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Title: Prada vs Eagle F1
Post by: Mikester on 07 March 2009, 18:45
Im looking to get tyres for my TT comps. Atm i have always used Goodyear Eagle F1's on my standard gti wheels, i can get these in 195/45/17 for about £85 a tyre for the tt comps.

Pradas are available in 205/40/17 for about £60 a tyre for the tt comps.

Can only get poo nankang in 195/40/17....

TT comps are 7.5 inch wide i believe. They will be on a mk3 obvs.

F1's seem very good wet and dry. Never owned pradas?

Opionions and help?

Cheers
Title: Re: Prada vs Eagle F1
Post by: MarkS on 07 March 2009, 18:46
I've got eagle f1's

Fantastic tyres :)
Grip really well!

I don't know of the other make you mentioned but I definately recommend F1s :afro:
Title: Re: Prada vs Eagle F1
Post by: Mikester on 07 March 2009, 18:49
Yokohama Prada is the other.

Problem is also the sizes offered are limited, and i want it to be tight stretch to get low.
Title: Re: Prada vs Eagle F1
Post by: MarkS on 07 March 2009, 18:53
Hmm well if you're gonna be stretching tyres then they're not going to work as well as they should, but you already know that :)

I'd still recommend the F1s if you can get them in the size you want!
Title: Re: Prada vs Eagle F1
Post by: ace on 07 March 2009, 19:11
mike im currently runnin conti contact sport 2 195/40/17's on my vr. around the £90 mark per tyre.
Title: Re: Prada vs Eagle F1
Post by: Mikester on 07 March 2009, 19:17
mike im currently runnin conti contact sport 2 195/40/17's on my vr. around the £90 mark per tyre.

How wide are the wheels?
Title: Re: Prada vs Eagle F1
Post by: ace on 07 March 2009, 19:22
7.5' wide. have a look on tyrestretch.com for an idea of how they will look.
Title: Re: Prada vs Eagle F1
Post by: dannydubs on 07 March 2009, 19:45
ive got eagle f1s and i really rate best tyre you can grt imo
Title: Re: Prada vs Eagle F1
Post by: pegasus on 08 March 2009, 15:40
You will struggle to stretch eagle f1's as they have a reinforced sidewall
Title: Re: Prada vs Eagle F1
Post by: gjroe78 on 08 March 2009, 16:00
Yoko's are great tyres but not sure about stretcing them though  :undecided:
Title: Re: Prada vs Eagle F1
Post by: sharpie on 08 March 2009, 16:16
seeing as pradas are shoes/clothes and eagle f1s are tyres, i'd go with the eagle f1s for the car.
Title: Re: Prada vs Eagle F1
Post by: Uruk Hai on 08 March 2009, 16:39
Eagle F1's, not the cheapest tyre but IMO the best by some way  :smiley:
Title: Re: Prada vs Eagle F1
Post by: kells on 08 March 2009, 16:52
i use parada, but cant get them in the size i want for my porsche rims! so im going for the S Drive yoko's i think

got sport contact 3's on the mk 4, wasnt cheep at £595 for 4 (225/40/18) but great rubber all the same
Title: Re: Prada vs Eagle F1
Post by: spankier on 11 March 2009, 20:48
ive got paradas on the back of my mk2, i bought them because they were advertised and recomended by friends as being as good as f1s.

they arent.

at all.

pretty good in the dry but pretty lame in the wet, and very little warning when they let go.

if you think paradas are as good as eagle f1s then you only used about 3/4 of what the f1 could do, toyo proxes t1s or t1r are the only tyre i can think of that come close as an all conditions (except ice/snow, obviously) road tyre and should still be available in most sizes.

Title: Re: Prada vs Eagle F1
Post by: OakeyDoak16v on 12 March 2009, 09:42
EAGLES all day long. :smiley:
Title: Re: Prada vs Eagle F1
Post by: admc6 on 12 March 2009, 10:24
+1 ^
Title: Re: Prada vs Eagle F1
Post by: Mikester on 12 March 2009, 18:59
Think i will stick to my eagle F1's then. lol. Cheers
Title: Re: Prada vs Eagle F1
Post by: Uruk Hai on 14 March 2009, 17:33
Just found this site, may be of use to some peeps on here   :smiley:

http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Grid/
Title: Re: Prada vs Eagle F1
Post by: OakeyDoak16v on 14 March 2009, 17:54
Wow! Those uniroyal rainsports look like the daddy's! :smiley:
Title: Re: Prada vs Eagle F1
Post by: Uruk Hai on 14 March 2009, 22:10
My brother had them on his Ibiza Cupra and he loved them and after my mother lost the back of her MX5 on a roundabout she had two put on the back and reckons there the nuts  :grin:
Title: Re: Prada vs Eagle F1
Post by: VeeDubGTI16v on 15 March 2009, 11:03
can you get the directional eagle f1's anymore? last time i wanted some was told they only do the assymetrical ones now
Title: Re: Prada vs Eagle F1
Post by: Uruk Hai on 15 March 2009, 11:11
can you get the directional eagle f1's anymore? last time i wanted some was told they only do the assymetrical ones now

Do you mean these ?

http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Goodyear/Eagle-F1-GSD3.htm
Title: Re: Prada vs Eagle F1
Post by: VeeDubGTI16v on 15 March 2009, 11:19
yeah, maybe its just certain sizes
Title: Re: Prada vs Eagle F1
Post by: Uruk Hai on 15 March 2009, 11:43
Was a while back but I had them fitted on the black valver in my sig  :undecided:
Title: Re: Prada vs Eagle F1
Post by: dTEA on 17 March 2009, 20:25
GSD3's were the best for sure...and mike dooooon't touch the toyo's or you will regret it...yoke's are always gonna be lame in the wet imo...proper amazing in the dry tho...but the wear factor of a chocolate fireguard