camillian

I am shopping for tires while I wait for the rims I ordered from DXC for my 05 SC430. My sizes are 245/35/19F and 275/30/19
Not only do I want a good performance tire, but I want a quiet tire that has a good looking profile to go with the shape of the car. I don't mind spending a little more where I am spending this much allready.

This is the priceing i got so far on these models. Which would you go with. Keep in mind these are canadian prices
245/35/19 275/30/19

Michelin pilot AS $474 $561 installed&balanced
Toyo T1-R $408 $520 installed&balanced
Goodyear F1 GSD3 $484 $494 plus $25ea. install &balance

Any opinions would be appreciatted

One HoT

iTrader: (5)

I say go with the Toyos...They are quiet and perform great wet or dry traction..They also ride soft, you'll definitely need a soft ride with 19 inch low profiles....I dunno much about the other two tires tho..But Im sure you'll be happy with the Toyos..

juniorsdad

see this sticky
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=113019

rheiy

Of the 3 you list, the goodyear and toyo are "summer" tires while the michelin are all season.
Don't even think about driving in snow with any high performance summer tire. All three are good but it depends on what your needs are.. For me, I have a summer setup and a winter setup. In winter, I change over to the stock 17's with the Michelin pilot sport AS.

camillian

These will be on expensive after market rims and just for summer driving. The only bad weather driving will be in the rain. The car will be in the garage for the winter and only taken out on dry days. Not in the snow!

Would that effect your decision?

GS300Rich

My vote is for the Toyo T1-R. This is a great tire

camillian

Why didn't the Toyo's make the Tire racks top 6 performer list?

e-diddy

I would guess that it is because the Tire Rack does not carry/sell Toyo.

I just purchased these a week ago. Will not be installing them for another week or two, but will be posting my reviews after they are on. GS300Rich has these on his GS and loves them. The tread design is very nice as well.

TPA_STEVE

Tire Rack does not sell these tires so it probably means their list is top 6 tires they sell. Mods should be able to verify this. I followed Rich's lead and bought the Toyo's - got them from online tires for a very good price. Waiting on iForged wheels now - and my 4th tire as FEDEX delivered it to wrong address.

rominl

iTrader: (4)

of the 3, if i want best performance i would get the toyo t1r easy

but i have the pilot as for my gs400 now, why? they are quiet, they have damn nice tread wear (best of the 3 i think), and they are comfortable. still they maintain very good traction imho

Lexusfreak

It all comes down to what your looking for in a tire......keep in mind that the GY & Toyo are Summer rubber & the Michelin is an UHPAS tire (hence part of the reason why they are the most expensive of your group). Folks have been praising the Toyo's up & down on this site for a while now........so I'm leaning towards them.

rheiy

As long as your not concerned about snow and you don't mind shorter tread wear, I would go with a HP summer tire over an AS tire. In fact, I plan to replace my current summer dunlop sp9000's with the new toyo t1r's. However, if you do want a AS tire that's almost as good as the other 2, go with the Mich PS AS

lexforlife

iTrader: (7)

i have the toyo t1 r as well , i have had them for about a month now... very quiet tire, awesome traction in wet and very grippy tire on dry in fact its very hard for me to induce lock up with my 4 corner brake upgrade


their is one key point that no one has mentioned with these tires...

they were designed to resist neg camber wera on inner and outer parts of the tire.. they broke up the shoulder treads on inner and outer and ran a thin solid piece of rubber so the tire sits on that and the solely on the tread blocks to eat them away

great tire but be advised , for the first 500 miles or so they will feel abit dicey, the tread blocks squirm like crazy until the get scrubbed after that watch out for the boys in blue

camillian

Wow the Toyo's seem to be the tire of choice here.

I was leaning towards the goodyears because of the high scores it got on tire rack's rating. A total of 8.8 the highest overall rating. It has excellent wet and dry grip, and excellent noise levels.
I'll have to re think this.

Now if only I could get a good deal on these in Canada

Neo

iTrader: (3)

Unless you need to maximize traction and handling, I like the Pilot AS. Yes they are more $ but the tread rating is great. You get more wear out of them which will offset the cost. I had a set of the original Michelin Pilots and they were great. They wore well and only got a little louder as they wear down. The AS has different properties but from owners' feedbacks, the AS behave similarly.

The Toyos are also nice if you want a great summer tire. The Goodyear has had mixed reviews from owners here on CL.