I really wanted some high performance tires for the front since the AE86 is notorious for understeer and mine is no different, especially with the welded dif. The price couldn’t be beat and to top it all off, I bought them locally.(Midtown Tire FTW!)
/shameless plug
Reviews on the web all sounded good but I noticed a few negative comments about Toyo in general when I did some searching on here, though nothing specific to the T1R. I don’t have them on the car yet since my wheels haven’t arrived so, I can’t make my own review. What are some of your opinions?
The specific size I bought was 185/55-15, not sure if it matters. edit and going on a 7" wheel
they’re kind of one of those “blah” z rated tires… while you can do a lot worse, you can probably do a lot better. I’ve heard they don’t last very long and also that the sidewall is a lot better than the T1S.
i have T1Rs on my roadster and i’ve lasted 5k miles with some pretty spirited driving plus some burnouts thrown in there. I’d say they are still above half (maybe 65%).
Good amount of grip with them and a lot better then the continentals that were on the car before.
i LOVED these tires on my MR2 and i will be getting a second (and much wider) set once it comes back on the road…for my car, they gripped like a champ…
on-topic - 171 is a fucking steal for those tires…you won’t be disappointed…make sure your car is aligned properly and you won’t have cupping issues :gotme: