Dunlops And Bridgestones Only Recommended By Lexus?

[japthree]

Speaking to the service dept they said Lexus only recommend these two hence we only have these in stock - my garage a year or two ago changed mine to Pirellis however checking my boot tyre it's Michelin Pilot and I do have a memory when buying the car it was Michelins so has Lexus changed their recommended tyre(s) over the years?

BTW is it correct that you can have two of the same make on the front and two of the same make on the rear but not any other combination other than all the same make?

ATS Euromaster said they would swap my front passenger tyre with my rear driver however Lexus said you can't do this - is this correct?

On the IS200 do Goodyear Eagle F1s wear 'funny' - I heard?

[Steviewevie]

I have one make on one side of my car, and another make of tyre on the other (not my choice, it came like that). Initially I thought that was a pretty dodgy setup, but Tony at WIM had a look at them and said it was fine, because they all have the same sort of unidirectional tread pattern, and a similar amount of tread.

So I imagine it depends on various factors really, if you want to swap things around.

[sparkystav]

As long as they match up on Axles and arent top brand budget together they should be fine.

Stav

[Parthiban]

On the IS200, there were 2 OEM tyres, Bridgestones and Dunlops. As far as I know they didn't come from the factory with anything else. However, people have used all sorts of tyres on here and no one has any problems.......I've got Eagle F1As and they've been fine so far :)

[coolrides]

maybe it because they stock them and want to charge over the top for them lol

[Dan_Harris]

Eagle F1's on mine got great wear so far saying that I have been WIM'd :) so this helps a lot. Speaking to Tony recently and he's said that the Eagle F1's are discontinued but has recommended the T1R proxy's as a suitable replacement.

[H13 BBO]

I had Bridgestone Potenzas all round about a month ago , switching from " Michelin Pilot Sports ,

must say i am pleasantly surprised how quite the Bridgestone's are , early days yet , but i am glad i chose the Bridgestones this time round !

[mikey4742]

I have got 18"tte wheels on mine which came with bridgestone potenzas but always thought they looked flat, every time I washed the car I checked the pressure so I replaced them with toyo T1-Rs that I thought looked better.

or was this only me?

[SpokesT]

If you have a mix n match set make sure your best tyres are on the back to avoid the back end overtaking the front as you go round a roundabout or a sweeping bend