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Old 03-04-2006, 07:39 PM
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How do you 'break in' the Nitto 555R's?
Old 03-04-2006, 07:44 PM
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burn the crap out of them!!! LOL...ive never heard of a break in
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yeah they need a heat cycle...i just dont' know how your supposed to do that
Old 03-04-2006, 08:26 PM
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Some places perform the "heat cycle" or break-in for you.
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i bought mine from discount direct....so i doubt they were heat cycled

any idea what they do?
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Discount Tire Direct heat cycles the tires for you.
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cool, what does that actually consist of?
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http://www.discounttiredirect.com/di...tCycleInfo.jsp
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man we dont even have that at our store....ive never seen that
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cool thanks guys
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Originally Posted by ls1muscle
Discount Tire Direct heat cycles the tires for you.
is this like a standard procedure or do you have to specify when you order?
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I was told to also put 300 or so miles on the tires before I race them.
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Wow i have never heard of this. Good thing to know though. I thought a good old fashion burnout would do the trick.
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I bought my nitto's from discount tire. They do heat cycle them, but is a extra fee and they send them out to get done. So if you get them and didn't pay and wait for them to come back, then they haven't done it. was like a 2 week turnaround. I put my nitto's on, went to the track 2 hours later and they hooked great, my times were no different after 20+ times at the track, so I wouldn't think it matters much.
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yeah i didn't pay for the heat cycle...should i just roast 'em? lol
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Originally Posted by MetallicaMatt
yeah i didn't pay for the heat cycle...should i just roast 'em? lol
Exactily what I would do
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when i bought street ets for my mustang, i did my own heat cycle

step 1- rev to like 4 grand
step 2- dump clutch
step 3-hold brake so car stays still
step 4-wait untill stickers burn off (usually instantly) and tires to start smoking.

Heat cycle complete (i guess)

then pull up a couple feet and launch with thembad boys




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