Thinking of getting these in a 215/45-17 as seems Tirerack doesnt have the Dunlop Direzza Z1's

 

Super tires!!!
Never let me down

 

I had them on my S4 and I'll be putting a set of 215/40/17s on my MCS next week.

 

I use to have a 2001.5 S4 Sedan and 1992 S4 (400+ WHP)

 

Just spoke to TR..Dunlop coming out w/ new compound on the Z1 Sports and should be in stock in a week or so. New tire will be called the Z1 Star

 

I just sold my 05 Avant.

The T1Rs had a 87 load rating vs. 83 for the Z1s. The T1Rs were 2.5 lbs lighter. The T1Rs have a 280 treadwear rating vs. 200 for the Z1s.

The Z1s look better. The Z1s should stick slightly better.

After weighing all of these factors, I chose the T1Rs.

 

As I said in my PM back to you - I like them for street tires and they make good 'wet' tires for the track or AX. But, I do miss the RS-2's for dry grip.

Wear so far is about the same as with the RS-2's, so I'll likely be going back to them unless there are other solid choices in our 225/45R16 size that we run...

 

I ran them 215/40/ZR17....they were awesome....excellent in the wet too....BUT...when they finally got low tread, they got really noisy and lost their grip really fast....I think I got 40,000ish kilometres out of them......they are a relatively soft compound....

(only tracked them once.....very good...)

 

I agree, the Toyo is a good everyday runner (not snow!!!), I liked them, had 'em on for one year. Try other tires, the Dunlop's, Michelin's are all good. Play around with them and see what you like. I have an older set of Bridgestones that were on a 2004 Miata, low side wall, they are a lot of fun! However, If your racing or autox' nothing beats the Hoosier! Their DOT rain tire can't be beat! I watched a guy in the rain, a few years ago at Mid-Ohio, in practice for the runoffs smokin a Viper on Toyo rains. It was ridiculous!

 

I'll be putting the T1R's back on in a couple of weeks after winter hibernation.
Looking forward to the stick in corners again. (winter tires give it up early when you're trying to have fun laterally)
Would buy this tire again.

 

i love my T1R's