I do not agree with these being in the trackday category. I har Toyo R888s before and I am loosing 4 seconds a lap with these. As a road tyre they are far better in the dry than any road tyre.

These tyres are dangerous. They crached on the seam and delaminated. They caused serious damages and could have killed me.
This happened after less than 10000miles and 4mm of tread was left.

Never had such issue with better tyre such as yokohama, toyo and avon

Really nice tyres for this price range. Very gripy in dry conditions. I have hell of fun on mountain roads. Will always choose this tyre again.

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Used these tires for six track days and commuting during two months. Tires were almost finished when i got the car, but had very good dry grip on the track until the end, comparing to street tires i have used. Obviously no wet grip, as there was no tread left. Very noisy tires, they sound like a bad wheel bearing.

Used them for spirited road drives and a tourist drive on the Nürburgring Nordschleife. Great tyre for someone new to semi slicks, wants a cheap high performancestreet tyre or regularly does non-competitive track days, but not competitive driving. I had mine for 10000k's before selling the car... was down to the first of two indicator lines despite hard driving. Noise is high, sidewall is stiff but shouldn't matter considering their intended purpose.

Good tyre for fast road use and track. No grip when its wet, limited grip if its really cold and the feedback it gives you could be better. Butt still a good tire.

Very good set of tyres for the price, grip in the dry is excelent however i noticed they need little bit of heat into them to grip correctly, in the wet it highly depends on road surface, i cannot say anything about wear because my car has some camber but overal very good tyres i would say best for the price.

Went from Michelin PSS to these on 280hp light rwd car. Bad things first - on wet they are terrible and it is the first tyre that I felt not stable under regular driving conditions, coming from PSS it was a huge difference, also they snap quite suddenly both in wet and dry, there is not much progression there considering that they are not on par with real semislick tires. Traction off the line and braking is great, but corner grip wise there is not that much extra there. The only real positives are sidewall stiffness which gives great response and price. For the price, they are reasonable tire, but I would not use it again.

Fronts wore down 3.5mm over 4 months where backs still had 6mm. So maybe worth swappijg tyres every month or two to try and keep tread wear even. Road noise is hardly noticeable. Traction was fine at 270bhp but at 360 i need to consider something else now and i find its not struggling for grip in most gears. Wet conditions are bad in regards to breaking but any type of acceleration is near on impossible. Once my lsd is fitted i may change my mind on these.

Great tire fir $ Replaced 225/50-15 with 195/50-15 and was surprised how much grip I felt at recent autocross. Steering was faster and once tires warmed up didn’t spin back tires too much. I have 350 hp Detroit locker so I was pleasantly surprised!

Lasted about 6k on the front. Great grip in the dry, not so great in the wet, corners very well, would buy again

i run these as a daily on my car 265 rear and 235 front.
apart from the road noise, which is quite loud, the grip levels are awesome, relative to the price of these. i drove last year from Johannesburg, to Durban, 7 hours in heavy rain and had zero issues. on the track i enjoy them, very progressive, i find you need to run them very hard on the track, tyre pressure wise. Way better feel than the TOYO i had on the car before.

Pros: When they get hot the dry grip is absolutely amazing!
Cons: they are really hard, would not recommend them for daily driven cars
Bottom line: a great value for money

These are just the perfect tyres for anyone who has a fast street car. Decent wet performance, very grippy in dry conditions and especially in low profile form very communicative.

For mostly track use they are the perfect fit for budget minded people who are looking for extra performance but do not wish to spend 4 times as much for 888 for example. Those cost nearly double and wear twice as fast. They are obviously the better tyre, but in no way 4 times as good or even double.

Tyre preasure however is very very important with these tyres. For me the sweetspot is @ 2,9 bar. If it drops only 0.2 bar the grip and handling deteriorates very quickly. At 2,6 bar they heat up quickly and loose their direct feel, probably due to the walls loosing stiffness. They where pretty much undrivable.
I suspect most people posting here reporting issues with them probably are running not enough presure in their tyres.

I also had the issue with the cracks across the thread where the moulds came together, but this isn't a problem for safety and it doesn't affect performance at all.

All and all a good tyre for the price and especially well suited for faster street cars which are driven fast. Much better then toyo proxes or bridgestone potenzas etc. Fitted to hot hatches driving on the street these will be a riot i imagine.
For track use they are a decent budget choise, but there are obviously better tyres outthere for that purpose, but they all do carry a different pricetag.

cheap - I have or had these on a mini cooper S JCW - they are very good street tyres particularly for the money - bit noisey but safe and fun - but - they are no R spec tyre - on hill climb and circuit they sound like a hollywood sound effect, the car will not just to turn in with them no matter what pressure is run - I was blaming myself but a guy with a Toyota 86 and a guy with a golf gti both volunteered the same problems - I think the compound is maybe a bit hard so they will wear well - but for track and hillclimb I now use the Toyo R888-R