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All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: Boothy on August 28, 2010, 04:47:18 pm

Title: Yokohama Prada Spec-2 or Continental Sport Contact 3's?
Post by: Boothy on August 28, 2010, 04:47:18 pm

Has anyone used the above tires?

I seem to hear 'Conti Sports' quite a bit on here so presumably there quite popular. As for the Prada's I'm not so sure. Like the look of them both and not much difference in price and can get both at a good price.

Just I wondered if anyone on here had any experience with either of them who could tell me what they are like for grip and wear?

Title: Re: Yokohama Prada Spec-2 or Continental Sport Contact 3's?
Post by: gti265 on August 28, 2010, 05:09:48 pm

i have conti 3's on at the moment and hate them, thye dont wear well and dont grip in the wet, are good in the dry n there quite expensive, well they wer wen i got them, im going for vredestein ultrac's next :) as they have got some very good reviews and are cheeper.

tom

Title: Re: Yokohama Prada Spec-2 or Continental Sport Contact 3's?
Post by: Nasir on August 28, 2010, 05:11:38 pm

tyrereviews.co.uk/     :happy2:

Title: Re: Yokohama Prada Spec-2 or Continental Sport Contact 3's?
Post by: Greeners on August 28, 2010, 10:00:34 pm

Both myself and Tom run Parada Spec 2's and they are an awesome dry weather tyre but not as good in the wet. They are also quite noisy tyres but I forgive all of that as the look the bomb on the car!  :laugh:

I now use them for track only work but they have seen me through a winter with no probs whatsoever!  :happy2:

Title: Re: Yokohama Prada Spec-2 or Continental Sport Contact 3's?
Post by: Boothy on August 31, 2010, 07:15:12 pm

Cheers for the advice. That review site is very useful indeed.

Thanks again :happy2:

Title: Re: Yokohama Prada Spec-2 or Continental Sport Contact 3's?
Post by: JPC on August 31, 2010, 07:23:38 pm

Contis as an all rounder, pararads for all out dry grip and looks.

Title: Re: Yokohama Prada Spec-2 or Continental Sport Contact 3's?
Post by: minty7815 on August 31, 2010, 07:47:12 pm

Another tyre test and autoexpress tested 16 tyres, Vredestein's came up at the top here as well


http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/products/total_tyre_guide/213186/tyre_guide.html

 :happy2:

Title: Re: Yokohama Prada Spec-2 or Continental Sport Contact 3's?
Post by: bodger00 on August 31, 2010, 07:57:02 pm

The Conti Sport Contact 3's are a really good tyre - comes highly recommended. I would say they are quieter on the road and have a v useful tyre lip to stop the alloy from being curbed (to an extent).

Title: Re: Yokohama Prada Spec-2 or Continental Sport Contact 3's?
Post by: edd666999 on August 31, 2010, 09:16:07 pm

im running prada's echo previous comments, awesome in dry....questionable in wet and look awesome