19" tires which brand-Nt05 or r888?
02-11-2010, 08:32 PM
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19" tires which brand-Nt05 or r888? Which has better dry performance ie hooking from a dig? The nitto nt-05 or the toyo r888? I know they both arent as good as a drag radials but if I cant trade down to sum 18" wheels then I'm stuck with the 19" wheels until I save up sum money to by an extra set of 15" wheels to put sum real stickys on out in the rear. Thanks in advance for the the input!!
02-14-2010, 07:34 PM
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I know they arent drag tires. The nt-05r are the only drag radial tires that come in 19's but they are too wide for my 19x10 wheels (345/30/19). I heard some vette guys talking about some toyo r888 thats why I ask about some input on them. Im just looking for some nice 19 inch performance tires.
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On the street? Probably the NT-05, since the R-888 is a road race tire and as such won't be terribly good when not hot, and will quickly heat-cycle itself into a rock in short order.
But in a 10" wheel, I'd go a little wider than the 275 tire that the NT-05 comes in, and try a 295/30, which is an OEM Porsche size, so plenty of them could be found on ebay. The Yokohama ADVAN Neova AD08 or Bridgestone Potenza RE050A would be 2 tires that grip well too..
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/TireSe...=1&RunFlat=All
But in a 10" wheel, I'd go a little wider than the 275 tire that the NT-05 comes in, and try a 295/30, which is an OEM Porsche size, so plenty of them could be found on ebay. The Yokohama ADVAN Neova AD08 or Bridgestone Potenza RE050A would be 2 tires that grip well too..
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/TireSe...=1&RunFlat=All
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On the street? Probably the NT-05, since the R-888 is a road race tire and as such won't be terribly good when not hot, and will quickly heat-cycle itself into a rock in short order.
But in a 10" wheel, I'd go a little wider than the 275 tire that the NT-05 comes in, and try a 295/30, which is an OEM Porsche size, so plenty of them could be found on ebay. The Yokohama ADVAN Neova AD08 or Bridgestone Potenza RE050A would be 2 tires that grip well too..
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/TireSe...=1&RunFlat=All
But in a 10" wheel, I'd go a little wider than the 275 tire that the NT-05 comes in, and try a 295/30, which is an OEM Porsche size, so plenty of them could be found on ebay. The Yokohama ADVAN Neova AD08 or Bridgestone Potenza RE050A would be 2 tires that grip well too..
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/TireSe...=1&RunFlat=All
