Fletch's 150k 172 Project..

[Rob]

Get those paradas out in the dry, get them hot and get having fun!

 

[Chris205]

Get those paradas out in the dry, get them hot and get having fun!

Parada's are s**t, I thought I'd give them another opportunity to impress me on a different chassis (clio) than when I tried them previously. I used to own the black 2118's and was glad to see the back of them because of those tyres alone, not so good in the dry, terrible in the wet.

You really need to try some decent tyres roberto

 

[Fletcher]

Get those paradas out in the dry, get them hot and get having fun!

Only done about 30 miles on them, and so far am impressed!

I do have a set of R888's and Hankook RS2s in the garage though

Edit: are they really that bad in the wet then Chris?

 

[Rob]

Decent tyres Chris? (elaborate)

I've been through four different sets now... Paradas suit me pretty well.

Thing is, in the wet I genuinely have no urge to drive quickly, so that doesn't bother me. Get the paradas hot and my god they can be fun. You can burn through them silly fast though.

 

[Chris205]

Edit: are they really that bad in the wet then Chris?

Terrible mate and I'm not one for driving quick in the wet

Decent tyres Chris? (elaborate)

I've been through four different sets now... Paradas suit me pretty well.

Thing is, in the wet I genuinely have no urge to drive quickly, so that doesn't bother me. Get the paradas hot and my god they can be fun. You can burn through them silly fast though.

After driving two seperate clio's on michelin pilot sport 2's I can honestly say nothing feels the same on the road for a dry and wet tyre. Yes they're expensive but for good reason.

I've never driven on road/track tyres though i.e r888, rs2's etc

 

[Rob]

The only tyres I thought were close in terms of pure dry grip were eagle f1's.

 

[Will.]

Hmmm. Surely these should be your summer wheels and the anthra should be your winter wheels? Swap teh tyres over n tingz/

Looks good though, but I remember trying to keep white wheels clean in the winter. It's....well, IMPOSSIBLE.

 

[Silent_Scone]

There's plenty worse than paradas in the wet... In the dry they're pretty good tbh, although they lose their edge after they're worn in a bit. They're also cheap so for the price you cant expect miracles :/. Wheels obviously look blinding! This car is begging for TRUMPETS

 

[Fletcher]

Hmmm. Surely these should be your summer wheels and the anthra should be your winter wheels? Swap teh tyres over n tingz/

Looks good though, but I remember trying to keep white wheels clean in the winter. It's....well, IMPOSSIBLE.

Yes Will you're right. Swapping the tyres over would cost me around £40 and TBH I can't be bothered to wait around a tyre fitting place again ATM.

The car will probably do less then 1k between now and the new year, so I am fairly confident I can keep them looking half decent mate.

There's plenty worse than paradas in the wet... In the dry they're pretty good tbh, although they lose their edge after they're worn in a bit. They're also cheap so for the price you cant expect miracles :/. Wheels obviously look blinding! This car is begging for TRUMPETS

I am working on cams/ ITBs mate. If it wasn't for my house extension I'd have had them by now :dapprove:

 

[Silent_Scone]

Good things take time unfortunately lol

On both accounts

 

[Fletcher]

Good things take time unfortunately lol

On both accounts

True dat.

Is yours all up and running now then?

 

[Silent_Scone]

In some shape / form lol.It drives .

 

[Fletcher]

In some shape / form lol.It drives .

Getting there then

 

[Joah]

Looks sweet Fletch better than I thought with the white wheels.

 

[Fletcher]

Looks sweet Fletch better than I thought with the white wheels.

Thanks Joe. I am really pleased with the wheels

Better pic of them fitted.

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IMG_7654 by fletcher10, on Flickr

 

[Joah]

Good good, I just need to sort mine out now!

 

[Fletcher]

Good good, I just need to sort mine out now!

Yes mate.

Bloody hell white wheels are hard to keep clean :dapprove:

 

[Will.]

Told you

 

[Fletcher]

Told you

lol.

Good job it doesn't do many miles, and I can clean them straight after a blast

 

[SharkyUK]

Liking the white wheels, Fletch. It's not a combination I'd have thought would work so well... but it does!

 

[Fletcher]

Liking the white wheels, Fletch. It's not a combination I'd have thought would work so well... but it does!

Thanks Andy, yeah I like the white on Iceberg too.

 

[oliver.james]

White 2118's also look good unwashed though

It won't be long until yours look like that, Fletch! :rasp: lol

 

[Fletcher]

^^^^haha. I did have a look at that at CS Sat.

The wheels are still very clean.








Mainly because I clean them after ever drive

 

[Silent_Scone]

I want tbh

 

[Chris205]

Reminds me of my old ph1, people started to realise white on silver can certainly work with the right wheel choice

 

[dmallett]

Suprised at how good it looks!

It takes longer to clean the white wheels on my car than it does to wash the whole thing ha

 

[Fletcher]

I want tbh

Reminds me of my old ph1, people started to realise white on silver can certainly work with the right wheel choice

You had them on your Ph1 didn't you Chris?

Suprised at how good it looks!

It takes longer to clean the white wheels on my car than it does to wash the whole thing ha

Cheers. I agree it looks better then I thought they would too.

IMG_1039 by fletcher10, on Flickr

Still clean

 

[marinemackay2003]

looking good

 

[Meek_racing]

Powder coat them orange, would look rather nice on the iceberg! Welcome to the sheep gang

 

[Adamio]

Looking good, always loved the white on silver

 

[Fletcher]

Powder coat them orange, would look rather nice on the iceberg! Welcome to the sheep gang

They may become my track wheels, and go a mad bright colour. But they will be staying white for the being.

 

[Christopher.]

Lol they are a 'mad bright colour' !

 

[maynard]

They may become my track wheels, and go a mad bright colour. But they will be staying white for the being.

See some pics of my car when I used to have orange wheels to gauge what it looks like, also chrispy's too.

 

[Fletcher]

Lol they are a 'mad bright colour' !

You knew what I ment :rasp:

See some pics of my car when I used to have orange wheels to gauge what it looks like, also chrispy's too.

I'll have a search mate, cheers

 

[CountryBumpkin.]

Still a shed. X

 

[Fletcher]

Still a shed. X

Knowsit Dan <3

 

[Fletcher]

Well seeing as my white 2118s get dirty very quickly..

That was about 60-70 miles worth.

Dirty White Speedline 2118s by fletcher10, on Flickr


I thought I would try some bilberry wheel cleaner..

cleaning products by fletcher10, on Flickr

 

[ROB91]

looks good with the wheels on fletch. How long have they been like that? dont remember them being like that at donnington?

 

[Fletcher]

looks good with the wheels on fletch. How long have they been like that? dont remember them being like that at donnington?

Cheers Rob. The white 2118s are currently my 'road' wheels.

I had my anthracite 2118s on at Donnington fella. They're wrapped in R888s now, and are sat in the garage waiting for warm dry roads, trackdays

 

[ROB91]

ahhh yeah i remember now mate. looks even better with white on . So what can we expect next then?