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Auto[BoT]_GTS
07-10-2002, 11:23 PM
Want do you guys think of them?
Byron
07-11-2002, 10:10 AM
I'm getting a set tomorrow... I'll let you know.
mangoboy7
07-11-2002, 11:12 AM
Awesome, igot them w/ my 18's. Look badass and are sticky as hell. IMO, the nicest tread design out there
optimus_805
07-11-2002, 02:23 PM
they work great. i drove on em from milwaukee, wi to orange county, ca.
caz
07-11-2002, 02:58 PM
just going off of second hand info but I've heard nothing about them other than the fact that they're crap. tire sounds like it's more for show and not performance purposes
Auto[BoT]_GTS
07-11-2002, 10:19 PM
I bought a set the other day their coming in friday.......how much did you pay byron?
Byron
07-12-2002, 07:34 AM
umm I'm in canada so it costs a bit more for me.... about 840 US (225/35/18) including mounting, balancing, taxes (15%)
Auto[BoT]_GTS
07-12-2002, 09:45 AM
I paid 540 for 205/45/16 mounted balanced with a an allignment
Jake_VVTL-i
07-12-2002, 11:12 PM
Originally posted by caz
just going off of second hand info but I've heard nothing about them other than the fact that they're crap. tire sounds like it's more for show and not performance purposes

The original ones where crap, but the spec-2's are supposed to be pretty nice.

Jake
apexsw20trd
07-13-2002, 01:39 PM
i had both the old an dnew yokohama parada's and i will say that what i have right now on the gts is the 215/40/18 parada spec 2 and they are great.

the grip is great but i feel that the thread design is a bit awkward and also the spec2 is not a directional tire. on the streets city road the car feels tight and tires grip well but on teh freeway i feel like i am floating or swaying. i am assuming its the tires.

at least because its none directional , i can fully rotate the tires.
TRDMarine
07-17-2002, 07:21 AM
are you positive there not directional tire? from the look of the tread I would assume they would have to be.
apexsw20trd
07-17-2002, 10:03 AM
Originally posted by TRDMarine
are you positive there not directional tire? from the look of the tread I would assume they would have to be.

positive i recieved four tires and i looked at teh side walls and thread for about 30minutes trying to figure out if they are and the experts at teh car shop said that they were non directional. the old yokohama parads were directional thou.
2kgtx
07-19-2002, 07:03 AM
That's weird I thought they would be directional, I have A520's now they are directional and I know the old Parada's were directional, I just ordered the Spec-2's I should be getting them next week.
apexsw20trd
07-19-2002, 10:09 AM
Originally posted by 2kgtx
That's weird I thought they would be directional, I have A520's now they are directional and I know the old Parada's were directional, I just ordered the Spec-2's I should be getting them next week.


the old paradas were directional because i had them , teh new paradas spec2 are non directional.

when i recieved them i looked at them and couldnt figure out why they were not directional, and also when you recieve them you will see something odd with them. the thread pattern doesnt really coincide with eachother, you will know what im talking about when you get them.

even the tire installer was a bit confused when he was mounting the tires to the rims. he couldnt really understand why yokohama would design the thread pattern in teh way that would allow the ltires to thread water in a awkward way. hard to explain.