Does anyone have this? I want a high performance tire to use for racing/autox with a good treadwear.. I dont want to spend t1-s kind of money either. All reviews I've read point to this tire.. any insight?
I have the Parada 2's on my car. I can't really compare them to any other performance tire since my previous wheels were the stockers. But I'm pretty happy with their performance - in addition to daily driving, i used them for a day of road racing and the grip was nice. They are not loud at all and I was confident driving in the rain. Also, the lip protector is kind of nice.
i have and like them....i like the yoko a520 also, but they dont offer it anymore
they grip good, i notice the most when i put on my snow tires and can nearly turn as quick as before......
i want to ge the spec-2's for my lude as summer tires but was concerned about the performance of this tire in the rain
anyone care to give more feedback on how it really does in the rain
granted youre not supposed to push your car super hard around corners in the wet i do take them a lil faster than what the speed limit states
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2000 Honda Prelude SH - Gone But Not Forgotten
they slip in the rain if you start quickly or try to spin them shifting also...but if you keep to the speed limit they are fine....i have hydroed a few times when i picked up the pace
Here I go again on one of my GS-D3 crusades. Are you willing to spend a little more money on a tire? For $17 more per tire, you could get GS-D3s which will put ANY Yokohama to shame. Yokohamas = LOUD and DEPLORABLE wet weather traction.
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97 EGP Base 5spd Prelude. Engine: DC short ram, DC SS headers, AEM pulleys, Random High flow cat, Mugen sport exhaust, Apexi VAFC. Suspension: Tein SS, Tanabe front lower tie, Neuspeed front upper strut, Neuspeed rear sway, Tanabe rear upper strut, DC rear lower tie, 17X7.5 5Zigen Typhoons with 215/40/17 Goodyear F1 GS-D3s. Other: Bride Ergo II, Spoon oil cap, Magnecor wires, relocated Odyssey 680 battery, Denso iridiums, Mugen pedals, Mugen lugnuts, shortened shifter w/ Momo airleather, Rotora slotted rotors and Endless NA-Y pads, Goodridge SS lines.
Originally posted by fmshaw1971 Here I go again on one of my GS-D3 crusades. Are you willing to spend a little more money on a tire? For $17 more per tire, you could get GS-D3s which will put ANY Yokohama to shame. Yokohamas = LOUD and DEPLORABLE wet weather traction.
hmmm for $7 bucks more i can get SO3's
i have to see what my budget allows...still have to get other things too
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-Anthony- PSN/Xbox Live GT: Evoking1230
2005 EVO VIII-SOLD/R.I.P.
2000 Honda Prelude SH - Gone But Not Forgotten
S-03's are atleast $80 more than the parada everywhere I look.. thats an extra $320 for the set. I dont doubt theyre good.. but I dont want to spend that much on tires.
i have to see what my budget allows...still have to get other things too
If you can get SO-3s for that then definitely do it. I have never seen them that cheap, however. The SO-3 is usually $50 more than the GS-D3 and thus $70 more than the Yokos, per tire.
You can definitely do better than the Yoko and for not that much more money. Just remember that the Yokos also wear very quickly. You could almost go through two sets of Yokos in the same time that you go through one set of GS-D3s or SO-3s. Which is the better bargain then?
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97 EGP Base 5spd Prelude. Engine: DC short ram, DC SS headers, AEM pulleys, Random High flow cat, Mugen sport exhaust, Apexi VAFC. Suspension: Tein SS, Tanabe front lower tie, Neuspeed front upper strut, Neuspeed rear sway, Tanabe rear upper strut, DC rear lower tie, 17X7.5 5Zigen Typhoons with 215/40/17 Goodyear F1 GS-D3s. Other: Bride Ergo II, Spoon oil cap, Magnecor wires, relocated Odyssey 680 battery, Denso iridiums, Mugen pedals, Mugen lugnuts, shortened shifter w/ Momo airleather, Rotora slotted rotors and Endless NA-Y pads, Goodridge SS lines.
if you want an auto-x tire there are only 3 options, really.
Azenis
Kumho MX
looking at the results at nationals those were practically the only 2 street tires used. a few oddballs were running T1-S. a few people were running S03's or BFG's.
roadracing is the same story, though i hear the MX holds up better under intense lapping, as the azenis get really greasy.
yeah you could auto-x a GY F1, but my question is, why would u want to?
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Are you willing to spend a little more money on a tire? For $17 more per tire, you could get GS-D3s which will put ANY Yokohama to shame. Yokohamas = LOUD and DEPLORABLE wet weather traction.
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