The Toyo T1R earns its clearest owner praise for dry grip, with favorable comments also on handling, feedback and value. Wet grip is much more divisive: positive mentions outnumber complaints, but around one in five reviews describes poor grip in rain. Tread life is the main recurring reservation, with criticism in roughly a quarter of reviews and mid-life and end-of-life accounts ranging from quick wear to long service. Around one in ten reviews mentions soft sidewalls, sometimes linked to imprecise responses. Noise and comfort receive mixed verdicts, while progressive breakaway has more supporters than critics.
What owners mention most counted across 239 reviews
Not your usual UHP tire:
These tires cannot match the most expensive UHP competition gripwise. Steering response and feedback are average too - all due to the relatively soft sidewalls, which in turn make them really comfortable!
Wear is mediocre, but the price is reasonable.
These tires are very progressive on the limit, but you should drive conservatively in the rain. They prefer soft suspension setups on wet roads!
Excellent rim protection.
Overall, a top choice for a comfortable UHP tire on a budget! Not suitable for hard-core applications.
PS. Also running them on a Hyundai i10 1.2 (same size) with the same impressions...
Previously had Uniroyals and Dunlops on, toyos outlasted them both, Dunlops only going 10k, the toyos managed a further 5k. Both wet and dry grip were good. Only issue I've had and it's probably related to other V treaded tires too is they do get noisy when tread is low. Great tire for the price tho.
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Have used these tires for fast road and even track use. No doubt there are grippier tires about but these are a great all round tire and certainly the best you can get for the price.
Sidewalls are a bit softer than other tires, solved by running a slightly higher PSI.
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These tires are good, to a certain extent. On a day-to-day basis, with a mostly easy going driving style, I don't have much to put on these, except for maybe noise. Wear level is fine.
But when you push these tires, it's where things start going wrong. In dry, the feedback is good, as is the grip. When the roads are wet - or even just damp, things go badly. My ABS kicks in under moderately hard braking from only 40mph, and the car will understeer if I try pushing it too hard round a corner.
Based on the fact that they're useless in the wets, it's a definite no-no for a re-purchase.
An update to my earlier review from July where I replaced four Continentals with Toyos. In 3000 miles the sidewall developed a small hole in the side. Showed it in two tire centers and they both said the same thing that Toyos have very rigid sidewalls and being made in Malaysia not suited to British climate. So I wasted my money on buying another to keep the matching four but if another one fails I'll have to go with one odd tire. In over 250,000 miles of motoring I'm a lifetime never had a sidewall develop a hole like that.
Bought 4 to replace Continental Premium Contact 2s and been disappointed from the start. Car slides when taking corners wet or dry to the point that worry about lose control. Regret selecting these and if could get money back I would but tires don't come with that. Have had to modify driving style because of these. Already showing signs of wear after 3000 miles.
Love these tires had pirelli p zeros before and the toyos have loads more grip in wet and dry also very surprised with the wear, fwd 250hp+, a heavy right foot tires 8 months old more than half the tread still there. The price is very competitive compared to rivals cannot recommend highly enough. Will certainly be buying again
fantastic set of tires both in dry and wet i cant see how other people are complaining about them? i tried so hard to kick the ass out round a roundabout in downpour and its impossible! will buy again 100%
Had these on my clio sport 172 and they're ok if using around town but for fast spirited driving I wouldn't recommend. Wear rate is very good and last ages. Wet grip is non existent.
I have used toyo t1r's for a number of years and have had a set on my Mitsubishi evo 4 (running 380 bhp) for over 3 years. Never had any grip issues in the wet or dry. laterally or in in straight line. They have enough grip to stop the wheel spinning up when you do a 5k launch!
One thing i do wonder is whether or not Toyo have changed the compound as i see some advertised with a wet braking score of "c" and some with a wet braking score of "e". i know the ones i bought were rated as "e" and TBH they are great in any condition. Maybe the newer "c" rated tires might be better at braking in a straight line but possibly due to a compound change (or how else do they have different ratings) not so good at lateral movement
to test this out i have bought a set for my Honda CRZ 205 45 17 (not sure on wet grip rating yet.)which i will also test out and post a review. But be sure that these are great tires i had a set fitted to my rear wheel drive r33 GTSt skyline and they coped with 500 bhp and 500 lbs of torque so i'm at a loss to see how they could be so bad on some peoples cars unless they haven't inflated them properly or have geometry issues....
By far and away the worst tire I have ever had the misfortune of owning and using.
Dry grip is just about bordering on acceptable but I'm being really generous when I say that.
Wet grip can at best be described as optimistic and the tires do have a tendency of flooding and loosing all grip
But it's on damp or moist roads where the true, terrifying nature of these tires really comes alive. There is no consistency in grip at all and the tires are prone to just let go completely. There's no sign of warning that the tires are losing grip, they just go from making a vague effort of having grip to giving up entirely, all in the space of a split second
These tires should be taken off the market and consigned to the dustbin by Toyo. How they ever made it to production and public release is beyond me.
Well... i had a set of these tires fitted on the front of my 200hp FWD car and at first was slightly unimpressed at the levels of dry grip... then one day it rained.
The oxford English dictionary does not contain a single word to describe how bad this devil spawn of a tire performs when faced with any type of moisture. I had as much control as my 3 yr old nephews RC car on our laminate kitchen floor.
Turning the steering wheel on any kind of wet roundabout resulted in certain under steer whereby my car would just carry on in a straight line, comparable to your Xbox controller batteries running out mid corner online on forza motorsport.
I had these on for 1 month and removed them, straight line acceleration had my front wheels spinning more than an autistic kids fidget spinner throughout the whole of the 2017 craze.
Id buy them again if held at gunpoint to do so, and would highly recommend them to my ex girlfriend.
