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Old 02-04-2012, 11:05 AM
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I ordered a set of 305/35/18 555r's. Never had them before but I hear they run pretty narrow. Anyone confirm this? I have 295 street tires on my vette now and was hoping the DR would make it look a tad bit Beefier.
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I ordered a set of 305/35/18 555r's. Never had them before but I hear they run pretty narrow. Anyone confirm this? I have 295 street tires on my vette now and was hoping the DR would make it look a tad bit Beefier.
The size difference between those 2 tire sizes is so negligible that I highly doubt you'll see any added beef... especially since people say Nitto's tire widths are small compared to others of the same supposed size.
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I think he is talking about Nittos
they tend to run narror and not true to size

It's been a while if I remember my Nitto 305's were wider than their 315's
go figure on that one.
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I had 275 tires that were just as wide as a 255.

A 315 is 12.1" accross, which is like a 305.
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Here's the difference between 275 Nittos and 275 BF Goodriches:

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Nittos tend to run a lot smaller in width.

The only ones I found that was about right was there 305
that's why I was saying that their 305/18 is actually wider than their 315/17
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