Squidgy tyres

[RS404]

Can anyone advise me? Just booked my third trackday so still a novice. As the day goes on my front tyres feel like they're about to come off the rim in the tight corners, it's horrible. At first I thought at 30psi hot they were too soft so went up to 35 - no better. Then it was suggested they were too hard so went down to 28, no change. You can actually see an imprint of the writing on the tyre appearing further around the sidewall which suggests I'm driving on the sidewall which can't be good?!

I drive a FWD car (Honda ITR DC2) with 205/45 16 Yokohama Parada spec C. Are these tyres known for having a soft sidewall?

I also have a spare set of 15s with (from memory as they are kept elsewhere) 3x 205/50 15 Hankook RS2's and one cheapo, is it worth buying another Hankook and using those? I haven't done so as I'd have thought the slightly higher profile would make it worse.

[cheese chaser]

I've not used Paradas myself but in my tyre research I've read quite a few reports of them really struggling when properly hot. Not tried the RS2s either but I'm fairly sure you'll be much happier with these. From there the top 3 choices in my experience are Yoko A048, Toyo R888 and Kumho V70a.

[iguana]

Might need to sort your driving style, however those Paradas are utter utter shi*te in every respect other than they look good! the RS2s will feel night vs day better.

[weed]

You need more static negative camber so that the tyre tread is presented better to the road when your cornering.
It also sounds like the handling balance of the car is too understeery for your driving style.

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[itiejim]

I've not tried the Paradas but had a set of RS2s on my old DC2 and they were great on track.

Your only problem now will be finding one as I think they recently went out of production...

[AndrewO]

I ran prada's for a while on a similar front wheel drive car. Even with sorting the camber/suspension I was getting lots of understeer. Changed over to some part worn Yoko Ao48s and they completely transformed the car, lots of front end grip with a bit of oversteer now and then (front wheel drive).

[Tom74]

AndrewO said:

I ran prada's for a while on a similar front wheel drive car. Even with sorting the camber/suspension I was getting lots of understeer. Changed over to some part worn Yoko Ao48s and they completely transformed the car, lots of front end grip with a bit of oversteer now and then (front wheel drive).

Yeah, those designer tyres aren't all that...