Stock Sw20 Replacement Tyres

The Toyo T1R 195/55R15 size should still be available .
 
Some that I believe are currently available for the same brand /type for the front and rear in the stock sizes (195/55R15 - 225/50R15) are:
Toyo T1R.
Falken Ziex 912
Hankook Ventus Prime K105's
Also Toyo Proxes 4 are available in 205/50R15 and 225/50R15.
(The 205/50R15 size works fine for the front BTW).
 
I have 15 inch wheels and have used T1R's and Hankook K105'S and found them ok.
I've have had no problems with mixing different brands F/R so long as you choose similar performance tyres.
I currently run Bridgestone G111's front and Hankook K105's rear.
With tyres for the fronts (either 195/55R15 or 205/50R15) you have a lot of choices, but unfortunately with the rear 225/50 R15 sizes the choices are limited for good performance tyres.

Thanks for the help! I went and took a look at what you've suggested...
The Falken seems to be a bit of a standard tyre? An "A good All Season" tyre I often read it described as, was maybe looking for a bit better?
The T1R's aren't listed on Toyo's website as coming in 195/55R15, but sometimes they're still available at stores possibly? If not, they do have 205/50R15. These tyres seem to get pretty rave reviews.
The Hankook were a bit harder to find reviews on, seemed a bit of a mixed bag. Some drivers said poor, some said great.
 
I have always been told that mixing tyres almost always ends up in bad combinations. I imagine different treads, different grip profiles etc could mess things up? I don't -actually- know though. Glad to hear they're working out for you though, I'll have to research it a bit more to understand! 
 
How much are the tyres you've mentioned if you remember/know off the top of your head? It's tough to find prices just via the web and would love a ball park figure to start off on.

Well if you don't have the correct load rating it can be defected..
Also try these
I used them they were great

Gt radials I use champiro hpx's
But not sure if able to get them in a 15 inch
I've heard proxes are terrible
Very noisy after 5000kms and don't have a very good wear life but each to there own I guess.

It is hard but well worth getting the correct tyres
Best of luck.

Zediah
The T1R's aren't listed on Toyo's website as coming in 195/55R15, but sometimes they're still available at stores possibly? If not, they do have 205/50R15. These tyres seem to get pretty rave reviews.
The Hankook were a bit harder to find reviews on, seemed a bit of a mixed bag. Some drivers said poor, some said great.

The problem with tyre reviews is that they are reviewed on different cars with different sizes, and different drivers. Some people love 'em, some people hate 'em, so you can't really tell.
 
Like many modern tyres the T1R's seem to have soft sidewalls, probably to give a good ride in the more common lower profile sizes.
I found that on the rear of my '90 model, with 50 profile size they tended to give a floaty feel until you put a few k's on them, however the wet and dry grip was great and no probs with noise. Couldn't complain about the wear rate - my rears lasted about 28k kms.
 
As for the Hankook K105's they seem ok but I've only just fitted them, so time will tell.
 
BTW, you probably only need to worry about the load ratings with the OEM 15's if you fit a non stock size.
 

Hmm there should be a sticky for stock tyre brands/sizes as I'm sure quite a good number of us are in the market for them including myself! Seems to be no "Max Performance Summer" in our sizes.
I think BF Goodrich G force (or some variant) is another you can find in 225/50/15
Ironic how I've got a set of stockies that I would rather have as dailys/drift/practice wheels but it's actually easier to find the sizes in semi-slicks! Even the R32 rims have narrow choices. Still, I'll never go 17s!!

I went to Tyres and More about 2 weeks ago and asked about the Toyo T1R 225/50/15, from memory I think they were about $180 a tyre. 

Sorry no real world experience with those BFG's only what the reviews are:
http://www.tyrereviews.co...drich/gForce-Sport.htm
Lower score rating than T1Rs but if they are cheaper I might get these down the road (or whatever is cheapest lol) once my A048s are finished in few months time or less. Will post reviews.
I guess it's difficult to really evaluate the tyres by others reviews but it gives me a general idea hehe. For example this is not the first time I've come across someone saying T1Rs have "floaty" or soft sidewalls (soft tyre in general). Need something that will hold up to bit of track abuse. On the positive side they done an article for testing T1Rs vs semi's on that same site so it must be good enough for the street?
Oh and to answer your early q's, running 205 in lieu of 195 will reduce the "stock understeer setup" and yeh ideally you'd want same tyre tread pattern for a sensitive car like the MR2 (as well as rim diameter) according to my tyre/suspension shop. Saying that reddtarga seems fine and I recently was at the track with a guy who ran different treads (front vs rear) and he did pretty well.
Gatesys - slowly transforming it into a familiar race car :P ?