DD with drag radials?

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Jul 23, 2013 | 10:35 PM

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JakeFusion

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Should work pretty well.

The 555Rs are good streetable DRs. I don't know if the run narrow in the 18s like they do in the 17s?

Jul 24, 2013 | 06:37 AM

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I always heard they ran wider? Either way it's on a 10.5" wife wheel and it's wider thank original 275/40's lol

Jul 24, 2013 | 04:04 PM

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Just ordered the 555r's from tirecrazy.com for 576 shipped for the pair, was goin to go with the toyo tq's til I saw that the nittos has a 100 tread wear rating at least where as the toyos had none, that and I wanted to match my 275/40/17 555's up front

I've put 14k miles on my TQs and I can probably put another 3-6k on them depending on my driving habits in that time.

I got 315/35/17 for $385 shipped to my door.

Jul 24, 2013 | 04:23 PM

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Cheapest I could find the toyos shipped was 540 I think from tirecrawler.com

Jul 28, 2013 | 02:31 PM

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345 bfgs hooked pretty well for me for a street tire

Jul 28, 2013 | 03:19 PM

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Cheapest I could find the toyos shipped was 540 I think from tirecrawler.com

That's where I got mine.

Aug 14, 2013 | 01:30 AM

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I wouldn't do mt's for DD, I have mt et streets on my weekend wheels and they wear out way too fast. My buddy has nt05r's on his DD and has been running them for about 3-4 months and they are still in great shape and he races on the on the weekends with no issues or irregular wear.

Aug 18, 2013 | 10:09 PM

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only thing I would recommend when DD'ing DR's is to protect your rear bumper w/ 3m clear guard. Those sticky tires throw everything at the bumper

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Aug 26, 2013 | 10:16 PM

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I had 555R's and they lasted a little over a year. They hooked good enough for my daily driving and fun on the weekends. Your vette highly modded?

Aug 26, 2013 | 10:19 PM

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I don't know if the run narrow in the 18s like they do in the 17s?

No they don't run narrow in 18's. My 305's were wider than a friends 315's on a 17 inch wheel.

Aug 27, 2013 | 10:41 AM

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Went to the track sat night and cut some new best 60's at 1.69 on motor and 1.64 on spray

Aug 31, 2013 | 06:19 PM

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Have the nt05r's on my car now with bolt ons and stall converter. These are the only drag radial/slick I have owned so I can't compare. For my application they have been awesome. Not bad in the rain unless there is a lot of water.

Aug 31, 2013 | 08:05 PM

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I say its doable but just watch it in the rain. I've DD'd 275/60/15 ET radials to 275/40/17 555Rs to DD'ing 28x10.5 ET Street slicks all with a spool. Just depends on how much you traction/tread life you wanna have or give up.

Sep 3, 2013 | 01:21 AM

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ive got a good few hundred miles on my 555rs, they are great so far. no prob hooking on the street, did good at track. even on spray they hold once it hits.