Who drives on Toyo RA1, Bridgestone S03, Starting a little fury! Options

[west_minist]

I am wonder who on this forum is riding around on Toyo Proxies RA1 and Bridgestone Potenza S03 Pole Position?

If you do, please give my your size and experience on them.

[SpedToe169]

The RA1s are good track tires, but aren't really practical on the street unless it never rains where you're at. For ultimate grip and no compromises (i.e. don't drive them on the street or in the rain!) go with the new Hoosier RS04. They're absolutely incredible and actually last really well on the track.

As far as Toyos go, the T1S their best street tire and it sucks. We had to run them this year in World Challenge and I hate them. We were making 1.2g on them pretty consistently, but they fall off really fast and don't wear that great. The ones we used were all shaved, we used the full depth tires for rain and they're really horrible.

I just bought a set of the Yokahama ES100s. I think they're probably the hot buy in street tires right now, but I won't have them for a few days. I've previously been running the Falken Azenis Sports. They're EXCELLENT street tires and wear reasonably well, but I wanted something a little cheaper this time. And I just wantned to try something different after running the Azenis for like 4 sets now.

The Bridgestones (SO2 if you can find them and SO3 if you can't) are good tires, but they can't even come close to competing in value with the Azenis. The SO2 might be a slightly grippier tire, but only the best drivers will be able to tell or take advantage of the difference. The SO3 and the Azenis are about equal in tread wear and overall performance and the SO3 costs at least $60 per tire more. I know where my money is going.