Yokohama Parada Spec 2

Fabulous alternative to Track day tyres at double the price!
Excellent dry grip and good wet grip but LETHAL in standing water over 30mm!
not that we get alot of that ;)
But very good buy!

Excellent grip in the dry, not too bad in the wet, however if I were most of the people posting reviews saying that the wet grip is appalling I'd have one piece of advice...slow down in the wet. Noise is not bad, no worse than on any other directional tyre, wear rates are a little higher than most, however that's a small price to pay for high grip levels. As previously stated the grip gets better when pushed, they obviously need high heat levels to perform at there best. As to only handling 82 bhp per wheel or what ever it was, there's alot more too it than that, the weight of a car and the suspension set up means that a tyre that's good on one car is not always good on another. I had them on a highly tuned Mazda 6 MPS and the grip levels far exceeded the Bridgestone RE050A's that it came with.

Would buy again.

I am underwhealmed by these tyres. A 330bhp AWD car means that these tyres only have 82bhp each to handle. I am struggling to see where all the grip is that I read about. Outside of summer trackdays, these tyres perform worse than the all-weather Geolanders on my SUV on dry roads, let alone wet roads. I will make no comment on winter/ice/snow grip as summer tyres by definition are not designed to be used below 8 C - more fool to anyone that tries to do so and comes a cropper.

We need to be realistic in that the UK will present wet, cool, and imperfectly surfaced roads to drive on. Again, the Geolanders on my SUV grip massively better than these, are more progressive on breakaway, and are a greater joy to use therein.

Yes, Paradas are cheap - the reason is that they have a very narrow application and trail the market significantly outside the narrow context of 20 C+ track days. My previous Bridgestone RE050As grip better than these tyres in 99% of British driving conditions - and these are not the best or most expensive tyres out there by a long shot.

If you are fitting these to a hobby car that is used 6-8 weeks per year, no problem at all. You'll probably have an SUV/Transit and a trailer and won't mind having to flat bed your track-car to and from the circuit. Similarly, if you are an experienced driver that understands about tyre compounds and tread patterns, sees a bargain and understand what you are getting yourself into, then go right ahead. Just watch out for every man and his dog in front heavy, oil-burning rep-mobiles humilating you on roundabouts.


Would not recommend for anything other than hobby car use. Would not buy again.

Easily The best non-slick tyre you can buy

amazing in the dry

not so good in the wet

These tyres ARE noisy, but compared with the grip they give its a small price to pay. I havent noticed any difference in the grip they give in the wet

Had these for the last year on my type r. Good grip but quite slippy in the wet. Quite noisy too. Also very expensive. Would buy again if I could afford it

Great in the dry but rubbish in the wet, aquaplanes as soon as it starts raining. For the price, i would rather put a budget on my car and have a better wet grip and less dry grip.

Brilliant tyres. Noisey i agree but amazing grip. Yeah they will step out if you drive like an idiot but thats more to do with poor roads.

They last longer than other tyres, i drove my fiesta st in all the bad weather and snow. It never missed a beat, no aqua-plaining at all.

If you're looking to buy some good tyres, skip past these and get some Falken FK452's. These yokos may grip like a bitch in the dry (I mean seriously, your front wheel drive grocery-getter will be cornering like an evo), but they are dangerous in the ice. If you're happy with that then ok, but be forewarned they will plane with the slightest suggestion of snow or ice. Rain is ok I suppose but it's not confidence inspiring stuff. The road noise - ridiculous, not to mention the noise generated by the crap they pick up smacking off the bottom of the car! But this is the stuff you expect from soft compound track tyres. For the road though? It all becomes tyresome (ahem) very quickly. Then we get to the worst bit - the wear. Even after a slightly spirited drive (no wheelspinning, traction loss etc, just high speed cornering) they will be smoking. I drive approx 10 miles a day, I may give the car some welly once a week if that. Within 2 months from NEW they were shot (about 600 miles if I'm being generous), wires right through and no rubber worth speaking of - that sort of wear is fine for a track car, but at the cost of the tyres it seems stupid to me to even market this as a tyre for the street. Nobody expects tyres to go done in that space of time, so are unlikely to bother checking. Plainly dangerous. Then there's the responsiveness - they bang over potholes and pull you into any dips in the road - it's great if you're on the track, but you have to keep your mind on the job when on the roads.
Get some 452's, they are expensive, but the compound is nice and lasts for a long time, comfort is pretty decent, grip is fantastic, and they have far superior grip at 170+mph compared to alot of the cheaper brands marketed to be bracketed safe at these speeds.