Toyo Proxes S/T vs S/T II

thewrubelator · Mar 18, 2015

Looking for a tire ther than 420s that everyone else runs. going on a 22x14. havent heard much about the proxes lately, read that the original proxes were softer and performed better than the new one. Was wondering what the main differences were between the S/T and S/T II are, other than tread design. Anyone running either of the tires?

01pwrstkr · Mar 18, 2015

Curious about this myself. I've been looking at the Toyos and the kumho ecsta (spelling?).

"3 can keep a secret if 2 are dead"

matt92idi · Mar 19, 2015

Cooper zeon ltz is a pretty good looking tire I think. After my last ordeal with nitto I don't think I'll be going back with 420s on a truck

madman1234509 · Mar 19, 2015

What happened with your 420s?

JrStroker · Mar 19, 2015

Interested in this too. And the above comments.

bft blue oval boys · Mar 19, 2015

I'll get a Charlie in here he has experience with both.

6 L chevy eater · Mar 19, 2015

Sure can Randall. Lol. The ST2 is the way to go for racing/street use. Both tires are quiet and ride good

black'n'blue · Mar 19, 2015

01pwrstkr said:
Curious about this myself. I've been looking at the Toyos and the kumho ecsta (spelling?).

"3 can keep a secret if 2 are dead"

I've used the ecsta's before. They have very weak sidewalls from my experience. I will not but them again. Not sure what version you were looking at though

JrStroker · Mar 19, 2015

I wanted something other than a 420 or a proxy, I found one I liked, General Grabber UHP. Anyone have any experiance or knowledge with them?

01pwrstkr · Mar 19, 2015

black'n'blue said:
I've used the ecsta's before. They have very weak sidewalls from my experience. I will not but them again. Not sure what version you were looking at though

I've been considering these

"3 can keep a secret if 2 are dead"

thewrubelator · Mar 19, 2015

Thanks for the responses fellas. Looks like I'll go with the st2!

matt92idi · Mar 19, 2015

madman1234509 said:
What happened with your 420s?

Side wall started splitting and nitto won't warranty the tire. Tires had less than 1k on them

Jason · Mar 19, 2015

Kinda what happens when people put tires on a truck, that are hardly rated for what the truck weighs.

madman1234509 · Mar 19, 2015

Yea, I can understand them not covering the warranty. When I ordered mine from tire rack or where ever, they cancelled my order saying they could not sell them to me because of the vehicle I claimed to be putting them on. I placed ab order 20 minutes later claiming I was putting them on a Chevy 1500

matt92idi · Mar 19, 2015

Yeah get that but it was a defect in the tire but I'm going to ride the set out but won't be buying another set.
I went to get another tire and the my
Tire guy said they are on back order so I'm wondering if there was a issue and I'm not the only person who experienced this problem

Jeff@Spartan · Mar 19, 2015

I've always heard the S/T is the best of the two at the track. I had the S/T II and cut a 1.66 with them in my 08 CC/SB. Not sure how much better (if any) the S/T would have been. I will say the S/T II held up great to the abuse. I probably would have gotten 25,000 miles or more out of them, which I don't think is bad at all for an XL tire on a 7600-7700 lb truck.

As far as looks go, I think the S/T looks best.

UNBROKEN · Mar 19, 2015

matt92idi said:
Side wall started splitting and nitto won't warranty the tire. Tires had less than 1k on them

No way in hell that's a split from a defect. That's a cut of some sort. Almost looks like it got laid on a siping machine. Those lines are too perfectly spaced to be a failure.

UNBROKEN · Mar 19, 2015

The more I look at it...that's a cut. You ran over something and didn't notice it or something. You can see the scuff marks in the rubber where it didn't actually cut it. 100% no way on earth that's a defect or failure of the tire.