Hi guys!!!

Going to 19´s with 255/35/19 and 275/35/19 tires, just don´t know what brand to get!! Heard a lot of good users reviews about Toyo´s T1R and good magazine reviews about the goodyear, just don´t know what will be better, any help please??


Toyo are cheaper and better looking but what really matters is performance!

 

for more reasons than I car to list, go with Toyo. I hate Goodyear with a passion and I see a lot of them come back with defects and they don't last that long and suck in the rain.

 

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I posted the Consumer Reports test results a dozen times. The #1 tire is Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3.

 

Bump Bump ---Love my Toyos

 

Yes I know, that´s why I said that in magazines reviews goodyear is the best but in the final consumer (street guys,e tc) they choose toyo

 

I've got my 350 riding on GS-D3's and I certainly wouldn't complain. I've had had GSD's on other high performance cars I've owned as well, keep going back. They are pretty quiet tyre for an aggressive directional, they very handle well in the rain, cornering and grip, even in torrential rain, you can see a nice dry train behind you. Equally good in the dry, extremely sticky when hot on a long drive. The sidewall isn't as stiff as the factory recommended RE040's for our 350's, so you do get a tiny bit of roll, but very marginal and corner pretty fast, but they perform far better better than an RE040. I've never had any troubles with defects in any GSD's I've purchased.

In the Zed clubs I belong to in New Zealand, a lot of us are either riding on GSD's or Toyo's and the crew rate the Toyo's extremely highly as well.

Hope that helps.

 

My 350 is riding on GS-D3's and I certainly wouldn't complain. I've had GSD's on other high performance cars I've owned as well, keep going back, even though I've tried many other brands. They are pretty quiet tyre for an aggressive directional, they very handle well in the rain, cornering and grip, even in torrential rain, you can see a nice dry train behind you. Equally good in the dry, extremely sticky when hot on a long drive. The sidewall isn't as stiff as the factory recommended RE040's for our 350's, so you do get a tiny bit of roll, but very marginal and corner pretty fast, but they perform far better better than the noisy RE040. I've never had any troubles with defects in any GSD's I've purchased.

In the Zed clubs I belong to in New Zealand, a lot of us are either riding on GSD's or Toyo's and the crew rate the Toyo's extremely highly as well.

Hope that helps.

 

another vote for the goodyears. love mine, awesome tire

 

I've never heard of any F1 defects, maybe you are talking about another style but I'm on my 3'rd set of F1's. I'm sure Toyo is a excellent tire also.

 

I went with the toyo due to the difference in price. The toyo is rated almost as high as the goodyear for at least $50 less a tire. Seemed like a no brainer to me!

 

I just bought of set of the new Bridgestone RE050A Pole Positions... only problem is I gotta wait about a month to get home and try them out

 

I just got the t1-r setup about a month ago and love them. the tread is just pure sex and they handle great. And are very smooth and quiet. Not to mention cheaper. GET THE TOYO's!!

 

I've got the T1 Rs & I'm happy but from everything I'm seen the GSD3s are the best rubber around. The only reason I went with the Toyos was because the GSD3s did not come in stock size.

Not knockin the Toyos now. Good tire.

 

F1 not good in the rain?

After reading a lot of reviews, the F1 even seems to better in rain than the toyo's. It will all come down to personal experience, but I don't think you can go wrong with either T1R or GSD3.

 

+1 on the Goodyear GSD3s. They have been great on my Nismo wheels for over a year now.

 

The GS-D3's I'm running are stock factory 350 size. Front 225/50/17's & 235/50/17's. Rolling radius is exceptionally close to that of the RE040.

It is possible that the sizing that is available in USA is different to Kiwiland, considering I couldn't get the Toyo's in the factory size here. Different market, different cars.

I have the official Eagle sizing/details sheet that one of the tyre dealers gave to me only 2 weeks ago.

 

They don't come in stock size for the 18". Good reason though to upgrade your wheels and get the F1's on them!

 

+2 on the Eagle F1 GS D3 tires. I am now on my second set of GYs mounted to my Nismo LM GT4s. First set gave me 30K miles including track days, as opposed to 20K miles from the crappy 040s.

 

My Z has 18" wheels; no stock sizes in Goodyears.