Black 99 Bird

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Just curious if anyone else has had an issue with their Nitto tires cracking. I had to replace the set if 555's I had on my Trans Am due to cracking. At the time I just thought it was a fluke. I now have a set of Nitto Terra Grapplers on my truck that I will also be replacing due to cracking. The tires on my car were over 4 yrs old when I changed them out. The tires on my truck are just over 3 1/2 yrs old. Has anyone else seen this?

sheikss

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I won't run nitto's. That's the only tire I have ever had a blowout with. The whole sidewall disintegrated on me. Tires had never been tracked or under inflated either.

Black 99 Bird

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Did they show any signs of cracking?

9WhiteCamaro9

Mine are 5 years old and are starting to crack. I'm looking into some new tires myself.

MeentSS02

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I've heard about this more with drag radials than with their regular tires...not good either way.

sheikss

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Nope, they were fairly new too.

Black 99 Bird

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I have had a set of Sumitomos on for right at 4 yrs. now with no signs of cracking.

99Bluz28

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I'd check the info on the tires for the manufacture date, Your tires might be a lot older than you think.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tirete....jsp?techid=11

SSCamaro99_3

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I had Nitto Drag Radials on my car from at least 2005 until 2012. Car sat outside a lot, and was drivin in cold weather. I had no issues with the tires. NT-05's on the car since last summer. No issues so far.

Black 99 Bird

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The references I made above are going by the date of manufacture, not the purchase date.

69TA

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Nittos tend to crack real easy
especially if the car tends to sit around alot
and stored in cold parts of the country.

AmarilloWS6

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I had NT555's for a year on my C5 and they were pretty cracked. They were daily driven though and saw rain, snow, sleet, ice, and pavement that was 100+ degrees some days. 555's are summer tires only if I remember correctly. Can't blame them for cracking I guess. My new Continental ExtremeContact DW's have been awesome though!

DREAMZ28

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My 555rs (245/50/16) are cracking, but they're down to the wear bars so its time for them to go anyways. I ran them unknowingly at 14 lbs daily driving, I was aiming for 17-18 lbs. So that probably didn't help. Switching to a different more radical tire next year

JakeFusion

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Hmm. I have NT05s I bought earlier this year. They still look good. But he car has been sitting for a while. I'll have to go inspect them again. Makes me wonder if I should go with the MT ET Streets vs the NT05Rs because of that?