Originally Posted by Hairydalek
HI,
I am seeing two names of tyres kicking around here. One is Goodyear, and the other is Toyo. I will be honest and admit that I have not heard of the latter until recently, but they do seem to be mentioned here a lot, and their prices seem to be around the Goodyear mark.
So, before I book up some new fronts for mine, what’s good about Toyo tyres? I’m not looking on spending bank-busting amounts on tyres - my benchmark is Goodyear F1s, and Toyo have tyres that fall in that price bracket. Just keen to know if there is some magic spark in Toyo that I should know about.
I feel that whatever goes on the front will end up on the back as well, so I’m making a long term decision for all 4 wheels. What are the panel’s thoughts?
Hi,
Put the Egle F1's on the rear of our roadster and they are great but!!
If you look at the profile the tyres although they are 255's, when they are inlated they appear to slope outwards from the tread to the rim (narrow tread?). If I had the chance to choose my tyres again I would go for 275's on the back so they would sit square from the rim and put more rubber onto the road, having said this the tyres grip very well in all conditions so no issues with the tyre performance.
Can't comment on the front tyres yet, just hoping that these wear out soon so I can replace them with F1's.
Had Toyo Proxy's on our BMW Mini but these allowed the car to pitch when the car became loaded going into a corner, a little scary.
Alan.
Ps, Anyone else seen this with the F1's?