Sheridan

I have had Toyo T1s' fitted to my car for about 6 months (4k miles, been sunny I've been on the bikes) and having almost lost it again today with the back coming round on a left hander in the wet wasn't going that fast had a Saab 900 in front and boyracer in a GTE behind neither of them had any problems, I am not that impressed, the std Bridgestones I had on the 15" wheels were better and they won't get near the Dragos on my wife Ford for grip and feel. Has anybody else tried them and not been impressed or is it something I am doing ? I am running std pressures but have changed to 16" wheels, the geometry was checked when I fitted the wheels..... Do I need to drive more aggressivly or what ?
TIA
Sheridan

Moz

I`m not that struck on them either.

cskip

When I first got the T1's I thought they were really poor! They caused the scooby to be unstable in corners. I also had number of incidents where the back-end developed a mind of it's own! Scarey stuff when you are not expecting it.

I tried all sorts of tyre pressures. The worst had to be the standard pressures.

After advice, I have been running on 33 Front and 31 Back for three weeks. And now I am beginning to get some of my confidence back.

Overall, they are not anywhere as good as they P-Zero supplied with the car!

Maybe Dick Grimes should use them on the skid pan??????

Sheridan

Guess I'd better start playing with pressures then, once the wife brings it back, her car broke today so she has taken mine SCARY.

Milky

I've not had any problems with the proxies, although I have noticed that tyre pressures make quite a bit of difference. Then again that might just be the Scooby, not the tyres.

I've been running 34/32 (F/R) for months and found the rear end a bit jittery. Decided to try a few and found 34/29 to be better. Took the car for a fast run and got no jitters at all from the back.

The proxies do take a lot of breaking in.

Darren.

MorayMackenzie

I am running T1S Proxes on my car. I have tried about 6 different types of tyre on imprezas before, rangeing from the dangerously awful Continental ContiSport Contact (*DANGEROUS*) to P-Zeros and T1Ss...

The T1S is the best tyre I've used on scoobies... it isn't the best tyre in the dry, but it's right up there with the best, and it's fantastic in the wet. I haven't found another tyre that gives the level of grip _and_ the safe progressive breakaway of the T1S... and, at £85 a corner all in, the price is a bonus.

I run standard pressures with no problems... on 16" wheels. Running 17" wheels would require different pressures.

Moray

GavinP

I've got 17" wheels and Toyos - and I am very impressed. The dry grip is good but the wet grip just has to be experienced - it is like the whole world has slowed-down around you!

For the money, they can't be beaten in my humble opinion.

Thanks

Gavin

Swiss Steve

with standard 16" SUBARU wheels and tyres I upped my pressures to 35 psi Fr & Rr... anything less fealt unstable and too squirmy in corners..

(How about that for contrary opinion).

Mute point. I get my 17" 'P1' wheels & Bridgestone S-02 PP's tomorrow !!!

Ha Ha haaaaa

simo

i have had the ts on 17" for 5k now and am very impressed both in the wet & dry. I run at 36 psi and now that I have had eibach spring fitted (sat) the handling ist impressions is even better.

compared to oe bridgestones much better and at £100 per corner i dont think the extra £40 for so2's IMO is worth paying

simon

Dave Coulshaw

Having changed from Toyo's (fitted when I bought the car) to SO2s, both 17", the SO2s are in a different league, wet and dry. I paid £510 all in for 4.