My Fd sideways at the roundabout

[J4P RX]

Your lucky.  I finally had my new tyres fitted today

Booting mine on Jap tyres it would still wheelspin at about 80 if it was wet

Having said that, these KU15\'s I have look pretty evil so who know what the wet grip will be like.  I havnt put the wheels on yet.

Lee

[g11ary]

Yes, Ive had jap tyres on the silver rX7 for a year now and are great fun and teach you control.

[GaryS]

Agreed there.

I\'m hoping to still have mine on by the time I do my 1st track day in the FD3.  Nothing teaches you the handling capabilities of the car better than having poor gripping tyres on - learn the limits that way then put grippy rubber on.

This is more so for me who prefers grip driving to drift driving on the track.

[Robertio]

Lee, try and put quite a few easy road miles on the tyres before you take them on track - you will find they hold up much better.  Newly fitted rubber + trackday = instant requirement for new boots

[J4P RX]

Cheers but I am aware of that.

These are my new road tyres  I have 3 sets of rims...

Lee

[scooby_si]

i have read that jap ruber aint the only reason jap cars often handle badly & due in part to the geometry/alignment so my question is- is it worth getting the 4 wheel alignment sorted b4 going round bruntingthorpe & killing Jap rubber & then putting nice new F1s on or wood it then need re-adjusting after new boots put on (ie trying to skimp & not do it twice but equally wood prefer to learn limits on how the car will be set up post dead Jap rubber....)
Cheers
Si

[BabyNSX]

When you say Jap tyres are rubbish, which ones exactly do you mean?

Bridgestone & Yokohama are Japanese and both make excellent tyres.
Although my personal preference is the Good Year F1 Eagle for it\'s exceptional wet weather traction.

[Gman]

Its not the make of tyre thats the issue its the grade of rubber.  Jap roads are different to UK roads so the rubber is different.

[J4P RX]

Yeah we dont mean Japanese companies.  Yoko\'s and Bridgestone etc make some awesome tyres.  We mean the actual tyres they use in Japan.

Cheers
Lee

[Jimpy]

I had a Porsche Boxster up until last month and got me a lovely black type X RX over from Japan. Had it kitted with brand new red leather and this thing looks like out of the showroom new...Lovely kit on it and it\'s my new baby (dont tell da missus).

The handling is rock, easily as good as the Porsche and very predictable if you brake and apply the power correctly and drive it smoothly. Fantastic machine !!

Laters,

J