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[Sam_EP3]

Falken FK452'S all round, very good grip in the dry and slighltly better grip than the potenzas in the wet, really good wear rate and pretty cheap. would shell out for Paradas but they would be wasted on the amount of motorway miles I do. Only real downside is that the road is increased.

[stevewales2003]

215/ 40 yoko parada 2's just done 300miles on them an the keep getting better, even in the recent wet conditions.

[ez_tyga]

My driving style is, I guess, "normal" for CTR owners..Hard accelaration, fast round corners, use the engine to brake..

Currently, have Falken Ziex ZE-512 (205/45ZR17 88W), all round. Have done 10K in them so far, still look brand new. Good grip in the wet, ok in the dry, runs quieter than the potenzas. Tyre incorporates rim protection that protects your wheels.

Got 18K from the Potenza fronts tyres. Backs had plenty of life in them, but got them changed at the same time (as they had uneven tyre wear - yes it started to make the dreaded noise that makes it sound like your wheel bearings have gone).

Performance wise the Potenzas were definately better, but at twice the price...thought I would try tyres at half the price, worked on the logic if its good enough for the Japanese then its good enough for my CTR.

Falkens are a good budget tyre, but would I buy again, hmm, would look for better dry performance perhaps Ziex ZE-912.

[Yates]

Tried a pair of yokohama prada spec2's back in the summer & saw a massive improvement over the stock POTs but recently ive got a set of Toyo T1Rs & I wouldn’t go back to the yokos now. Excellent in the wet.

[le_s]

Hi

I use Continental sport contact 2

[Antaz]

Supersteel 595's and i cant complain to be fair. Only £50 a corner too.

[gavin_T]

I voted other.


I am using Vredstein ultratacs in 205/45/17


Brought the car with some budget tyres on (infinity) and they were scary to drive so I binned them in favour of these and the improvment was massive.

Simular tread to the toyos and eagle F1's. Nice safe amount of grip in the cold and wet. Nice and gripppy in the dry too and with quite still sidewalls


Only downside I would say is that they are quite a soft compound. They got a bit blistered on my last trackday at brands hatch and I have only got about 5,000 miles from them. But I have done three trackdays on them

Only £70 a corner fully fitted though :thumbup:

[leeglf]

still using potenza's thinking of trying toyo's next

[Chimp]

only ever used bridgestones. they are predictable and sticky, never thought about changing to a different brand.

[jamesctr2005]

loving my p-zero's

[tompa6313]

Also using the vredesteins not a bad tyre in my opinion were better than the Dunlop maxx's which I had before

[Achim]

as I said, I'm using Yoko Parada Spec II 215/35/R18
and by chance, does anyone has a spare tire? http://www.civictype-r.co.uk/forum/view ... 0&t=198228

[akita]

P-zero nero and R-888 :thumbup:

[conr33]

I always run toyos, best tyre for grip by a long way i think. You can get them off the net for around 300quid delivered to the door, 205/40/17, hard to beat! :thumbup:

[karl.hart]

well, started with firenza's (previous owner put them on to pass MOT) after various scary moments involving the rear end disconnecting from the road i decided to change them!
as a big fan of TDi-North's work i went for the parada spec 2's (if they're good enough for a 900hp civic they're good enough for my standard one!!) - went for the 215 40 17's and i must say i am very impressed by they're performance in wet and dry conditions, the back end stays attached to the road and i have far less understeer, not to mention they have the best looking tread pattern!!!
got them from the lk performance shop on egay for 266 squid delivered (which i think is not too bad, quick delivery and friendly staff too i found)

i think the parada's should be an option on the poll as a lot of people on here seem to have them and have good things to say about them.

mat.

i can say 100% that car when it had them tyres on will only be on for one reason and that will be to push it in and out of the work shop that car would never drive anywhere with them on. it use's skinnys on the back and drag slicks on the front. they will be just throw on's dude thats all

TOYO'S RULE

[luke_type r]

I'm using bridgestones, think there amazing but then again I've had budgets on for 8 months

[Dubbz]

Yokohama Parada Spec 2's. Seem decent enough in the dry, maybe not to good in the wet but I take care in the wet anyway

[hamman62]

i got 4 yoko's. really grippy but wear very fast

[Mr Anderson]

Falken FK452 225/40/18. Feel OK at first but improve after a few hundred miles. No rim protection though. Struggled for grip slightly at 42PSI but better at 37.

[Sacrificial Pawn]

Don't know how they'd perform on the CTR but I've just switched to Hankook V12 Evo on the Meg...and, they're very, very good. Recommended by Seano amongst others. Nice stiff sidewalls, loads of grip and look like they'll shed water well in the wet.

On the flipside, had to put P-Zeros on the front at Llandow. They're poop. Too soft in every way, got shredded.