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Mar 23, 2007 | 04:09 PM

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Help Picking Tires

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.

Mar 23, 2007 | 04:28 PM

Tranzor

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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.

Mar 23, 2007 | 04:56 PM

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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.

Mar 23, 2007 | 05:29 PM

HitmanLSX

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

Mar 24, 2007 | 12:30 AM

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Goodyear D3's.

Mar 24, 2007 | 10:02 AM

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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.....

Mar 24, 2007 | 10:03 AM

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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.

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Mar 24, 2007 | 11:15 AM

vetred

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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.