User tyre reviews for tyres on the MK2 MR2 NA:

A lot of tyre for the money! As per the Falken 451's but slightly more grip in the wet. They wear well even with fast driving and repeated hard cornering, mine have done aprox 10k miles on twisty country roads and I still have about 3mm tread left,traction is very good even with hard launches and unlike some of the other tyres I've used they are very stable under heavy/emergency braking. Well worth a look if your after a great all round tyre!

I had these on my WRX also, they have more than enough grip, look good, cheap, and are quiet. there really is no better tire for those that want the ultimate street tire and auto-x on weekends. These have been successful in high competition auto-x street class, 'nuff said.

Fantastic tyres, had these front and rear and was very impressed with them considering they are supposed to be a buget performance tyre, good all round, lots of grip in the twisty bits, shoulder profile is also kind to the wheel arches of those with lowered cars! would definately recomend these and happy to use them again!

The 451's are very good tyres considering the price. I had these on the rear of my old MR2 for a good while. They looked and behaved much better than the budgets which were on before. Very good dry grip as you'd expect and pretty good in the wet too unless you really push it then they start to show their weakness. Seemed to last quite well, fair amount of tread left after 6000 miles. I'd consider buying them again but trying Toyo T1-R's next.

Compared to the ditch-finders currently fitted to the front of the car, the T1Rs perform very well on normal UK roads. When the tyres were in their prime, I was unable to get them to step out of line (in the dry) however hard I tried. My only warning factor with these tyres is that they wear very quickly (I've managed less than 8k miles on this pair) and although the car is RWD, I would've expect a little bit more life out of them.

These are classed as a mid-range performance tyre and I was quite pleased with them for the money.
Grip in the dry was very good as you'd expect with good feel from the road. Wet grip was decent too, but not brilliant and they will let go if you push it too much.
I did have a minor issue with one of the tyres, the tread went out of shape for some reason, although this was after about 8000 miles. The other tyres lasted quite well.
Overall a good performer, worth considering if you're on a budget.

Excellent front Mr2 tyre, wouldn't dare have them on the back where all the action takes place. Last ages but grip not fantastic. Get what you pay for as they aren't that expensive and last a long time. It's just you might not last a long time yourself if you fit them to the rear!!!

Don't feel these are as good as the T1-S which they don't seem to make anymore but still a good tyre. Not as good as the Bridgestone S-03's the car came with but also a lot cheaper. Don't feel they make that much difference on the front so have stuck with Nasty Nangkangs which last ages. Seem a waste of money at front as don't last that long and don't make that much difference. on the rear however wouldn't try another tyre unless Bridgestone decided to make the s03 potenza again!!!!!!!!

(comparison is with yoko ao22s).
The toyos provide a MUCH quieter and more comfortable ride at the expense of a little feedback through the wheel. The soft tyre walls can be compensated for with adjustment to pressures... I've gone for the max pressure minus 10% approach on the rear so 40 psi and 35 for fronts. This gets rid of the 'squidginess' and leaves them communicating grip levels pretty well. Now just very progressive on the limit. Adjusting pressures VERY important with these tyres. Dont know yet how this will effect wear.

For budget tyres these performed fairly well. Much better than other similar priced tyres. I found the dry grip to be good with reasonable feedback.
You do have to be careful in the wet though. They threatened to slip a few times when driven harder, especially on tight bends.
Comfort/noise is about average. They are a fairly hard compound and wear pretty well.
A decent tyre for the price but doesn't really compare to the top-end brands.

These tyres came with my MR2 when I bought it. Were ok in the dry, pretty slippy in the wet.

Didn't care slide the car on them but that was probably the cars fault

Fairly average tyre but fairly cheap so no real surprise!

Get what you pay for I guess.

Pleasantly surprised with these NS2s. They came with a set of aftermarket alloys for free so were never going to be decent but they weren't horrible in the dry.

Not great in wet and I did a few track laps on them and they turned to jelly.

Looked like they were going to last forever! Luckily I sold the car :)

Very soft with very high wear rates. Good traction in wet with effective water disposal through grooves even when worn. Quite a bouncy feel similar to some yokohama tires.

Well these are very average, and I wouldn't use them again if you paid me! Performance was ok BUT the tread on BOTH rear tyres seperated from the tyre with average driving, I still had an average of 5.5mm left on them! My advice if your on a budget - skip these and look at the Falken 452's!

Probably the worst "performance" tyre i've ever used, wouldn't recommend them to anyone.