I paid $148 per 255 45r20 tire at triedeals4less.com and then had to throw in about $16 per tire for shipping. I bought five over the past two months, and after a long ordeal have 5 perfect rims and tires - so yeah for me One just sits in the basement all blinged up, I'm thinking about making a coffee table out if it because I'll probably never end up needing it now that I have it. And VVV90...I got a mount/balance and alignment from the best shop in town and the car drives and tracks so much better words cannot describe. I highly recommend it! Eric
Yup. I'd probably go with the INVO next time, but instead I'm going to pure dot slicks for dragstrip use instead. The Proxes 4 will continue to serve my street purposes. Good all around quasi-performance tire. If you want sticky, but won't be using drag radials, INVO is a great choice.
I can do that for sure but so many people have the Proxes with posted track times already. I don't recall anyone stating how the INVOs perform on a drag strip. I'd love to find out though because if they are stickier in straight line accelleration that could certainly justify the cost. I certainly didn't see anyone say they didn't love their INVOs though.
check out the pics of my Nitto INVO Tires... The rear tires are 275/40R20 and the front tires are 245/45R20
FYI, EastCoastTires has (100) 275/40/20 Toyo Proxy 4's in stock now. Price is $670 shipped (to Chicago suburbs). Ordered them today, they said I'll have them by Monday.
Nice! I'll swap you 2 of my very new front 255's for 2 of your 275's + cash! Then we'll have a matching staggered set.
I'm confused on the wider up front isn't better... Isn't a wider lateral contact patch better for gripping in corners?
Much more physics than that but Quick wrote an encyclepedia somewhere on this lol...you don't really want to run fat tires up front either since it plays havoc on the steering, alignment, suspension and the like. They heavy as it is, and members have already had issues with the tierods. This is all just a guess from far too distant memories of something I read somewhere.... lol.:sorry:
I can assume if I had bicycle tires up front I could make crisper cuts. If only vredestein would make some 245/45's.. They way I drive I'll need to rotate often. After 7000 miles my f1's wouldn't even stand up by themselves. They had plenty of tread toward the inside, just worn on the outside edges.
Excellent timing! Please keep your impressions coming as you get more time on them. I've had the Invos at the top of my list since they were first announced. Then the Vredesteins are right up there with them. Downside I've heard about the Vreds is that they don't have a huge advantage for traction off the line but maybe can't be beat for lateral traction. Downside I've heard about the Invos is that they're softer in the shoulder/sidewall and (at higher speeds?) can give you a bit of a soft turn-in. The Invos sort of have that street slick look so I had assumed they might be better off the line. That's good to hear.
I bought my Toyo Proxes 4's in 275/40/20's a couple of months ago from EastCoast Tires. Got them for $525 plus $80 shipping. The Toyo's are a good tire all around, but I haven't had them on the car in the winter yet. We'll see how good they are when they're cold. I bet though, that they got to be better than the shitty RSA's in the winter. I could get the car completely sideways going into 2nd gear with them in 30 degree weather.
Dude, my RSA's we like tank treads in the snow compared to your old F1's....those things are downright dangerous in the snow.
As far as handling goes...there is no negative with having 275's up front. The wider tire up front helps reduce understeer. Come drive my car and tell me there are ANY negatives. I'm sure with drag racing there are some negatives with the rolling resistance. But you can't beat the balance of 275's on all four corners that you can rotate any way you want.
