Toyo proxies 4 vs nexen nfera su1

[jsan083]

Hi,

Looking to get tyres and have either one these in mind as they are similar priced.

Anyone used both of these or any of them and could give me feedback of they were?

Dry/wet grip, wear etc

Thanks,

Josh

[slystiguy]

What are you using them for? Street car?

re003 are probably better and similar priced from a quick search (cheapest way to get them is to grab them when they do a buy 3 get 1 free deal, probably be on next month)

I can do 215/45/17 for $179 inc in chch haha (not much help to you in Auckland sorry)

[Jono24]

$179 for re003 fitted? I'm coming to see you next time!

[jsan083]

 slystiguy said:

What are you using them for? Street car?

re003 are probably better and similar priced from a quick search (cheapest way to get them is to grab them when they do a buy 3 get 1 free deal, probably be on next month)

I can do 215/45/17 for $179 inc in chch haha (not much help to you in Auckland sorry)

Its for a fwd turbo pulsar. Just for street. Its 149 each for nexen and 169 for toyos. I would go for re003 if they were that cheap here in auckland.

[slystiguy]

just ring a bridgestone store and ask if they could do them for that price, may get lucky, otherwise as I said wait until march and see what the new monthly deal is. Will most likely be buy 3 get 1 free on bridgestone products (firestone was this months deal, changes monthly)

[slystiguy]

 Jono24 said:

$179 for re003 fitted? I'm coming to see you next time!

yup this is clubsub chch pricing only. I haven't gotten around to making a topic for it yet but got the ok from my boss for a good solid base anyway

[Joker]

 jsan083 said:

Its for a fwd turbo pulsar. Just for street. Its 149 each for nexen and 169 for toyos. I would go for re003 if they were that cheap here in auckland.

ok I'm not telling you off NOR picking on you but why post this in the impreza section then & not the tire & suspension section? genuinely curious & how we could improve the forum etc,...

[jsan083]

I was looking for wheels and tyres section and couldnt find and figured i could put it here cus i own an impreza. Sorry if it bothers you.

[Joker]

**** no, doesn't bother me much the feedback is more important as I've been complaining myself (and poking the webmonsters) to make things easier to finds

[McDoof]

 jsan083 said:

Its for a fwd turbo pulsar. Just for street. Its 149 each for nexen and 169 for toyos. I would go for re003 if they were that cheap here in auckland.

Get a quote from slystiguy and take it to Tony's. They will beat the price by $10 a tyre :-)

I got my RE002 215/45/17 from them a little while ago for $165 each.

[DacerX]

Id rather go to my bridgestone over tonys, B Select Riccarton are the best to me, Mite have to try Sam next time now that hes working there but i know that he will "test drive" it to make sure the tyres are balanced and come back with half the tank gone

[jsan083]

 McDoof said:

Get a quote from slystiguy and take it to Tony's. They will beat the price by $10 a tyre :-)

I got my RE002 215/45/17 from them a little while ago for $165 each.

Thats a smart idea, how would i go abouts getting a qoute from someone in chch though?

[slystiguy]

 DacerX said:

Id rather go to my bridgestone over tonys, B Select Riccarton are the best to me, Mite have to try Sam next time now that hes working there but i know that he will "test drive" it to make sure the tyres are balanced and come back with half the tank gone

Hahaha nah don't be silly Dave! I only road test cars we do alignments on and we only take them around the block in 50km zones just to make sure wheel is center and no other issues. Tbh I drive way cooler more powerful cars than any Subaru on this forum and I absolutely do not thrash any of them, brand new mustangs,modified v8 fords/ holdens, turbo fords, cop cars ect ect (just to name a few). I'm a super honest worker (debate-ably to a fault sometimes). And I absolutely guarantee that your car will not ever go past 4000rpm even on a road test. We are only testing for the work done, not for fun. I have had my own pride and joy raped by some dickhead mechanics in my time and it's not something I ever want to be involved with. If in doubt leave a mic recording in your car without telling me.

I talked to my boss today and he said technically we can't give quotes online as it's kinda going against our rules, technically I'm not allowed to advertise which store I work at and can only quote retail lol. So please keep hush hush or the deal might fall through (online at least)

As I said before, just ring a few stores and see if they will do something close to that rate.. It's a dam good rate but they should try and match it. But if the new months deal is buy 3 get 1 free it's actually cheaper to buy them that way than go with my price.

[jsan083]

I gave them a call and they said shipment for re003 is in march sometime and are out of stock.

I doubt anyone would believe me asking them to match your price lol they would prob ask which shop and call to prove it or look online lol.

I may just try these nexens read on google that they good. Anyone here actually used nexen su1? Your feedback would be great

[newsuba]

is the new re003 a real improvement over the re002 ?

the re002 was crap at best.

lightyears behind the ancient re050a in everything except price.

[GC8E2DD]

RE050As wear really quickly. When compounded with the hefty price they were a difficult choice. The same can be said for many Potenzas. The grip/ longevity balance is a difficult decision.

[newsuba]

a lot depends on the car and driver.

the gti was oem with re050a and the original owner replaced one pair after ~18 mths and 20,000+ km.

the second original pair lasted for 37,000km

Edited February 25, 2016 by newsuba

[hunter951]

 newsuba said:

is the new re003 a real improvement over the re002 ?

the re002 was crap at best.

lightyears behind the ancient re050a in everything except price.

i thought the re002s were pretty good...until i chewed them out up the hill

[McDoof]

I really liked my RE002s on the old Mazda Atenza I had. Never tried them on the Subie, ended up with Eagle F1 D5s instead. They're OK