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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 11:56 AM
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Where is the cheapest place to buy some Nitto 555r's from? I found an eBay store that sells them for $142/tire with free shipping, so I think it's going to be hard to beat that, but anybody know of anywhere better? Thanks

I'm looking forward to being able to use 1st gear again... haha.

Edit: Oh, and I have a question about the tires themselves. What's the difference between the 555R and 555RII Road Race tires? Would one be better than the other for me to get? Thanks again.
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 01:32 PM
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I think discount tire has them for like 149 for 17' wheels.....so I would prolly go with ebay if you can get them that cheap with free shipping.
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 01:42 PM
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This place on ebay is called discount tire direct and has a normal price of 149/tire, on sale right now for 141/tire i think. Is that the same place maybe? Either way i think I'm going to order them. Seems hard to beat that price and they have great feedback to so i should be ok there.
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 01:44 PM
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Why does it say the speed rating is R in one place, and then it says it's V in another place? Are all 555Rs Vs? I would assume so because it would seem silly to have a tire that is designed to be good at the strip too only go to 106mph or whatever R is.
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 01:59 PM
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i just bought these tires your talking about there great for a drag radial they act like regular street tires last a long time these are my second pair. I ordered my tires also from dicount tire there everywhere here in arizona great price and they do charge taxes really fast shipping.
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 04:08 PM
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That sounds good. What's the deal with the R speed rating?? I just looked on discount tire's website and it says "Speed Rating: R". That's 106mph, how can that be possible? I go faster than that in the 1/4 and quite a bit faster than that every once in a while on a highway...
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 08:27 PM
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i did over 110 on the 1/4mile last weekend at the track and the tires were fin e
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