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I’ve had both nittos and et streets. The thing I didn’t like about the mickeys was they took a lot of weight to balance, and after roasting them getting on the highway they seemed out of balance for a while . Especially in the summer.. the nittos gave a much better ride, and lasted longer. As for traction , on my car , they seemed about the same on the street, but being a pd blower car Traction is an issue anyway
I’ve had both nittos and et streets. The thing I didn’t like about the mickeys was they took a lot of weight to balance, and after roasting them getting on the highway they seemed out of balance for a while . Especially in the summer.. the nittos gave a much better ride, and lasted longer. As for traction , on my car , they seemed about the same on the street, but being a pd blower car Traction is an issue anyway
No kidding...brand new tire on brand new Bogart wheel. Guy that balanced it insisted the wheel was bent. I haven’t noticed any issues, but I’ll go with a different tire when these are done.
Lip weights on a brand new bogart gives me anxiety
Here is the other one for comparison. It’s small town Iowa. Most mechanics, tire shops, and exhaust shops with the exception of the dealerships are good honest hardworking types. Unfortunately they are better at working on work trucks with no knowledge of our hobby or late model performance. I do everything I can myself and if I could balance wheels and do alignment myself I would.
From: Saskatchewan, Canada - where arguing "DA" is for the slow and weak...
Originally Posted by BCNUL8R
No kidding...brand new tire on brand new Bogart wheel. Guy that balanced it insisted the wheel was bent. I haven’t noticed any issues, but I’ll go with a different tire when these are done.
Find a shop that does road force balancing. Sheesh that looks like crap... and very damaging.
Oh it's spreading.... We have a couple 1300-1500hp cars that have caught on now
They are sorted with power management and TC like me and the nittos put them in another level the Mickey's could not...... And they aren't buying tires monthly
They are into the 3s on the street 60-130 now as well on the nittos
Find a shop that does road force balancing. Sheesh that looks like crap... and very damaging.
I was really disgusted when I went to pick them up and the guy told me a wheel was bent. I said are you sure it’s not the tire? Can I watch you turn the tire 180 and rebalance. He said no I said fine give me the wheels I will not be back. I called the place where I got the wheels and he said no way that wheel left here bent and if no damage to the box or anything it didn’t happen during shipping either. He said most likely it was the tire, but if I wasn’t comfortable I could send it back and they’d take care of it anyway. I decided to go ahead and run it and haven’t noticed any issues so I’ll see how it balances out when I put a new tire on it.
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