1997 tercel with full poly bushed suspension, these tires have soft sidewalls so steering felt very vague, on the rain it understeered if i pushed it, after they went out i got some petlas pt525 progreen and even those had way better steering response than the acceleras, but for the budget you cannot ask more
Best Tyres for the Toyota Tercel
Toyota Tercel drivers have left 3 tyre reviews on Tyre Reviews, covering 5,100 miles of real world driving. Every tyre they rated is ranked below, so you can see what actually works on this car.
- 3owner reviews
- 5,100 milescovered on them
- 2different tyres rated
- 60%average tyre score
The best rated tyres that fit the Toyota Tercel
The rankings above can only speak for tyres a Toyota Tercel driver has already reviewed. These are the highest rated tyres we hold that are actually manufactured in the sizes these drivers run - 195/60 R14 - whether or not anyone here has fitted them yet. They are ranked on the TR Score, which is built from independent test results and every owner review of that tyre.
Summer tyres
No Toyota Tercel driver has reviewed a tyre in the Summer category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Uniroyal RainExpert is our highest rated, at 8.9 out of 10.
| # | Tyre | TR Score | Made in | Toyota Tercel reviews |
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| 1 |
Uniroyal RainExpert
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8.9 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 2 |
Vredestein Sportrac 5
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8.1 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Summer Tyres →
All Season tyres
No Toyota Tercel driver has reviewed a tyre in the All Season category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Nexen N Blue 4Season 2 is our highest rated, at 8.8 out of 10.
| # | Tyre | TR Score | Made in | Toyota Tercel reviews |
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| 1 |
Nexen N Blue 4Season 2
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8.8 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 2 |
Vredestein Quatrac 5
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8.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 3 |
Nexen N Blue 4 Season
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8.2 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best All Season Tyres → Test winner: Goodyear Vector All Season 4
Fitment comes from each tyre's manufactured size list, and the sizes are the ones drivers reported when they reviewed. Check the size, load index and speed rating on your own doorplate before buying - a size a previous owner ran is not always the size your car left the factory on.
Every tyre reviewed on the Toyota Tercel
The complete record, including discontinued tyres and tyres with too few reviews to rank, ordered by the amount of evidence. A further 1 tyres have a single review each; they count toward the totals but are not listed.
| Tyre | Season | Owner rating | Reviews | Distance reviewed |
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| Westlake Radial RP18 | Summer | 73% | 2 | 2,100 miles |
Tyre sizes Toyota Tercel drivers run
The sizes fitted in the reviews on this page. Each one links to the top rated tyres in that size, across every car.
What Toyota Tercel drivers say
The most recent owner reviews from this car, in their own words.
I needed tires for my autoX competition car when I am not racing it. Primarily during winter months.
I purposely run a slight upsize to aid in ride comfort to help dull out the stiff suspension.
Price drove the decision. In all honesty I really like these tires for what they are. Surprisingly decent in the dry. Wet traction does suffer but as long as your mindful with your inputs its work able. I actually found myself driving around on these quite a bit this year chasing some tuning issues and I didnt want to cycle out the race tires.
Would absolutely consider again if I need another budget tire for a similar, non-primary driving situation.
I purposely run a slight upsize to aid in ride comfort to help dull out the stiff suspension.
Price drove the decision. In all honesty I really like these tires for what they are. Surprisingly decent in the dry. Wet traction does suffer but as long as your mindful with your inputs its work able. I actually found myself driving around on these quite a bit this year chasing some tuning issues and I didnt want to cycle out the race tires.
Would absolutely consider again if I need another budget tire for a similar, non-primary driving situation.
I only have less then 100miles on these. So far much nicer then the 10yo Falken 912s they replaced. These are a slight oversize for my car to help cope with the race spec suspension on my car which is set up for competitive autocross. The tires might see 1000miles a year. So I did not need anything special. Just something for the offseason and inbetween races. The car is not driven much beyond racing it, if I do its to work on it or the occasional cars and coffee. I might do some race stints far away next season so these will be my travel tires to avoid anything happening to the Falken 660s I race on.
So far the ride is most excellent. Like disturbingly good. And the grip is actually decent given the design criteria. The few times I purposely pushed the car in the wrong places to see what they would do resulted in fine dry grip and manners. No rain or snow yet. Steering inputs are smooth and direct. I run the tires at 28psi front, 26 rear...car weights 2100lbs. Fwd turbo. I do not hoon much on the street the car is numbered and stickered up so generally pretty average other then some WOT pulls when I am working on ECU tunes.
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