Happy Medium Drag radials and skinnies ???
 

Well looking at the 15 inch Summit wheels right now the R/T Warriors and going to do that for my car seen them on a T/A and they look good and know they will be lighter then stock but not trying to break any records

Question is about the Drag radials I hear about the Nittos being good for the street and last but suck at the track. Then hear the Mickeys being great track tire but won't last on the street for anything is there any other brand that has done good for people in both place i know I will have to sacrifice in one direction where they are going to perform

And skinnies I know they sell them but is there another open say using them off a small car instead of buying say a Mickey Thompson skinny that cost quite a bit????

For my Telstar 15" skinnies I used to use tires for an old vw beetle. You could get them at any auto parts store for around $25/tire. They were like 165 r15's I think. I'm going to use them again with a new set of summit wheels.

think most people run volkswagen tires up front. the ones off the old beetle

Thanks for the input I they will be "DD" so they will last a lot longer then the drag skinnies I suppose

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Jake that 442 what you have going in that my dad was an oldsmobile man and had a 68 cutlass and LOVED that car we have a set of 455/TH400s in the garage he said once my car gets into the 12's he might get the itch to want to race again :D

Being told there have been a few failures with the VW wheels on these due to them not being able to handle the weight

How long do the front runners last on the street???

just a stock 455/th400. the car is whole and sitting in my garage. just waiting for when i have more money/time to work on it

I only ran my skinnies at the track, I'd bet failures with them happened on the street.

I ran skinnies on the street for a while. No issues. Just use common sense and don't take corners like an F1 car.

i had some 165 develop buldges in them otw to the track less than a month ago. ill be getting mt sportsman tires asap

You want to run a cast aluminum wheel and are concerned with tire failure? Come on man. 7ply radial mickey t if you want to run them always.

x2. Or even better, to go with the radials in the rear, the MT Sportsman S/R radial front runners.

Why not have a set of street wheel/tires and another set of track wheel/tires??

That's what I do, some people like the track look on the street. I would never run skinnies on the street, I don't think it's safe but that's just me. To each their own though.