Anyone have problems with Toyo Proxie 4's

[GTO DAZE]

Ever since I had these wheels put on it pulls to the right a little. When I put the stockers back on it is fine. Then I put the Toyo's back on and I'm driving down the road with the steering wheel ****ed to the left a little. This sucks, I have an appointment tomorrow to see if the alignment is off.....

[mlc]

I've been running proxy 4's for 1+ years with no problems.

I would recommend an alignment with new tires all the time. Try that before thinking the tres are bad. Also, you didn't say if you have new rims. Check those.

[sccaGTO]

Ever since I had these wheels put on it pulls to the right a little. When I put the stockers back on it is fine. Then I put the Toyo's back on and I'm driving down the road with the steering wheel ****ed to the left a little. This sucks, I have an appointment tomorrow to see if the alignment is off.....
The alignment shouldn't be off. If your OE wheels/tires drive as straight as the day you drove off the lot, it points to the wheels or tires. Since the BFG KDWS is an OE tire on several models of cars, they have to be more particular about meeting the demands of a brand new car. The Proxes aren't OE on any car. Since MLC isn't having a problem, maybe it's the wheels.

[mike24]

Ive got about 8k on my Toyos and ive had no issues at all. When they were mounted on the rims i put them on myself and didnt have the car aligned or anything. Actually the car has never been to a shop for anything but a inspection sticker...

[J.E.T.]

If these tires have "directional" tread design that's prolly your problem. BTW, I wouldn't dream of installing a new set of tires without an alignment, especially on the GTO.

JET

[smyla]

I agree on the aligment, but also some tires tend to follow the crown of the road more than others. Try and find a road with a larger crown and see if the pull to the right increases.

[04JRB]

About a month ago, I went through the same thing. Brought my car in with the camber so negative it wore out the insides of my tires. bought 4 toyo proxes 4's and a 4 wheel alignment. After 2 hours at the tire store they gave me the keys, settled the payment and I was on my way. My car drove like **** pulled right HARD. Turned around and went back to the tire store and after 4 alignments, broke down all 4 tires and mounted new ones, still pulled to the right. Anyway, after getting upset with the guy at the tire store, I went to the dealership and had them align it. Now it drives well. The dealership told me that because there were parts that need to be replaced every time you have it aligned (once it its torqued to spec it cant be re-used), thats why belle tire couldn't get it right. I dont know if thats true or not, but the dealership got it right. hope that helps.

[J.E.T.]

About a month ago, I went through the same thing. Brought my car in with the camber so negative it wore out the insides of my tires. bought 4 toyo proxes 4's and a 4 wheel alignment. After 2 hours at the tire store they gave me the keys, settled the payment and I was on my way. My car drove like **** pulled right HARD. Turned around and went back to the tire store and after 4 alignments, broke down all 4 tires and mounted new ones, still pulled to the right. Anyway, after getting upset with the guy at the tire store, I went to the dealership and had them align it. Now it drives well. The dealership told me that because there were parts that need to be replaced every time you have it aligned (once it its torqued to spec it cant be re-used), thats why belle tire couldn't get it right. I dont know if thats true or not, but the dealership got it right. hope that helps.


Not true about "parts that need to be replaced". The tire shop just didn't know what they were doing, that's all. My alignment shop gets my track "spot on" every time........no problems at all. One thing I will say, this GTO is kinda "fickle" when it comes to alignments, tires, balancing, etc. It's a very heavy car that needs suspension and spring help to hold up. The very first thing I did was replace the suspension and brake system.

JET