thislswon

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I have read that the Nittos are the smallest 315 out there but i also heard that the Sumitomos are basically the same width as the nittos!!?!? Anyone know the actual truth behind this?

BAD-GTO

yeah that is true. except for the nitto nt-01, that is a "true" 315 that doesnt run skinny like all other nittos

thislswon

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my question is if the nittos and sumitomos run about the same size?

venom ws7

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Noooooo I had Sumitomo in my old car and a friend of mine had 315 nittos they are small next to mine they look like 295-305 MAX.

FadedSS

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i had nitto 305 dr's and those looked almost smaller than my friends 295's...

so the 315 sumitomo's are much wider than the 315 nitto's?

venom ws7

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Sumitomo is wider than Nitto but not by much.

Kingc8r

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I'd be more interested in traction =D

BAD-GTO

oh my bad, yeah sumitomo is wider than the nitto but not by alot.traction however is better with the nittos, alot better. Some even claim to lose traction off idle with the sumitomoslol

TwoSS'sinNY

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tirerack shows the size of the sumitomos, nitto's web site shows theirs.

http://www.nittotire.com/#index%2Etire%2Ent555r%2Esizes


http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Spec.j...e1=yes&place=2

95 Z28

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I've seen both in person. They're both kind of skinny. Nitto's are ridiculously skinny though. My 315 BFG drag radials are a little wider than Sumi's. I had Nitto's on my old car (245 width on the rear) with 245 width BFG's up front and it looked awfully weird. My Nitto's on the rear were noticeably narrower than the BFGs up front.

venom ws7

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LoooooooooooooL At the traction comment.

Sumitomo is crappy for traction check the vid in my sig my car cant be more than 420rwhp I cant get traction till half of 2nd with 3.42 gears

kc533

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Yup, the Sumitomo's are slightly wider. Just went from 315 Nitto Dr's to the 315 Sumitomo's, so I can vouch for the difference.

thislswon

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are you on the stock 9.5s

01 BERGER CAMARO SS

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id go wit nittos

italicizedsponge

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what i dont get is why rappers always say sumitumo tires when they are the cheapest.

BAD-GTO

yeah no ****, I believe manny fresh talks about them in one of his songs. Maybe they just think the name is cool?

Justin00SS

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I'd go with sumis for great price on a decent DD tire.

Nittos are good but expensive.

jrob56

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so how do these compare in all aspects? traction, treadwear, wet/dry, cornering etc....my nittos on the rear are near the end of their life, my dad says they are dangerous haha. i cant decide if i want to get two more nittos or go another direction? what do two sumitomo 315's run?

Justin00SS

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You can get two 315 sumis for less than 200bucks and they are a great dd tire. ]

However they are not a track tire and will not grip as good as a nitto.

If this is for a set of rims that will be in the care 24/7....get the sumis. If this is for a set of rims that will be on the tire only at the track......get the nittos.

Nittos and BFGs are not worth the price to just wear them down with normal driving. But to each his own.

94 yellow ta

I just put nitto 555 extreme 315s on my car.Replaced the sumitomos,the sumitomos rarely rubbed.The nittos rub every time I go around a corner.So if the nittos are not wider there is something very strange going on.These are not the drag radials