Toyo Proxes, do you find they wear quick

[SAX_MAN]

I had 4 new Toyo Proxes T1-Ss fitted 6000 miles ago on my VTS, already the fronts are nearly worn!!!!!

 

[R3OBC]

ive had mine on for a few thou...........mine are wearing ok, but i dont drive it hard too often. Have heard that they wear quickly tho!!! Rob

 

[Dust]

Thats because you let ALL your power go at once! Im afraid 6000 is average for a performance tyre when driven hard.

 

[SAX_MAN]

Well i cant lie, i do drive hard.

 

[White16valver]

Ive heard theyre quite soft - be interesting to see how long they last on the RS, when it actually moves out of the garage... (assuming of course that mytyres.net come up trumps and deliver the bleedin things!)

 

[paddymph]

mine are nearly dead, lasted 8000 miles of pure abuse, thats more than the contis...

 

[Mousey]

i had toya proxys on mine the fronts lasted about 4000 miles the rears not to much longer! wasnt to impressed with the ammount of time they lasted! nice grip on them though would say better than yokos



Jon

 

[Dust]

They arent too bad if driven nicely. Mates Tuscan S has done 4500 miles and tyre wear is next to nothing. Less wheel spinning, understeering and hard breaking and they will last a lot longer.

 

[SAX_MAN]

Im gonna try Michelin Pilot Sport next, i drive hard all the time so a medium compound would be a good compromise between grip and life.

 

[Rich-D]

Mine are lasting a LOT longer than the S-02s I had on there before...

 

[Bryan]

personally havent noticed any increased wear over the contis (but then again they only lasted 7.5k

 

[007]

Mine are lasting OK so far but I have noticed on 0-60s leaving the occasional black trail of rubber - my michalens didnt

 

[wongy008]

yh for grip ,new there sh*t hot but i found there farrrrrrr too soft esp with enthusiastic driving

if you have money then there good for dry and wet but i found for wear my yoko a539 to be really good for wear rate. real hard compund tire prob why theyre not excellent in the rain but in dry there quite good

 

[Nick Read]

I wasnt that impressed with them once they had a few thousand miles on them. Brand new they were a good tyre, but with a bit of wear on them the wet weather performance was frightening, unlike my old Goodyear Eagles. Then I went back to Eagles and theyre just as good as I remembered. The Toyos definitely wore very quickly I thought

 

[RoverTurbo]

Yeah I have toyos on mine and have killed the fronts in about 3months.

They do seem to be softer than most. I still rate the Eagle F1 as my best tyre. awesome in the wet aswell

Si

 

[paddymph]

shame they dont do the New GSD-3 in mk2 172 size

 

[Cord-172]

Mine are the other way round, getting better as they turn into slicks hehe!!

Yeah mine are nearly gone too. Only had them on for 6 months (dunno about mileage). Sourced a new pair for £70.99 each though so going to get them in months time

Very good tire though

 

[ak_uk]

12k on mine including 2 laps of the ring with Eddd!

 

[Illusion]

Only just got mine fitted - paid £114 for the set, so if they last me 6000 miles, i guess i cant complain.

So far im happy with them tho

 

[GR7]

Mine have done 4,000 miles and still look perfect.

It must be the way they are driven - some of you guys possibly drive like Jeremy Clarkson and Tiff Needel so your tyres are bound to wear out much quicker! Possibly the grippier tyres wear out quicker than the slidy ones (Contis were slidy for me) maybe the compound is softer on the Toyos.

Personally I would prefer tyres that gripped the road better and did a few less miles, than ones which last longer but arent very grippy.

 

[S15VE_M]

yer i had my toyo proxies like 3 months n they were way off legel limit i dont drive mad in mi 1.4 although u cant really i spose but i do have it wen i can i think its got sumthing to do with the width of mi weels though there only 195/45/15

 

[VX-Tony]

Quote: Originally posted by dj illusion on 17 June 2003


Only just got mine fitted - paid £114 for the set, so if they last me 6000 miles, i guess i cant complain.

So far im happy with them tho

Where did you get them for that kind of money?

 

[Illusion]

http://www.mytyres.netwww.mytyres.net were doing them proper cheap about a month or so back.

Dunno if theyve got them back in stock tho, worth checking out.

 

[White16valver]

GRRRRRR! mytyres!! :angryangryangry:

Had an email today advising me that my order will have to be cancelled as the tyres/rims are unavailable, or some b****cks like that. Strange, as its only been 3 weeks, not the 40 days that they say orders stay on their books for... Words tomorrow, I can tell you...