Best Tyres for big power FWD cars?
23-09-2007, 04:48 PM
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Best Tyres for big power FWD cars?
Ive seen some toyo proxes t1,s for £39.00 each, are they good tyres? pete
23-09-2007, 04:51 PM
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What do you want to do with the car?
23-09-2007, 04:54 PM
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Mainly road mate, occasional track day its a 2.1zvh escort van im building
23-09-2007, 04:57 PM
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Its the T1S,S im looking at
23-09-2007, 04:57 PM
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toyo t1's are crap imo and even worse in the wet lol
a good budget tyre but thats all
23-09-2007, 04:58 PM
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I'd say the good old Toyo R888 then mate
They are like a soft/medium compound cut slick, aimed more at trackdays and fast road etc
23-09-2007, 05:00 PM
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I'd go with something a bit more sticky.. toyo also do t1-r's, yokohama parada's which are quite cheap or for something really sticky toyo R888's
23-09-2007, 05:02 PM
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R888 it will be then! best size for 6x15" wheels? 205,s? pete
23-09-2007, 05:07 PM
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Yoko Pradas imo! though if its more track focused and u can afford to replace often R888's A05R etc
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Don't forget though if your £39 was a 'budget' then you won't like the R888's at circa £320 for 4
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r 888's.........or other road legal slicks
23-09-2007, 08:14 PM
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Best site to get R888,S?
23-09-2007, 08:25 PM
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Best site to get R888,S?
R888s are deffo what you want.
Martin Hadland is deffo who you want to buy from.
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23-09-2007, 08:27 PM
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23-09-2007, 08:31 PM
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23-09-2007, 08:47 PM
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I'd go with the 888s for your usage as well - just as an aside though, there is a big tyre test in EVO mag this month - test car is a Mk5 Golf Gti - fwd , 200bhp ....perhaps pertinent to your enquiry esp for the road use aspect
23-09-2007, 08:48 PM
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toyo t1's are crap imo and even worse in the wet lol
a good budget tyre but thats all
i found the t1-r to be good in the dry but shit in the wet and have just went to dunlop sp9000's which seem much better wet or dry.
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What about Dunlop d02's i think they are...
Im thinking of these next anyone used these
23-09-2007, 08:53 PM
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Now im confused
Maybe i should start a poll
23-09-2007, 09:15 PM
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