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Old 03-16-2015, 11:24 PM
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Camaros coming to the final stages starting to look for tires for it the 3 ive been looking at is bfgoodrich's sport comp 2, mt's, or nitto 555r's I want them to hook and still be alright tires for rain these tires will never see snow so that doesnt worry me leaning towards the sc2's or the nitto's
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Originally Posted by 86_irocz-28
Camaros coming to the final stages starting to look for tires for it the 3 ive been looking at is bfgoodrich's sport comp 2, mt's, or nitto 555r's I want them to hook and still be alright tires for rain these tires will never see snow so that doesnt worry me leaning towards the sc2's or the nitto's
I can say for sure that if you're making any kind of power that the bfg comp 2 will not hook. I have them on my 89 t/a with 3.23 gears and I blow them off from rolls. Before I had any work done to my 01 t/a I ran the bfg kdw2 and they hooked really good. They were awesome in the rain but I was pretty much bone stock except for borla and a lid. Anything over that though you'll need drag radials probably. I can't speak for the other two tires, I would say et streets if you aren't going to drive in much rain at all. I just got the toyo tq's and I am having problems hooking on anything less than a 20 roll, but I can say that they are surprisingly really good in the rain. Me and my kid just got a set and have driven in the rain a few times and had no issues whatsoever. He dead hooks from a dig or roll with his but he just has a lid, exhaust, 3.73's, and a tune.

I have a couple buddies that have the 555r's and they aren't too happy with them, but they are making more power than I am so that is probably why. I bought my tires based on driving it in the rain now and then and did tons of research. It seems the censes is if you're not too much above a stock ls1 that nitto 555's or bfg kdw2's are the ones people chose, giving the edge to the kdw in the rain and I can vouch for that because mines a daily driver and I've been in heavy rains at least 20+ times, mostly highway. If you're making a lot of power and won't be in the rain much everyone says mt et streets, which I wished I had gotten. Then it's a toss between the nt05r's and tq's, slight edge to the tq's from every thread I've read.

I don't know if this has helped or made it worse, and you may have already read all this stuff lol. I just wanted to chime in because the bfg comp2's are horrible if you're making any power. Mine are 255/50/16 and I'm guessing my 89 is between 340-360rwhp. Good luck and hopefully others will give you their input.

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Shouldve put that on there its an 86 iroc stock 5.3/4l60 with shift kit/3600 stall on spray with a 3.73 rear eventually it'll be a cammed 5.3 built 4l60
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Originally Posted by 86_irocz-28
Shouldve put that on there its an 86 iroc stock 5.3/4l60 with shift kit/3600 stall on spray with a 3.73 rear eventually it'll be a cammed 5.3 built 4l60
If you can stay off the highway in the rain the NT05R is a very good drag radial

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Originally Posted by 98CayenneT/A
If you can stay of the highway in the rain the NT05R is a very good drag radial
^^^ That's what I meant to write instead of the 555r's, it's been a long week........really long lol.
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Originally Posted by Deeohgie69
^^^ That's what I meant to write instead of the 555r's, it's been a long week........really long lol.
For what part? That your buddies don't like the 555r's or a toss up between the 555r's and tq's?
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Originally Posted by 98CayenneT/A
For what part? That your buddies don't like the 555r's or a toss up between the 555r's and tq's?
toss up between the 555r's and the tq's, I meant to say nt05r's and tq's. They are making a lot more power than I am, my buddy with the Camaro is on low boost 10psi and just blows them off at 50 rolls lol.
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Originally Posted by 86_irocz-28
Camaros coming to the final stages starting to look for tires for it the 3 ive been looking at is bfgoodrich's sport comp 2, mt's, or nitto 555r's I want them to hook and still be alright tires for rain these tires will never see snow so that doesnt worry me leaning towards the sc2's or the nitto's
If the M/T's you're talking about are there Street Comps then you'll want to look into Cooper RS3-S, they are the same tire only cheaper (Cooper owns and makes M/T's street and truck tires). I have them and am very happy with them, they hook good for street tires and are great in the rain.
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Originally Posted by Deeohgie69
toss up between the 555r's and the tq's, I meant to say nt05r's and tq's. They are making a lot more power than I am, my buddy with the Camaro is on low boost 10psi and just blows them off at 50 rolls lol.
Traction wise I would say the NT05R is much much better than the tq
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Knowing my luck they probably do. Wish I had tried those instead, but more people said that the tq hooked better. It looks like the nt05r would hook better just by the tread design to me, but I didn't listen to my gut feeling. Think I'm going with et streets next. How does your nt05r's do in the rain? So far unless it's 80+ degrees outside the rain is all my tq's are good for.
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The nt05r is bad in the rain, but hooks very will, kinda the et street rival but not quite as sticky. There is also a nt05 street tire that is the same design as the nt05r just a different compound. I say that just to make sure your reading nt05r reviews and not nt05.



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