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Old 09-21-2010, 09:07 PM
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Default Making a ~1000 mile round trip on Toyo DR's??

Well, I just got my Toyo Proxes TQ 315/35/18 drag radials mounted last month, with not even a few hundred miles on them. I may be making a trip back home from AR to TN next month, and its about ~480 miles one way. This is my first set of drag radials, and I know to be safe if it happens to rain.. These aren't like most drag radials, I'm confident they'll be slightly better than most even if I was to find some rain.. I've been on damp roads around here, and my old tires were worse on a wet road! I run about 30psi in them around town, I guess I should bump the psi up a tad more for the trip, too huh?

There's not a whole lot of people reviewing the Toyo DR's yet, just looking for personal experience with these tires on trips..
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I'm sure you will be fine, I've probably got at least 1,500mi on mine (315/35/17) and still have plenty of tread left.

This tire should get 4,000 - 5,000mi if your not roasting the crap out of them every day.
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You'll be fine, how do they hook?
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Originally Posted by allbaugh_04
You'll be fine, how do they hook?
Let's say I haven't had any traction issues whatsoever. Bogging is my issue now in attempt to save my 10bolt..
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Report back on how they handle the trip. I'm planning a big road trip once I get my car finished, but I'm apprehensive about what tires to buy. I don't want to potentially deal with issues on a huge road trip.
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If you have a buddy with stockers on the side, maybe you can ask him to lend you some or buy a set of stock wheels with street tires so you wont have to waste your tires on that long trip.




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