Owners most consistently praise the Toyo Proxes TR1 for dry grip, with wet grip also receiving more praise than criticism but a less uniform response. Dry handling, comfort and value are further positives for many drivers. Noise is the clearest complaint, appearing in around one in four reviews. Roughly one in eight mentions overly soft sidewalls, while longer-term wear experiences vary and about one in seven reviews criticise tire life. Two returning reviewers became less positive over time, but their scores do not establish one common cause. The stronger consensus is on dry grip rather than steering precision, quietness or lasting performance.
What owners mention most counted across 64 reviews
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Owner ratings averaged from 74 ratings
Owner score75%
Dry Grip84%
Handling81%
Road Feedback78%
Wet Grip75%
Wear71%
Comfort67%
Toyo Proxes TR1 Reviews - Page 2
Score spread across 66 written reviews
miles
Review stage
93%
Member
Renault
195/50 R15
6,000 miles
A Combination of Roads
Spirited
I bought my car on June of 2004 with a different brand of tires (Michelen Pilot sport).
After 3 years, for first time, I put Toyo and I still wear Toyo.
It's my second set of Proxes tr1 and when the time come to change it (I have a lot of miles for this moment, during the lockdown I didn't move the car) I will buy the same or the newest tire of Toyo
These tires really over-performed my expectations, its truly a reason why these tires are the official rain or wet tires for GT circuit racing in Norway.
These tires has both been used on street driving and now 3 track days and I can say it does very well on both occasions!
The most impressive feature of this tire when driving on the track is that you can feel the limits of grip slowly going away as you're pushing the limit, meaning there's no sudden snap between grip and no grip. This makes it easier for me to learn the limits of my car and my tires since it gives me confidence to push the limits.
Only minus I really have is that the tires after 3 track days has gotten heat damage and has become louder after track use, though I suspect this would be the case for most tires after hard use.
Its one of the cheaper sports tires that are actually good and worth the money! Perfect tire before moving towards semi-slicks for sure!
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One of best tires for sporty tires. Makes a whole difference. Control and drives perfectly in dry and well ine wet. You have full control in any weather conditions. I usually run in tight corners and man these tires grip to the road like nothing before.
The only drawback is of course the comfort which is compromise.
Genting uphill no problem, grip all the way even in light rain .
Using on
Honda City GM6 (Side note : my fren using tr1 drive on karak highway medium rain 190kmh still gripping)
Perodua Myvi Gen 3
Proton Saga MC1
Cheap tire for good dry performance - I have used them with a heavy car doing autosolos and track sessions in summer. But poor in the wet and cold and very poor when coming towards end of life. I managed 12k mi from my set of 4 with rotations.
Low cost alternative to Pirelli P Zeros or Michelin Pilot Sports. When up to temperature, they are pretty sticky on dry. Amazing water clearing on wet. Can't really say about the wear as I've only done 10,000km on the tire.
This is the worst tires I used so far, besides what provided by car manufacturer. Its loud and noisy, while cornering I can feel the tires pulling the steering inwards or pushing the car out depends on left or right turn. Maybe because of its asymmetric design and it make the car unpredictable especially when in wet road. It wears uneven even though rims, balancing, alignment and camber are in good condition. Sidewall are too soft and need to pump more air pressure to make it less wobbly. With treadwear rating 320 it only lasted a year, worst than my previous R1R with lower treadwear rating but still can get 3 years with it. My previous tires were Parada Spec 2, R1R, T1R, AD08R, and currently with RE004.
Very grippy tires in the wet and dry. No traction issues no matter how hard driven. Great resistance to aquaplaning, I felt very safe driving in all weather conditions. A very firm ride so comfort levels are not upto some peoples standards. The main downfall is the wear level. 5 months of use, 11,000 miles of rather spirited driving in a remapped 210bhp seat leon tdi and they are at their end of life. Would I purchase again? Absolutley! Another set are on their way!
77%
Member
195/55 R15
40,000 miles
A Combination of Roads
Spirited
Dry grip is great, more than enough for what you want to do with cornering in a road car.
Wet grip and handling is good while still being able to take corners at considerable speeds without having to worry about sliding, performance noticeably degrades from about 30% of the tread depth remaining.
Wear rate is surprisingly impressive, even after 10,000 miles of use it looked as if the tires didn't wear a bit. A lot better than the B-RE003 that were on previously.
Comfort is fairly good when it's new due to the softer sidewalls, however noise does begin to amplify after it passes its presumably half-life along the way.
Changing from the Bridgestone Potenza Adrenalin RE003 to the TR1s, at first impression it felt like it didn't have as much bite as the drive would feel like you're dancing in and out of a turn. After getting used to it or having gone through the wear in period it felt great to drive on.
At about 10% of tread left before the wear indicator on all 4, the main bug is the noise. Still handles like a charm, gotta slow a little around the water.
Contemplating on another set or the Bridgestone latest RE004 for the next.
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