Best choice of tyre

[gmogle]

Hi Guys,

I am replacing the Jap rubber I have on my car at the mo, the alloys are 235/45/17 front and 255/40/17 rear.

My 3 I like the look of is:

Toyo T01Rs
Eagle F1s
Bridgestone RE050

I want a good quality tyre that will be fine in wet or dry and on the track. Would rather pay for a good all rounder.

Toyos are the cheapest so are 1st choice, is this good or are the others better ?

[mpk490p]

toyo\'s are good but they wont last like the F1\'s although i have toyos on my FB but is a second car so it wont go trough them, they are nice and grippy (not used them in heavy rain yet)
i used to work for goodyear and had free f1\'s they were great in the wet and the dry as i say you choice there are plenty of reviews on websites
try http://www.blackcircles.com/tyres/goodyeartest
http://www.blackcircles.com/tyres/toyo


Mark

[alexb]

Mate, when I was looking before I got the R888\'s I had read in several places that the T01R\'s are not as good as their predecessors (T01S - had these on my Impreza and they were ace). Eagle F1\'s were getting much better feedback. Having said all this just seen your thread on bigpower so if you\'ve already bought the Toyos I\'m sure they\'ll be fine

[gmogle]

Nah mate, not yet. The toyos seemed the fave because they were cheapest.

Nobody seems to know much about the Bridgestones although the Scooby guys swear by them.

Think I will put some Eagle F1s on, where did you go to get yours mate ?

[gmogle]

Also just found that there are 2 types of Eagle F1, the usual GS D3 http://www.tyre-pictures.com/Goodyear/gsd3.jpg

But now they have some new ones Eagle F1 Assymetric
http://www.tyre-pictures.com/Goodyear/EAGLEF1Asymmetric.jpg

Better or worse ?

[Joeh]

I think the GS D3 are better than the Assymetric, but then again.. you should get a second opinion

[Joeh]

BTW I\'m now on the Proxies T1R.. but Eagle F1 is good for wet conditions.. which we always have.. but I didn\'t have enough money to buy them.. about an extra 100 /set I think

[shaunwil]

Im running kuhmo KU15\'s up front, fancy either them or V705\'s on the rear when they get swapped. Not as expensive as the other tyre and seem to be very nice !

Shaun

[RobMatthews]

i used to use the kumho\'s on my old cav which were ok,now running the toyo T1R on one fd3s and economicaly viable(cheep) nexen N3000 on my other one not sure about the grip on that one though as i\'ve not "driven it properly" yet!

[Bramble]

I have TOYO R888\'s on my Integra and Dunlop DO1J\'s on my FD. They are both nice tyres. Personally I dont often rate bridgestones but I did have a set of Goodyear F1\'s on one FD I had, very good. Toyos are good tyres, I think the company is trying hard to build a good repautation so I expect good quality tyres from them.

[gsb876]

I had Eagle F1\'s the Purple RX7 and they were superb, held the road very very well and limited wheel spin right down :Laugh

[alexb]

Nah mate, not yet. The toyos seemed the fave because they were cheapest.

Nobody seems to know much about the Bridgestones although the Scooby guys swear by them.

Think I will put some Eagle F1s on, where did you go to get yours mate ?

Got mine with the alloys fitted, I\'ve looked at mytyres.co.uk in the past, seem pretty good prices.

cheers,
Alex

[civicboy28]

Iv always found the avon zz3\'s very good tire, both wet and dry. very comunative. dont own a rx though so dont know how they fair on one

[chopper2k22]

Eagle F1\'s 235/45/17 £79.60 inc P&P

http://www.mytyres.co.uk/start.html

[chrno]

I have used RE050 on my last silvia, really good grip but I don\'t think they will have the same grip in the wet as the F1\'s. My mother also has RE050 on her new Audi TT. My next tyre uppgrade will be to RE55S or Advan a048. I think tyres are the most worthwhile investment when it comes to power, control and stoppingpower..