Inherited a Superlight R400 with Avon ZZR 185 / 55 / 13 front , 205 / 55 / 13 back , which I use hill climbing pretty good in dry , fairly progressive but very average in damp , very early breakaway no warning , tires are 4 and 6 years old so might be age , I run 18 psi at a climb , might be too high , are they as good as Toyo R88R that I ran on a Subaru Spec C with 445 bhp , dont quite think so they seem harder and more snappy even in dry
Best Tires for the Caterham R400
Caterham R400 drivers have left 4 tire reviews on Tire Reviews, covering 12,000 miles of real world driving. Every tire they rated is ranked below, so you can see what actually works on this car.
- 4owner reviews
- 12,000 milescovered on them
- 3different tires rated
- 75%average tire score
Every tire reviewed on the Caterham R400
The complete record, including discontinued tires and tires with too few reviews to rank, ordered by the amount of evidence. A further 2 tires have a single review each; they count toward the totals but are not listed.
| Tire | Season | Owner rating | Reviews | Distance reviewed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avon ZZR | Summer | 73% | 2 | 2,000 miles |
Tire sizes Caterham R400 drivers run
The sizes fitted in the reviews on this page. Each one links to the top rated tires in that size, across every car.
What Caterham R400 drivers say
The most recent owner reviews from this car, in their own words.
Especially for a Caterham or Lotus this is probably the best thing out there, the amount of dry grip is truly insane - at the end of the day it's a semi-slick so it's going to be good. Even in the wet this is still a great tire - I've driven through torrential rain storms in southern france, through several cm's standing water at 70mph+ and I'm still here. In the dry go round a few corners hard, the tires will warm up and you'll stick to the road like nothing else!
I use this tire on my Caterham, gives astonishing levels of grip in the dry but not so much in the wet (It is a trackday/race tire after all!) would highly recommend for track users
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