Jimmy P

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I have had nothing but drag radials on my previous car..from the Nittos, to BFG, MT, Hoosiers...Building a new more streetable car this time around and I dont realy want to do the drag radial thing with this car. Have any of you tried out both the NT555 and the Excsta XS and liked one better? Looks like both are pretty popular for the non drag radial crowd, and the Excsta XS will wear out faster because of its softer compound. Any advice? Or if you can suggest a different tire in the 315/35/17 that would be cool as well. Oh yea..The GS-D3's are way out of my budget lol.

NovaCain383

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Nitto's for me.

StuntmanMike

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I just bought a set of the Nittos. I did a ton of research and found overwhelmingly positive reviews of them.

They're not installed yet, I just ordered them yesterday, but as soon as I do I'll post up my initial impressions.

kamaa150

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well whatever you do DO NOT GET SUMITOMOS unless you plan on getting new tires in less than a year. trust me there is a reason they are 100 bucks a pop. so if you dont want a drag radial the nittos will probably be your best bet the only problem with the nittos is that they will get very hard after a while. Other than that they are great tires but like i said if you like to get traction you will end up replacing them before there time is up. now im sure other people like them a lot but after seeing hundreds and hundreds of them after they have been driven on for a while you will not like them unless you like rock hard tires. but maybe that just my personal experience.

Gordo78

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Nitto 555's on mine, loved them so far, great all around tire.

FST SS

you say after seeing hundreds and hundreds of them after they have been driven on for awhile......do you work for a Nitto dealer? The reason I am asking is I am considering getting Nittos too. My origional goodyears were like that, after 2 years they were hard and had plenty of tread but no traction at all. My 2nd set, still on the car are bfg kdws's. they worked better than the goodyears but got pretty hard also.
Thanks for any input you can give.
Thanks for any input you can give.

ReApEr75

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Got 315 Nitto 555s on mine. Great overall tire. And they don't wear down fast either which is awsome.

223HAWK

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Loved my Nittos..Looked awesome, wore ever better, quite..just all around good tires, 90% of people around here run them on there newer cars and thats what they suggest to EVERYONE!

kamaa150

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yea i work for a nitto dealer and have so for quite a while but we also deal all major bands too. my personal favorite is BFG and michelins however michelins can get pricey and the only low priced BFG in a 315/35-17 is their drag radial. but dont get me wrong nittos are great tires and ive never really seen a problems with them except the hardness thing. goodyears do the same thing but the nittos (from what i have seen) seem to go longer before they get hard, i dont know why but its just what they do. All in all you cant go wrong with nittos. unfortunately there are not a whole lot of choices in this size.

NVR_SPDS

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I run Nitto 555s all around on my wifes car. 275/40 fronts, and 315/35 rears.. Ive been running them on a couple different vehicles for quite a while, and am damn happy with them. I also compared the 555 to the 555R and size wise, the 555 is about an inch WIDER than the DR.

tonka

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thanks great to know

SSCamaro99_3

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THe XS is a 180 treadwear near R-compound tire. A Nitto NT-05 would be direct competition.

The NT-555 is a 300 treadwear performance tire.

That being said the XS will walk all over the NT-555 in every performance metric except wet weather and wear.