What tires are you running on the street?
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Im looking for a good street tire that will last around 10k or miles with good traction, summer only is perfectly fine my car does not move in winter.
I just purchased tt2 17x9.5 for fronts and 17x11 for rear, if you have same rim size please state what tire size you are running ect. The reason i am asking this question cause if i get like nitto555 for rear should i get same for front... although it would be kinda tacky to go with a different tire in the front vs the back. let me know guys thanks!
I just purchased tt2 17x9.5 for fronts and 17x11 for rear, if you have same rim size please state what tire size you are running ect. The reason i am asking this question cause if i get like nitto555 for rear should i get same for front... although it would be kinda tacky to go with a different tire in the front vs the back. let me know guys thanks!
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If all your care about is traction in a straight line then get NT555Rs or NT05Rs (Nitto's drag radials), otherwise look into pure handling tires NT555 and NT05. I have a set of NT05 tires and they perform awesome. Fantastic handling and even though they aren't a drag radial I have gotten some pretty good launches out of them! Relatively inexpensive too, at least compared to F1 Supercars and Michelins.
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what do you want out of the tires? pure grip or an all around tire you can safely drive aggressively on? like said about the NT-05 is a great tire for grip in the corners and not too bad at the track, the NT-05R is the drag tire.
275/40/17 up front and 315/35/17 in the back. regardless what tire you get stick with the same tread pattern.
275/40/17 up front and 315/35/17 in the back. regardless what tire you get stick with the same tread pattern.
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I'm not a serious racer I guess.
I have Bridgestone Potenza RE760 Sports on the car and have 9000mi on them. Since they are street tires they still have a lot of tread left.
To answer your question, if I were you I might go ahead and run the 555's on the front. Or the NT05's all around. I don't think anyone is going to pay close enough to the tread design on the front or back of your car to care if they don't match though.
I have Bridgestone Potenza RE760 Sports on the car and have 9000mi on them. Since they are street tires they still have a lot of tread left.
To answer your question, if I were you I might go ahead and run the 555's on the front. Or the NT05's all around. I don't think anyone is going to pay close enough to the tread design on the front or back of your car to care if they don't match though.
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I've got the NT555's on the rear. Good handling but you can't have quite as much fun going sideways haha cause they want to stick! I still have my crappy Nexen N3000s up front but not many people notice. I only kept those because they still have quite a bit of tread and I could only afford two new tires at a time :-/