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Offline Exonian

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Re: Finally the Pretorias are on
« Reply #10 on: 29 October 2017, 14:39 »
They’re a lovely wheel and amazingly light for a 19

Beware of stone chips on the rear wheels though they seem prone to it unfortunately.

Thanks Ken.
One of the wheels that I had painted was a bit stone chipped hence the refurb.

I was tempted briefly to get them all done in black to keep the black and white theme running but decided they'd be a pain to look after.
The blue chrome standard colour looks great in the flesh.
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Offline mkviken

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Re: Finally the Pretorias are on
« Reply #11 on: 29 October 2017, 14:55 »
Yeah I much prefer the silver. This is my first car in ages without black wheels and it makes a nice change!
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Re: Finally the Pretorias are on
« Reply #12 on: 29 October 2017, 16:12 »
One word Mr Ex...

Perfect. 


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Offline wantmygti

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Re: Finally the Pretorias are on
« Reply #13 on: 29 October 2017, 17:04 »
Tempted to follow suit!
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Offline andy28

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Re: Finally the Pretorias are on
« Reply #14 on: 29 October 2017, 18:51 »
Looks fantastic!!
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Re: Finally the Pretorias are on
« Reply #15 on: 30 October 2017, 00:08 »
One word Mr Ex...

Perfect. 


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Thank you  :smiley:

Tempted to follow suit!
This could turn into a “Belvederes for sale” thread then  :grin:
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Offline wantmygti

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Re: Finally the Pretorias are on
« Reply #16 on: 30 October 2017, 08:06 »
That’s the dilemma - I really like the belvederes.

However, as the weather cools down, such the lack of grip offered by the bridgestones starts to really reveal itself, and if new tyres are in the agenda.......
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Offline mcmaddy

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Re: Finally the Pretorias are on
« Reply #17 on: 30 October 2017, 10:58 »
Here we go again with lack of grip complaints and Bridgestones 😴😴
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Re: Finally the Pretorias are on
« Reply #18 on: 30 October 2017, 22:45 »
They look marvellous on the Clubsport. Good move Sir :grin:
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Re: Finally the Pretorias are on
« Reply #19 on: 31 October 2017, 05:43 »
Here we go again with lack of grip complaints and Bridgestones 😴😴

I actually found them pretty good, quite noisy but gripped well enough on my R, GTD and Ed40.
I’m not saying Michelins etc  aren’t massively better but the Bridgestones seem perfectly ok to me.

They look marvellous on the Clubsport. Good move Sir :grin:
Thank you Ian, praise indeed from a dyed in the wool wheel critique  :grin:
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