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 Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 3:23 am |
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Just looking at replacing the rear tyres on the 206 so looked at Nationwide Autocentres on the internet...
2 x Continental 20545R16 83W Sport Contact 2 as an example...
£191.86 at Nationwide
£176.20 at Mytyres....
So £15 difference and the Mytyres price doesn't include fitting either...it's just not worth buying them mail order anymore.
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Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 3:31 am |
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Location: Salisbury / New Forest
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I've found that E-tyres & Blackcircles are usually good prices.
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Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 3:32 am |
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Location: Midlands
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Blackcircles: 2 x 205/45 R16 V (83 ) Continental Sport Contact 2 £164.34
Add 12 quid for delivery tho :/
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| 54' 206 GTi 180 Silver - K&N panel filter, Scorpion cat back exhaust, Parada Spec 2s | |
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Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 3:37 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: Scotland
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Try BlackCircles, get some prices and then call the garages they use for fitment and see if they can get them for you any cheaper. Last time I bought from BlackCircles the garage fitting them said the could have saved me another £30 on the total bill if I'd bought direct from them!
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Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 3:48 am |
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tbh I found Continental tyres to be so-so. I am not a fan of hard-rubber tyres - granted they last longer, but noise and steering feel suffer.
Maybe a more sport-inspired tyre Edward? Seeing how you only do 1000 miles a year is there any point in buying such expensive tyres?
Pirelli/Toyo/Yokohama [soft rubber] would be a better choice?
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Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 4:15 am |
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Ideally I'd like the Sport Contact 3. It came out top of the class in the EVO tyre test this year. I'm not sure that they do them in the 205/45/16 size though.
I still want a decent tyre even if the car is hardly used. Yokohama has a good reputation but some of their tyres don't perform particularly well in magazine tests.
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| 2001 GTi 138, Bilstein Sprint dampers, H&R springs, 21mm Peugeot Sport torsion bars, 22mm rear ARB, Peugeot Sport Group A wishbones, 283mm discs, Goodridge stainless hoses, Maniflow 304 grade 4-2-1 2.5" manifold and system, 200 cell cat, Richard Longman head, 45mm Jenvey throttle bodies, 9.5mm TB spacers, 90mm air horns, Jenvey throttle linkage, Jenvey fuel rail, Aeromotive and Goodridge fuel fittings and braided hose, ITG sausage filter, Radtec custom radiator, Piper Ultimate Road cams, Piper vernier pulleys, Omex 600 ECU. Saxo electric PAS pump, Vibra Technics engine mounts. Samco coolant hoses, TTV steel flywheel, 4.76 final drive ratio, 307 CC 180 ratios. 2019 BMW 530i. 2017 Mercedes C300 convertible. | |
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Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 4:36 am |
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Have you tried camskill tyres..?
Pirelli P Zero Neros in that size are £78.00 a corner + delivery which is a tenner for how ever many items you order.
correction they're £70.00 each. The Sport Contact 2 are £82.40. and delivery is £4.98.
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Last edited by Uz on Sun Sep 05, 2010 4:40 am; edited 1 time in total
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Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 4:40 am |
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I'm biased, but I love the spec 2s  - had the nero zeros and they were shocking and didnt last even half as long as these have.
Mind you as always it's how you drive/down to the individual 
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| 54' 206 GTi 180 Silver - K&N panel filter, Scorpion cat back exhaust, Parada Spec 2s | |
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Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 4:40 am |
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Location: Ebbw Vagas (Wales)
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Check out Camskills, thats where i always get mine and the Mrs tyres from, same sort of prices as Blackcircles. Some things are cheaper, some things are a little more expensive, swings and roundabouts.
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Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 4:42 am |
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| Drake wrote: |
I'm biased, but I love the spec 2s - had the nero zeros and they were shocking and didnt last even half as long as these have.
Mind you as always it's how you drive/down to the individual |
P Zeros are a soft compound tyre which is why they don't last as long but they perform alot better then Parada Spec 2 and T1-R.
I'd still rate my Contact 2 over anything I've had in a while. Awesome in the dry and just as good in the wet.
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Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 4:59 am |
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I have Sport Contact 2's. I would highly reccommend them, although i do love the tread pattern on my Spec 2's!
The Sport Contact 3's have a similar tread pattern, my dad has them on his Vetra.
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Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 5:06 am |
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The Paradas are on every boy racer car these days. The Sport Contact tyres are fitted to alsorts as an O.E fitment so they must be ok. They're on my Jetta and the 207CC too.
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| 2001 GTi 138, Bilstein Sprint dampers, H&R springs, 21mm Peugeot Sport torsion bars, 22mm rear ARB, Peugeot Sport Group A wishbones, 283mm discs, Goodridge stainless hoses, Maniflow 304 grade 4-2-1 2.5" manifold and system, 200 cell cat, Richard Longman head, 45mm Jenvey throttle bodies, 9.5mm TB spacers, 90mm air horns, Jenvey throttle linkage, Jenvey fuel rail, Aeromotive and Goodridge fuel fittings and braided hose, ITG sausage filter, Radtec custom radiator, Piper Ultimate Road cams, Piper vernier pulleys, Omex 600 ECU. Saxo electric PAS pump, Vibra Technics engine mounts. Samco coolant hoses, TTV steel flywheel, 4.76 final drive ratio, 307 CC 180 ratios. 2019 BMW 530i. 2017 Mercedes C300 convertible. | |
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Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 8:43 am |
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Joined: Mar 31, 2010
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| Uz wrote: |
| Drake wrote: |
I'm biased, but I love the spec 2s - had the nero zeros and they were shocking and didnt last even half as long as these have.
Mind you as always it's how you drive/down to the individual |
P Zeros are a soft compound tyre which is why they don't last as long but they perform alot better then Parada Spec 2 and T1-R.. |
As I said, down to the individual. I rate the spec 2's above the zeros, I found they gave me more grip + control and they've doubled the miles the neros did (and I've had no problems with them in the wet and snow).
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| The Paradas are on every boy racer car these days. The Sport Contact tyres are fitted to alsorts as an O.E fitment so they must be ok. They're on my Jetta and the 207CC too. |
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Most likely down to the tread pattern more than anything else (wonder if we should develop some with a lightening or flames pattern, they might be s**te but I bet they'd sell!)
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| 54' 206 GTi 180 Silver - K&N panel filter, Scorpion cat back exhaust, Parada Spec 2s | |
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Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 1:52 pm |
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Camskill are sometimes decent for certain tyres!
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Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 2:20 pm |
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Location: Margate, Kent
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How about some r888's?
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