Which tyres for my MK1

[Icsunonove]

Vredestein Hi-Trac

[Kooga]

Out of curiosity Un1eash, what differences have you notived between the stock 14"'s and the 195 15"'s. I've just gone to 15's mainly cos they look nicer and I'm a bit shallow like that - the only difference I've noticed is a bit more tramlining - though that may be aggravated by poor suspension...

[rootes]

Yoko parada spec 2's I don't know what they are like in the wet but in the dry they are amazing, very soft compound so I don't know how long they would last.

based on the one event (autosolo) I have used them on not long!

[LimeyMk1]

Vredestein Hi-Trac

If they're anything like the Sportrac 3s then they get a big from me. Good wet and dry grip and are fairly gentle on the loss of grip, this is on a lardy Celica.

[Mk1 Turbo Powered Steve]

Eagle F1's are great. they where fine on my SC but now with the extra power i have, they lose it a bit, i'm going to try 205's on my 15's, see if that helps.

[Speedy]

Yoko parada spec 2's I don't know what they are like in the wet but in the dry they are amazing, very soft compound so I don't know how long they would last.

based on the one event (autosolo) I have used them on not long!

Seemed to do a whole day at cadwell without too much wear for us, probably no worse than 539s used to be.

[racing23mr2]

did some one up in this thread say that dirty word "Falken!" OMG!

my vote Yokohama Parada spec-2 more grip than 539`s and yes softer, i have tried them also on my mk2 loads of grip! so top choice in my book for both mks.

In the wet they hold there own just fine progressive and good feedback, no surprises when you drive a bit fast what ever the weather

just to add ran them not buffed and no heat cycles just as you guys would have! interesting on your comment on them not lasting on you, what pressures did you run?

[rootes]

just to add ran them not buffed and no heat cycles just as you guys would have! interesting on your comment on them not lasting on you, what pressures did you run?

that in ref to my comment?

as stated i reckon they will not last long rather than they had not lasted long..wink

the solo I did wore the outer edges of the rear markedly - though the airfield surfce was very abrasive and a solo course has lots of quick direction turns and possible wheel spin etc all in 1st/2nd gears - quite different to a track

next solo (this weekend) is on a army parade ground - again the surface tends to be be very abrasive.. - going to sort out the camber and toe settings on saturday and perhaps run a bit more pressure in the rears as the tyre was moving off the rim (though on when i span)

one thing about the parada is that the sidewall seems very squishy (tec term ) compared tot he 539's

but they seem to work well even when it rained on the solo course

[Oldyellow]

What do you guys think of the firestone TZ200 as these are available at a great price and are Z rated.

If I don't go for these I will go for either eagle F1, Yoko Parada or Toyo Proxes

Which is best in the 195/50 r15 size?

[Lauren]

What do you guys think of the firestone TZ200 as these are available at a great price and are Z rated.

If I don't go for these I will go for either eagle F1, Yoko Parada or Toyo Proxes

Which is best in the 195/50 r15 size?

yoko advan neova (LTS compound) are just the best thing since sliced bread. You get what you pay for though.
F1s are a good road choice and a poo track choice due to the jelly sidewalls and their propensity to overheating and falling apart on a dry track.
Haven't tried parada's yet, but i am a bit of a yoko fan and will be trying them on the DC2 when the oem bridgestones wear out.

[crazybrightman]

i wouldnt recomend spec 2's for your honda i was going to get some for the saab but a couple of other people had tried them on bigger and heavier cars and found they where ok on the road but over heated and the sodewalls where to soft.

[Lauren]

i wouldnt recomend spec 2's for your honda i was going to get some for the saab but a couple of other people had tried them on bigger and heavier cars and found they where ok on the road but over heated and the sodewalls where to soft.

Alex found they worked quite well as did a friend if mine with an ITR, but we'll see.