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It is time for new rear tires. My fronts still have lots of life left on them, but my rears are almost gone. I have been running the Nitto 555r's for the last couple of years and love them for the street.

My question is, should I just get a new pair of these or should I try the 555r II's cause of the stiffer sidewall? (they are a smaller size 275 instead of 315.) I will be doing the driving school in April and possibly going back for a few lapping days later in the year? How much will having the 555r's hurt my cornering? Or should I not even be worring about it?

I don't have a set of slicks for drag racing either and these would be my DD tires.

Thanks for your help guys.

Tranzor

I would do the 555R IIs... they seem to work well for both drag racing and road racing applications, and it really is the best of both worlds when it comes to that type of tire.

Poik

No real experience, but I don't think 315 on your 9.5" wide rim would do very well for cornering at all. I say go for the RII's.

HitmanLSX

I was thinking about trying out the 555RII's next time around or the Toyo Proxes RA-1's heard good things about both.

howierd42

Goodyear D3's.

WAHUSKER

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I'm going with the new Eagle F1 for road racing. But I doubt they'd be enough for drag racing for your car.....

Rokko

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They only make the RII in a 275/40/zr17.

I'm going to get the RII's next time around so I don't have to worry about cornering. I know a couple times I almost rolled the tire over to the rim lip in a corner. I wouldn't use the R's on a road coarse. Hell, I might throw them on all 4 corners.

99blancoSS

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I ran the rII's for along time. Loved them. At your power level they shold be good for you.

vetred

You know I bought the "Toyos" couse at the time I didn't have the money to get the eagles,.................What a surprise I,....eh,...you know,...eh,... do some driving myself ,....eh,.....occasionally and ,.....eh,..........YES they WILL do! they do just fine AND the price isn't nearly as bad as some of the rest.

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Cool thanks guys, I think I will give the rII's a try this time out even though they are smaller.