Let me start by saying I hated the Toyo T1-S tire from day 1. They were way too wobbly in turns and were noisy as hell. Today one of my rears went flat and so I threw on all my old stockers (17" with RE040 tires). I immediately noticed that my car no longer wobbled and had razor like handling all of a sudden and was MUCH quieter. Keep in mind these were the same tires I hated with a passion in the beginning but that mainly due to their wet weather performance. I no longer care for wet performance as I have the APS ST and am very careful when wet either way. (I go below speed limits in bad weather).

After throwing the stockers back on I somehow remarkably am able to get full traction through first and second gear now. When the Toyo's were on I was actually scared to floor my car. Just wanted to give everyone a heads up..I don't understand why the Toyo brand is so popular. Personally I will never use them again.

I will only be sticking to Bridgestone and BFGoodrich from here on out. Their tires have much stiffer sidewalls and provide excellent dry traction. By the way I went from a 275 in the rear to the 235's and get much better traction somehow...

 

yea, i hate em as well.

 

The Toyo RA-1's are a different story. Great tire from what I hear and a spec tire for many racing sanctions

 

Hmmmm…you prefer the OEM tires to Toyo T1-S. OK.

 

I loved the T1S tires. Too bad you had a bad experience with them.

 

So whats wrong with that....its very clear they have superior dry traction and don't flex in cornering. The bad thing about the stockers are that they are horrible in the rain (which doesn't matter to me bc I'm very cautious) and that they need a substantial amount of time to heat up....althought I don't really have that problem since I'm in FL.

The Toyo's aren't amazing tires like some of you seem to think...not to mention worship. Perhaps the T1-R is better but most people agree that even that "newer model" is pretty crappy. All it takes is a search to find out what others have to say....

The only good thing about the T1-S is that it has far superior handling in the rain, which is a plus for most of you but all I'm looking for is dry traction with my 400whp and torque..which it did not provide....perhaps on a NA setup it will be fine...

 

Well if you think about it, the T1S rates a good grippy street tire and 275 is aggressive width! Now if you wanna get picky with grip, get 18x11's(30 offset for no fender modification) in the rear and go 315

 

Ugh I was considering the Toyo T1s for my 18 x 8 and 18 x 9 wheels. 245 front/275 rear.

I really don't know what to get, 275/40 is somewhat limited.

 

nothing to consider as T1S are not made anymore...

you say you "hate" them but provide no details - what wheels are you on? offsets? widths? alignment? tire pressure?

I ran T1S's for 30k miles on my Z....and then switched to S03's. I rue the day I ever made that decision, as for a street car, the T1S was quieter, much more comfortable and offered 90% of the dry grip that the S03 does