Tyre question. Parada spec2.

[danh90]

ill have some paradas up for sale at the end of the month, barely done 150 miles! all four looking for £140

i may have these will keep an eye out

 

[Rob]

Lol, yeah i realise that and i suppose i am getting a tad carried away. Just looking for the best option over cost, but at the same time dont want to make a mistake.

Well the best option for cost is the paradas you already have lying around

 

[Bobby.]

i have one parada spec 2 tyre size is 195/50 r15 82v has about 4-5mm tread no rips,cuts,puntures etc. £20 collected or £30delivered if thats of any interst to you

here's a link, theirs some pics in their

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?616722-a-few-bit...

 

[imprezaworks]

Id need two mate. Knowing my luck if i bought yours id struggle to find another. I can get two brand new ones delivered for a ton

 

[Tony Hunter]

Two tyres for £100 and your asking what you should get,fk me,if or when I ever meet you, I'll poke you in the eye.

 

[imprezaworks]

Lol thanks for that, will look forward to our encounter . It does make sense to go down that route although......i have been think about tr1's aswell

 

[Tony Hunter]

Nooooooooooooooooooooo.

 

[Gally]

Some mental folk in here.

Personally I think they are a great dry day tyre. They get super sticky on warm days when out for a blast. The compound being so soft means they wear uber quickly if you're trying. I could literally pick the compound off!

I don't drive anywhere near approaching quick in the wet so it was a great tyre for me. The shape of the sidewall puts me off buying them again. Weird shape.

 

[.Stevo.C.]

I think they are a great dry day tyre. I swapped my T1-R proxes for the paradas I had on my Williams. Only downside is the soft sidewalls but it all adds to the fun I suppose.

 

[Laine_16v]

I wouldnt even call Parada Spec 2's high end road tyres :S

 

[danh90]

Nooooooooooooooooooooo.

are the t1r's no good then i was about to buy 4 as my road tyres?

 

[.Stevo.C.]

Personally I thought proxes were shite.

 

[Gally]

Personally I thought proxes were shite.

They are.

 

[danh90]

whats a better tyre for the similar price then?

 

[Chip-mk1]

whats a better tyre for the similar price then?

secondhand 888s

 

[.Stevo.C.]

secondhand 888s

Would they last as long as paradas chip? Seeing as they are a more track focused tyre and vice versa with the paradas.

 

[danh90]

secondhand 888s

should have been more specific i meant for road use mate ive got my 888s for track

 

[Chip-mk1]

Pradas are cheap tyres, anything else at the same money is a cheap tyre too, dont expect much from any of them at that money TBH

 

[danh90]

im not i barely do any miles in the car as it is so just wanted some decent-ish tyres

 

[Chip-mk1]

As an all round tyre that is cheap to buy and works ok in the wet and is bearable in the dry, the T1R isnt a bad compromise IMHO for a road car.

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

UniRoyal RainSport (2?)'s are a cheap but rather good tyre. Great in the wet, average in the dry, but you get what you pay for and you can't have everything !

I had no issues on Paradas over 2 years in snow, rain, sun etc. They're progressive in the wet, not snap happy like 'proper' budgets.

I've got T1-R's on my Scoob and I don't like them, but they work nicely for me on the OH's Clio dCi weirdly.

Everyone's got a different opinion on tyres and I'm not going to go into that now as it's been done to death.

Take a punt, get some you fancy and if they're awful flog them on the bay / here. Someone will buy them.

:evil:

 

[imprezaworks]

Yeah been searching around driving myself mad, im like that if you havent allready guessed. Paradas look like the best option

 

[danh90]

Think I'm going to invest in 4 uniroyal rainsport 2's

 

[imprezaworks]

Either those dan or the v12's on mine, they are spot on.

 

[Bobby.]

I think if you got two paradas then you might as well buy two more for a matching set. But don't buy them as a set for track buy them for road use and buy 888 or something like that for your other set of wheels for track use.

P.s paradas look sweet when on the car and are a bettter tyre overall compared to the t1r's imo.

 

[imprezaworks]

What i ever end up buying will be put on my spare wheels, current tyres (v12's) are fine.