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Old Mar 8, 2012 | 11:25 PM
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I think I'm going to go with the 555r on the rear but what do you recommend up front?
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Old Mar 8, 2012 | 11:31 PM
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555r's are fine, what size?
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So putting the 555r all around is good? They will be 245 50 16
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Old Mar 9, 2012 | 09:14 AM
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I wouldn't put the 555R's up front. I'd say do the 555's up front and the 555R's for the rear. The R's wear out faster and I'd be worried if I got caught in the rain with those, but that's me
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Just do 555's what I run and its perfect.
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The Nitto NT555 is a great tire. Regular 555s up front and 555R drag radials out back will be a nice setup.
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That's what I was thinking too so I'm glad more of ya steeped up!
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I ran 275 555RIIs on the front with 315 555Rs on the rear. They are the same rubber compound, just different side walls. It worked very well, even in corners.
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Well 555 in the front are out I guess they don't have regular 555 in 16. So now what?
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Any other tire suggestions?
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I got some Falken Ziex 512 tires pretty cheap and they seem decent. The rear tires are really much more important than the fronts.
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I got some Falken Ziex 512 tires pretty cheap and they seem decent. The rear tires are really much more important than the fronts.
I disagree. A couple bad tires on the front will make the car tramline which is the most annoying damn thing IMO. Also if you have any intention of taking corners (which I know people on this forum don't do), front end grip is very important. Yes you need good rears as well but I certainly wouldn't cheap out on the fronts.
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Ok so 555 are back in I got a set of c5 replicas 18x10.5 in rear and 17x9.5 for the front
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