vettlvr66

Sales guy at les schwab tires is pushing me to the toyo proxes t1 sport over the Michelin on my z51. Anyone use them.. they are 1200 for all 4 installed with 4 wheel alignment.

Troy

revilingfool

there is nothing wrong with trying trying new tires, however i would probably sway to the continental DW before Toyo.

I have outfitted two vehicles with the DWS06 and have had great results from them.

entrenched

I went with T1rs on my Z06.

They are really quiet, handle very well in wet and dry, but also spin very easy vs the SC2s.

pewter99

very happy with all my Toyo purchases.....if they came in the sizes I needed I would have them on my C6Z and my SC 99...

S'vette

I am looking on tire rack and see that they have many tires for the Z51 C7, but I thought I have read that there are not many tires that fit? I guess Im wondering if the tires on tire rack will indeed fit the Z51 when they show them as the same sizes?

Jaykoh-Z51

I have these Toyos on my jeep SRT. I can squak the tires up through 4th dear.

Quiet. Nice ride. But not much grip. And the SRT is ALL WHEEL DRIVE.

I won't buy these again. Maybe Hankooks next round. The OEM Pirellis were noisy and wore out fast.

....sorry for the SRT tangent.

Stick with PSS or DWS.

kabluie

I had them on my C5. I was very happy with them. I found that they can go faster than I can go. I go pretty good too. So I'll give them a thumbs up.

RottenII

Very pleased with mine and I have not noticed any less hook up than with my stock RF's.

2FAST4U

I'm got R888R tires on my rears recently but they didn't work well with the stock MPSS ZP. So I purchased Toyo Sports for the front 285/30R19. I don't know what I lost by not choosing T1 Sports, but i don't think it matters for the street.

JMII

Depends... do you want run flats?

Tire Rack lists 3 run flats - 1 is OEM, so really only 2 choices, but they have 16 non-run flats for the Z51. So plenty of selection if you don't want run-flats.

chefcg1

Winter/as tires I prefer Conti dsw06’s more than mich as3+, it just a personal choice as I only run them in winter and have both. I run firehawk indy500’s in summer and have been really happy with them at 640whp. No track time with the indy’s But they hook up and have been much more streetable than the OEM tires, great in rain , no chatter and seem to not slip under full throttle any worse than OEM....oh and they are cheap and wear so much better...my 2cents.

SilverGhost

you don't mention the type of driving you will be doing. i jumped from Goodyear Eagle runflats on a C6 GS to Nitto non run flats due to the cost savings. The rear Eagles were BALD at 9k miles in conservative driving! The Nitto's ran just fine and were more comfortable than runflats. The GS was a vert, so not alllowed on track. the Eagle runflats at speed on a wet i95 did have the propensity for the stability control activated message to flash on the drivers message center when it slipped a bit. but they were just bad tires. so yes, you can still buy "bad" tires for a vette. high speed and old tires, a lethal combination

i jumped from C7 Z51 MPSS ZP stock tires with only 2000 miles on them to Michelin A/S 3+ runflats because the sitckyness of the original Z51 tires just kept sending a fusilade of stones up on the bodywork. The Michelin A/S 3+ do NOT throw stones. again a convertible, so track performance of the tires is moot.

But then again, Corvette and Michelin engineers worked closely together to develop the Pilot Super Sport ZPs uniquely for the c7 Z51 Corvette in 2014. Might be hard to find a better performing tire for your Z51. Certainly there are no other tires tuned specifically for your vette.

Weather mode handles a multitude of slippery sins on the C7:

gshirst1

2FAST4U, am considering replacing the Michelins on my 2016 Z06 with Toyo rubber. Specifically 285/30/19 Proxes Sport on front and Proxes R888R 345/30/19 on back. Seems you have a similar setup. Can you give me your thoughts on how this combo performs together? Performance, traction, wet handling, etc.? Thanks in advance.

spoolin98

I am wondering the same thing.

gshirst1

Spoolin, I have a 2016 Arctic White Z06 vert. I see yours is 2019 coupe. Adrenalin Red interior?

mjcourt

On my '17 Z06 I've run the Proxes R888R 345/30/19 on back and they were okay. If you are running 19" on the rear, the best tires I've found for grip on the Z06 are the Kumho Ecsta V720 ACR. These are Viper tires but both the front and rear fit and are reasonably priced. Great for track and Autocross. Not much tread groves, so not a good rain tire.

Evil-Twin

Why not Toyo Proxies R888R front and rear ?

spoolin98

Nope, ordered it with all black interior. Wasn’t a fan of the red interior.

gshirst1

MJ, thanks for recommendation. I will do some research on the Kumho.

gshirst1

I asked the same thing. Others have said that putting the R888Rs on the front will be very noisy and would compromise wet traction. However, reviewers of the R888Rs on the Toyo web site have said that they actually deliver reasonable wet road traction. Also, the tire does not come in a 285/30/19 configuration. It comes in a 295/30/19. My wheel guy suggests a 10.5 inch rim for that tire, not a 10 inch. He was not positive of good fitment up front with a 10.5 inch rim.