Scooby Roo

Gotta get meself some new boots all round. What's your verdict Toyo Proxy T1-R or Eagle F1's I hear that the T1-S's have softer sidewals and are a nightmare and twitchy on moist roads.

Your verdict

Roo

corradoboy

Why not buck the trend and try the excellent Vredestein Ultrac

Scooby Roo

Never heard of them any good.

Was also looking at Stunner Scudos as well. Mate has them on his caterham I was mighty impressed wth the grip on a track day at Brands, though they did go of after about 20 laps of hard driving

Roo

James Neill

iTrader: (1)

Getting the Toyo Proxy T1-Ss fitted next Saturday - £350 for 214/40x17 in each corner from Black Circles. They're the same as I have now and I like them a lot so am not going to risk anything else.

corradoboy

My mate had them on his STi (now sold ) after previously having Toyo's and Pirelli P-Zero Nero's, and he says they wiped the floor with both of them in every way. Dry grip, wet grip, wear characteristics. £320 for a full set of 18's I have the cheaper Sportrac on my WRX, but will definately move up to the Ultrac next time.

Scooby Roo

P ZERO's got 0 out of 10 from me in wet. They were the first and came with the car.....got changed within a week.

Will look into these.
Cheers

James like I say the R has a better write up than the S as they have a reinforced sidewall.

Jonty

I've been doing some homework lately given that I'll be needing some new boots soon. I've decided on the Toyo T1-R, although it will be an exercise as I've never had to buy a set of tyres for my Impreza.

I made my decision based on comments here on SN, other boards, and my own experiences.

I've used Eagle F1 rubber on my MR2 Turbo which although is excellent for grip, quite possibly a bit too soft and will wear a tad too quickly for my liking. Another choice was the Avon ZZ3 but I think wet weather is their Achilles heel - my wife has them on her MY01 WRX.

For reference, Black Circles has some interesting info on brands of tyres... and here's a link to the Toyo section;

http://www.blackcircles.com/tyres/toyo

It's all a bit of trial and error though to be honest.

Jonts.

DaveWoo

Read Auto Express's 2005 tyre test
The Vredstein ones came top of the shop - I will certainly check them out when I have to change!