View Poll Results: What tires?
Nittos
24
40.00%
M/T's
36
60.00%
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MT's or Nittos
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MT's or Nittos not sure whether or not to get mt dr's or nitto 555r's. i want some decent tread life, im gonna dd with them so they have to be OK in rain. and obviously i wanna make sure they hook...what do you guys think?
im kinda leaning toward the nittos
im kinda leaning toward the nittos
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nittos are more of a street tire that you can run on the freeway and as a dd tire i have seen 15000 miles out of a 555r but the mickeys is just like a regular slick just with groves so the can get the dot ok
they dont recomend the mickeys for use on the freeway.
they dont recomend the mickeys for use on the freeway.
Different animals. For DD Nitto's rock; I just had a pair put on my Z28 today. Buy a second set of wheels and mount up the M/T's for trips to the track.
Another concern with the M/T's is that they hook so well, your 10-bolt might snap. Far less likely to happen on Nitto's.
Another concern with the M/T's is that they hook so well, your 10-bolt might snap. Far less likely to happen on Nitto's.
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i actually know a guy who uses them and runs 11.50's....he said the hook great for him so i figured it wouldnt be a prob for me. im pretty sure thats what im gonna go with. the 555r is more of a dr then a street tire though isnt it?
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the mt drag radials are fine on the highway.. the et streets, not so much. i'd go w/ the nitto's if you dont mind short tread life, i drive too much to dd a set of tires like that. the mt drag radials will last literally 5-7k miles driven pretty easy.
I voted MT, but Nittos hook well for me on the street. They'll dead hook from a 5-10 MPH roll. At the track, not so good. I cut a 1.77, but it was hard as hell to get there. They didn't want to hook for ****.
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Originally Posted by 99Hawk262
I voted MT, but Nittos hook well for me on the street. They'll dead hook from a 5-10 MPH roll. At the track, not so good. I cut a 1.77, but it was hard as hell to get there. They didn't want to hook for ****.
see i've heard a lot of different things about the nittos. some people who run 12s say they wont hook and theres people who run low 11s who say they hooked great for them. i need to use them to drive everyday so, im pretty stuck on the nittos just because of tread wear and they have more tread to begin with.
Originally Posted by 00slowredz
see i've heard a lot of different things about the nittos. some people who run 12s say they wont hook and theres people who run low 11s who say they hooked great for them. i need to use them to drive everyday so, im pretty stuck on the nittos just because of tread wear and they have more tread to begin with.
A lot of the Cobra guys swear by the BFG's on the street. I personally have seen a couple of them and they bite real hard. One of them had 4.56 gears in his 99 Cobra (about 300rwhp) and it still bit hard enough on the street to blow his IRS to pieces.