YOKOHAMA PARADA SPEC-2
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How much did they set you back fella?
Chris180
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Car already had them on when I got it but had to replace the front two just before Christmas, gf's dad is a mechanic so got them done cheap, £50ish fitted per tyre if I remember correctly. In comparasion Kwik Fit will rob you £87 each and for fitting for the 4 etc it's £388.
My fronts are Avon ZZ-3s that came with the wheels when I got them and I must admit they're quite good, but they seem a bit scary in the wet, they're compared to T1-Rs on some websites, but in my experience T1-Rs are much better!
I'm actually looking for a pair of 205/40/17 tyres for the front to replace them now. I can get T1-Rs for £58.90 a corner but I'm looking around to see if there's anything else out there that will do as well but wear less quickly!
I'm actually looking for a pair of 205/40/17 tyres for the front to replace them now. I can get T1-Rs for £58.90 a corner but I'm looking around to see if there's anything else out there that will do as well but wear less quickly!
NaylorGTS
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the ones on the sol were great wet or dry, In wonder how much difference tyres are on different cars? The almera is pretty poor in the wet for understeer anyway.
oxide said:
the vredisteins were £120 for 2 195/55/15"s, think the eagles were a bit more, more like £70 odd each
Ive heard rave reviews about teh Pirelli Dragos though. Most of my mates have the pradas on and say theyer ok in the wet, but syaing that most of them drive scoobys/evos so theyre 4wd anyway
This is pretty much what i found :O
Im basically lookin at spending a max £60 a corner, atm th FALKEN's are looking favorable, on the same site i found PARADA's get 4.6 outa 5, and TOYO's get 4.3, the FALKEN's get 4.5, but the stats show them as a better performer across all types of test.
The other two excel in the dry but are let down in the wet, giving them an average of the same
im looking at 205/40/R17 though.
Seriously mate you aught to considder BRIDGESTONE POTENZA RE720 they are awesome loadsa grip and they are quie hardwearing allround they are ace!!!!!!
NaylorGTS
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they'll be about the same price though, infact I wouldnt be suprised if the 17" tyres are cheaper! They always used to be.
Had a quick look on the net mate, and buggered if i can find them in: 205/40/R17 size
Had a quick look on the net mate, and buggered if i can find them in: 205/40/R17 size
hmmm strange well there are 2 other bridgestone potenza`s there is the RE 040 and the RE 050 there might be more but try lookin for either of these mate you cant go wrong with potenza`s
Yeah seem to be able to spot them on there just not the ones you 1st mentioned. But deer though :roll:
Thanks anywho
Here is what I've found on many set's of tyres.
Falken ZE512: My brother has them on his S13 and he says they are piss poor.
Falken FK452: Me bro' now has these on his SR20 powered S13 and says they are a massive difference to the 512's. Sooo much grippier and more controllable/
Falken FK451: I have these on my 380bhp Z32 and think they are great. Not massively grippy (certainly not rubbish) but soo controllable in wet or dry (which is what i wanted DRIFT!!!). Plus they lasted 3 track days and about 5k miles so dead pleased. Fronts actually lasted about 10k!.
Toyo (any): Mates have had them on various cars and all say grip like mad in dry, crap in the wet and don't last more than 6 months.
Yoko: See Toyo ^^^
Uniroyal Rainsport (RS1): Excellent! Got them on my Almera GTI and even in the wet hardly any wheelspin at all even from a standing start. Brother even has them on his 200bhp Micra and that has very minimal wheelspin in the dry. Obviously with that power and weight there is spin in the wet but cornering seems very good.
And thats pretty much all I know.
Ivan
Falken ZE512: My brother has them on his S13 and he says they are piss poor.
Falken FK452: Me bro' now has these on his SR20 powered S13 and says they are a massive difference to the 512's. Sooo much grippier and more controllable/
Falken FK451: I have these on my 380bhp Z32 and think they are great. Not massively grippy (certainly not rubbish) but soo controllable in wet or dry (which is what i wanted DRIFT!!!). Plus they lasted 3 track days and about 5k miles so dead pleased. Fronts actually lasted about 10k!.
Toyo (any): Mates have had them on various cars and all say grip like mad in dry, crap in the wet and don't last more than 6 months.
Yoko: See Toyo ^^^
Uniroyal Rainsport (RS1): Excellent! Got them on my Almera GTI and even in the wet hardly any wheelspin at all even from a standing start. Brother even has them on his 200bhp Micra and that has very minimal wheelspin in the dry. Obviously with that power and weight there is spin in the wet but cornering seems very good.
And thats pretty much all I know.
Ivan
How random, when I found out i needed to change my tyres ASAP last week, my local tyre place offered me Parada Spec-2s at a good price, so I got them, and I must admit so far I find them utterly amazing in both the wet and the dry, maybe this is down to the fact that my old tyres were so worn, but I've had brand new T1-Rs on before and I'd say these are better than the T1-Rs!
They look cool too! lol
http://www.pc-retail.com/upload/files/23.DSC00221.JPG
They look cool too! lol
http://www.pc-retail.com/upload/files/23.DSC00221.JPG
What size you going for Oxide? I'll have a look at work and see if they do them in your size.
Ivan
Ivan