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Old 13-12-2005, 07:57 PM
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Default Toyo vs Pirelli vs Dunlop vs Conti

195/40/16 tyres for my car as the 195/45's rub on the NSF on very hard cornering

Only 4 companys I can find that do the above size... I want summit soft as possible


Toyo Proxy T1-R

£86 for a pair


Pirelli P Zero

£132 for a pair


Dunlop SP Sport 9000

£120 for a pair


Conti Sport Contact

£140 for a pair


Had Toyo's b4 on the 3dr and thought they were very good (got AVS Sport Yokos atm but they don't do a 195/40 otherwise I'd have them again as they have been very good over the last year)
Old 13-12-2005, 08:07 PM
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Conti's are pretty soft mate I went through a set in 6k gone over to P Zero's now, Much better IMHO
Old 13-12-2005, 08:51 PM
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use yokohama parada spec 2, cheap to,

Old 13-12-2005, 08:53 PM
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Out of that list i would go for the Toyo's
Old 13-12-2005, 09:19 PM
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i thought the t1-r's were the ones that stu and dingy said were shit and made the car feel like the rear beam bushs were gone
Old 13-12-2005, 09:24 PM
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No, it's the T1-S that's crappy.

i have tried all of those tyres and they are all pretty good IMO, For the difference in price, i certainly don't think there is that big a difference in quality, so i'd go for the toyo's.

Parada Spec 2 tyres are good grippy tyres, but not that good in the wet unfortunately
Old 13-12-2005, 09:26 PM
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i had the t1-s's and i thought they were shit hot not tried the r's and am sure it was the r's as they have a softer sidewall than the s's and they both bought them not long after they came out this year

now even more lol
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i may be wrong, probably got my R's and S's mixed up
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The Parada Spec 2 are the 1's I'd go for....but they don't do them in the size I want atm .... not worried about wet grip as the car is based around track use and road use as a 2nd choice
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It was the T1-R's that Dingy and Stu disliked

But out of that list of tyres, i owuld still go for them
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Originally Posted by Steve_B
The Parada Spec 2 are the 1's I'd go for....but they don't do them in the size I want atm .... not worried about wet grip as the car is based around track use and road use as a 2nd choice
Fairy muff

i think the parada has a fair bit of rim protection too and seems slightly wider than some tyres ( i have 215's all round but the parada spec2's on the back are wider than the tyres on the front, cough... nankang....cough )

if i remember right the toyo's have quite a sloping sidewall, so you'd avoid catching easy i reckon
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P-Zeros for me
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