Lickermat

Hi Nick, are you referring to the CTR? If so the OEM fit is the RE040 and they are useless in anything but dry on that car.

I went CTR - EVO - S2k so have had a good insight into tyres and weather and how they all perform, hence my praise of the T1r's.

Also we all have a different view point of what is good and bad in a tyre esp. in the slippy ice time of year. What is sure footed to some is lethal to others depending on your driving style and expectations.

If the Civic you mention is the CTR then that is more lethal than the S in anything other than dry as its so easy to spin a wheel no matter what

Shiskine

I just fitted Toyo Proxes T1-Rs all round - the first time I've not used the OEM Bridgestones - and they seem fine.

The decision to switch was made easier by the fact that this time I needed to replace all four corners, but it occurred to me I'll probably trash the rears first and will then be in something of a quandry if I want to switch back to the OEM tyres as this will inevitably mean a period of mixed brands ...

However, whilst I can see that mixing brands isn't ideal, I can't see that it's dangerous, provided you're careful.

s200sw

Personally and from very recent experience i would say no... don't do it.

The effects that could follow are potentially very dangerous at this time of year, i'm no expert but if you look at the recent thread i've linked to it will explain what i mean:

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.ph...pic=334495&hl=

s200sw

Glad you got sorted out and are happy with the tyres... i've notched up close to 3k on mine already and they've been spot on.

AquilaEagle

I;d never mix, just my personal preference

Nurburgring Blue

I have 04 with the larger 17" boots, and my experince with bridgestones are pretty much the same as the views reflected on here. I dont think they suite the S not unless you live in a warm climate all year round.

When "Bridgers" wear they are pretty awful, but more importantly they seem to suffer from a need to have alot of heat in them beofre they really work and in the winter this means potentailly they may never reach operating temperature.

Recently have seen alot of posting about about low speed slides (and reading between the lines, cold tyre slides).

I had long discussions with various tyre specialists, on a different tyre for the S, when I recently needed to repalce the worn "Bridgers" I had on the car. I was concerned with the "well S's need a special Bridgstone the MZ Sir" type of conversation. Hence my hesitatation about changing the tyre type.

But after prolonged conversations, the advice I was given can be sumarised as thus, you need a tyre with a stiff side wall, and a softer compound, the choices to suite were Goodyear F1's, ot Toyo Proxies in reputable department.

Basically to cut a long story short I bought Goodyears, which are softer (read dont last as long), but do not seem to need the higher operating temp the Bridgers need.

They give very good levels of grip in the cold, and especially seem to avoid the low speed cold tyre slides you get with S on Bridgers, I was very hesitant about writing this but after 3000 miles on Goodyears without incident, Im convinced that Bridgestones are not a good choice in winter in the UK.

Shiskine

Neither would I in a perfect world, but I simply don't have the wallet size to justify changing a perfectly road legal set of fronts just because I'm having to change the rears, for example.

Dembo

Or that they buy a performance car in the first place if they're going to put cheap tyres on it.

I went through several sets of S03s on my FTO, and thought they were excellent wet and dry, so it suprises me to hear so many people here saying the SO2s aren't good in the wet. I had one set of Toyo T1Ss for about a month and absolutely hated them - horrible squidgly sidewalls and not nearly as much grip as the Bridgestones. The T1Rs are meant to have more grip, but are equally badly made. I wouldn't have Toyos again if they were free.

Better to have matching. On my FTO I'd swap the front and rear tyres around every 4 months or so to keep the wear rates about the same, and so ending up buying 4 new all at once. I suppose I can't do that on the S2K

Shiskine

I used to run Potenza SO2s on my Chimaera and I rated them highly too. However, you need to bear in mind that the Potenzas for the S2000 are a model made specifically for the car (at least in the case of pre MY04 cars). I don't know to what extent this means the compound or construction (or both) are different from standard tyres, but assuming there is a difference, you can understand that they may not feel or behave like other Potenzas.

jerrytlr

Hi - hope you are still enjoying the car!

I can remember when I replaced the front tyres - at about 2mm, same brand S02s to S02s, the difference in how the car felt was incredible.

Cheers

Jerry