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Old Mar 8, 2010 | 09:45 PM
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Anyone have personal experience with nitto nt555, bf goodrich g-sport, bridgestone re760 sport, and yokohama s.drives?
For daily driver w/ monthly autox. Thanks for any help
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I have experience with the Nitto 555R's -- pretty good multi-purpose drag radial (decent traction, longer life span, etc.). If you're planning to Auto X I presume you're looking at the 555R II's?
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I have experience with the Nitto 555R's -- pretty good multi-purpose drag radial (decent traction, longer life span, etc.). If you're planning to Auto X I presume you're looking at the 555R II's?
Auto x is only going to take place one day out of the month the rest is street driving so I mean just the nitto nt-555 not the drag radial.

I am ears to any brand folks.
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to do what you want, your best bet is the RE760 sports. you will LOVE them on the track and they will be badass on the street as well. The s-drives are a great tire as well, although you will get more out of the Bridgestones. i would go with them hands down over the others, not much will compare except a strictly race tire.
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Used to have the bfg g-force sport tires. They wore like iron, and I felt like they would never completely run out of tread lol, but the traction is lacking if you have any kind of power.
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I don't honestly have personal experience with any of those tires, but I can say that I'm not sure I've ever heard a good word spoken about the Nitto 555 street tires, so don't go with those.
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Old Mar 14, 2010 | 05:34 PM
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Anyone ever run the Kumho XS?

I am looking for new tires and hard to find a larger tire for my stock SS 10 spoke... I never drive it when cold and want more then just a drag radial?
I like corners.... lol

I want to run 285/40/17) om my 17x9.5 rims, I like my rims alot... do not try to tell me to size up, please. I am going to lower my SS 1-1.5 with springs this summer, so it will look great to me! I want sticky tires ONLY! lol...

My neighbor tire friend told me to try some Contintials... He said serious!
In put please, just NO rim suggestions!

Thanks
Robert
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Old Mar 19, 2010 | 05:18 AM
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Originally Posted by MYSS02
Anyone ever run the Kumho XS?

I am looking for new tires and hard to find a larger tire for my stock SS 10 spoke... I never drive it when cold and want more then just a drag radial?
I like corners.... lol

I want to run 285/40/17) om my 17x9.5 rims, I like my rims alot... do not try to tell me to size up, please. I am going to lower my SS 1-1.5 with springs this summer, so it will look great to me! I want sticky tires ONLY! lol...

My neighbor tire friend told me to try some Contintials... He said serious!
In put please, just NO rim suggestions!

Thanks
Robert
like i said before, try the RE760 sports. i think they might only be available in a 275-40-17 but the size difference is minimal and you should like them for corner carving. I'm not a big fan of Kumhos, never really impressed me much besides some of their cheaper prices, but overall, they don't seem to perform much better than your average "sport summer tire".
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