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Old Feb 8, 2007 | 11:57 AM
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If you have had these tires, please respond.
going to get them for my rear tires, instead of my nitto 555, want to know how bad they will be when i am just crusing around on them and I want to kick the rear out around a corner, are they going to be to sticky to do this or as long as they have a good amount of air in them WITH OUT a burn out they will spinn with a little power.

the thing is i want them for my street tire for e stret racing bbut i still want to be able to play on them i have slicks for the track.
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Old Feb 9, 2007 | 01:44 AM
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I have 275s on the car last year. They hooked better then any on the street. On a 200 shot from a dead 40mph roll they would only haze for 100ft or so
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Old Feb 9, 2007 | 08:47 AM
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And they wear out very quickly.
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Old Feb 9, 2007 | 09:09 AM
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i know they hook, my question was , do they hook to good to play around on them, ??
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Old Feb 9, 2007 | 09:50 PM
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yes they do hook too well to play around. nittos would be better if thats what you want to do. i like the m/ts a lot. the car just seems a little slower when it wont spin the tires when i want it to, lol.
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Old Feb 15, 2007 | 11:53 AM
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ok so i tried a set of 255/60 16's on the car(my buddy got a set) and they do hook better than any other street tire i have had, heel i think they hook better on the street than my regular et streets, and feel like a real tire not a balloon. I have tried alot of other tires too. but i still can hit it rolling in second or first and walk it around a corner so thats what i was wanting. oncei get a set i will play in the rain i bet it will be alot of fun with a locker and these tires.
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Old Feb 15, 2007 | 02:15 PM
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if you like doing doughnuts or fish tailing around corners or 1000' burnouts these are not the tires for you
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Old Feb 15, 2007 | 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by coop5885
if you like doing doughnuts or fish tailing around corners or 1000' burnouts these are not the tires for you



They hook very well on the street (seems better then spinworld )

I would stick to nittos
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they will be fine dry, but wet is going to be interesting.
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Old Feb 16, 2007 | 08:21 AM
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Only thing I noticed wat at highway cruising speeds from 60mph+ you can feel a wobble in the seat of your pants, my nittos when I had them, and street tires didnt have this. Its not a huge issue but thats the only thing that I could call bad. Otherwise they hook like a mother on the street and the track. I am definitly picking up another set when these burn out.
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