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 Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 5:44 pm |
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| Lee wrote: |
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| Lee wrote: |
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| Lee wrote: |
I always put new on the front, as I've been through two and half sets of tyres on the front to one set on the rear 
I always get Parada Spec 2's, I think they are fine in the wet, and the tread pattern is cool  |
I think the idea is you take the part worn rears, fit them at the front then put the new ones on the rear. |
Yeah I know, but might as well just put the new ones on the front rather than messing around all the time and paying to have tyres swapped. |
Wouldnt you just swap the wheels round? |
No, because if you have kerbing on one wheel (usually the passengers front), you don't wanna risk kerbing every wheel
I love spec 2's, never had a problem with them except the snow but not many tyres are good in that weather! |
I thought they were awesome in the snow lol
Also i cant agree that they are s**t, they are one of the best cost for performance tires I have found.
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 6:04 pm |
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| Lee wrote: |
| Big_Rich180 wrote: |
| Lee wrote: |
| D4NTP wrote: |
| Lee wrote: |
I always put new on the front, as I've been through two and half sets of tyres on the front to one set on the rear
I always get Parada Spec 2's, I think they are fine in the wet, and the tread pattern is cool |
I think the idea is you take the part worn rears, fit them at the front then put the new ones on the rear. |
Yeah I know, but might as well just put the new ones on the front rather than messing around all the time and paying to have tyres swapped. |
Wouldnt you just swap the wheels round? |
No, because if you have kerbing on one wheel (usually the passengers front), you don't wanna risk kerbing every wheel! |
Or you have a TPMS and it would ruin the setup and display by swapping the wheels around 
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Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 2:19 am |
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| lukesaunders91 wrote: |
| Toyo Proxes T1R's |
beat me to it lol
check out tyre traders dot com
good price 48 ech i got mine for
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Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 10:22 am |
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well for one thing im not gonna start f***ing about swapping wheels over and all that ive never seen the point to be honest either way your gonna need new tyres or more than likey 4 tyres in one go! as the worn front will be on the back and the rears will wear quick on the front so kindah pointless! atm im torn between the parada spec 2s and the toyo t1R ! we'll see what the best price and the quickest delivery the garage can get as one is on 2mm lol!
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Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 10:26 am |
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You'll never need 4 tyres all at once, you'll never get equal wear like that.
Only time you need that is when you run over a spike strip
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Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 10:33 am |
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well if ya start swapping wheels around the chances are your gonna have quite worn tyres all round im not into that.
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Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 4:11 pm |
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New tyres go on the back.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5YsQ_a_ijA
Wheels from the back with the partly worn tyres get balanced & moved to the front.
Your only ever replacing 2 tyres at a time which go on the rear axle.
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Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 5:40 pm |
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| MrBSI wrote: |
New tyres go on the back.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5YsQ_a_ijA
Wheels from the back with the partly worn tyres get balanced & moved to the front.
Your only ever replacing 2 tyres at a time which go on the rear axle. |
still think this is a load of s**t, and in that video she forces the oversteer pretty obv,
my fronts which are 3-4mm which are now on the rear and no oversteer or the back end causing me too spin out or not been able to take corners in the wet at the same speed as the dry
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Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 4:02 am |
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| Mattie-RS wrote: |
| MrBSI wrote: |
New tyres go on the back.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5YsQ_a_ijA
Wheels from the back with the partly worn tyres get balanced & moved to the front.
Your only ever replacing 2 tyres at a time which go on the rear axle. |
still think this is a load of s**t, and in that video she forces the oversteer pretty obv,
my fronts which are 3-4mm which are now on the rear and no oversteer or the back end causing me too spin out or not been able to take corners in the wet at the same speed as the dry |
I'd much rather take the advice of Michelin or any of the other tyre manufacturers on which axle to fit new tyres then you or anybody else on here 
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Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 5:09 am |
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I'll always put the new ones on which ever axle has the power as they are the ones that wear the quickest.
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Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 5:43 am |
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I think the idea is to have the best traction at the rear to reduce the chance of oversteer and promote understeer as most people who hold a licence have no idea how to control a car when things go wrong.
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Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 6:45 am |
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I've got the Parada Spec 2s, brilliant in the dry, questionable in the wet/greasy conditions I'd venture. Having said that they do let go progressively and its always understeer (I've swapped back/fronts around)... might be something to do with that diesel lump over the front wheels mind...
I'd have them again. In comparison to the Pirelli P6000s I had before (different wheels), they're different class.
Found Toyo T1Rs to behave similarly (to Paradas) on a past car, best I've had was Uniroyal RainSport 2s, not sure if you can get them in this size though.
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Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 6:52 am |
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| Lee wrote: |
| I'll always put the new ones on which ever axle has the power as they are the ones that wear the quickest. |
Exactly!! I'd rather have a fresh set on the front to provide most grip, especially on track.
Lets be honest, you have got to be going pretty fast to make the back end out, so it will be down to driver error at the end of the day!,
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Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 7:12 am |
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| Mattie-RS wrote: |
| Lee wrote: |
| I'll always put the new ones on which ever axle has the power as they are the ones that wear the quickest. |
Exactly!! I'd rather have a fresh set on the front to provide most grip, especially on track.
Lets be honest, you have got to be going pretty fast to make the back end out, so it will be down to driver error at the end of the day!, |
... and who drives a Focus C-max MPV around a wet track anyway? (apart from VB-H).
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Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 5:09 pm |
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gettin paradas tomorrow! and there both goin on the front as there the ones that need replaceing!
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