ws/eBayISAP...B:EOIBSA:UK:11

Possibly the same place that your looking at.

Link dont seem to work forbez???

Is at an ebay shop?

 

[richieroo]

i got the toyos on mine, fitted 2 weeks ago £250 set of 4, and as a compromise between wear and grip i think ther good all round, if mabe a lil dicey in the wet, lol

 

[TommyCupra]

My tyre of choice apart from linlongs i got on at the moment are Goodyear GSD3's. Lasted the longest as well.

the Goodyears are really good, had them alround on my GTI6 and they stuck to the road like s**t to bed sheets

 

[Kevgrady]

Dont rush into things yet guy's perelli have just released a new P-Zero tyre (they have been testing them out at mercedes in the AMG cars and aparently they are going to be the tyre) after speaking with a few people they should be on the shelf's in the next week or so!

 

[JKing]

I'm on Toyo Proxy T1-R now, just had 4 fitted. I had the T1-S last time which the R has superseeded and so far I'm very impressed. They are very hard wearing and offer good grip wet and dry.

 

[acidstrato]

Unfortunatly im gonna need some new rubber. All four tyres this time

Seen a set of Toyo Proxes T1-R V tyres on ebay for £180 (NEW) which seems pretty cheep to me as i used to be a tyre fitter back in the day.

Was just wondering if anyones had experience with these or which other brands you could recommend.

Cheers

you can get T1-Rs in 195/45/16 for 45quid each from mytyres.co.uk

had them previously, lasted 12 months in total (rotated after 6), roughly 9k miles including 3x 1/4 mile sessions, changed to T1-Ss in same size back in Feb, £240 fitted from blackcircles.co.uk using their approved fitter cos it was 5mins away. they were 50quid each unfitted i think

prefer T1-S over T1-R but only just. feel alot more grip when pushing the car however I think they will wear slightly quicker.