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Old 03-05-2011, 04:18 PM
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Finally got my Nitto NT-01's mounted, balanced and on my C5. Drove it home from the tire dealer and I could swear that hail was hitting the wheel wells. I know now why some racers use painter's tape to cover the undersides, wheel wells, etc. of their cars when running "race" rubber.
Old 03-05-2011, 04:58 PM
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Wait until you actually get them hot and drive through pebbles or sand...
Old 03-06-2011, 01:00 PM
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Wait until you come off the track with them hot and then they cool with every peeble molded in. Really rough on the painted garage floor.
Old 03-06-2011, 01:14 PM
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Wait till you take out all the carpet. It sounds like someone shooting BBs
into your wheel well
Old 03-06-2011, 01:49 PM
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the bumper on my 02 Camaro SS looks to be sand blasted from my NT-01's :yup: I was in the canyons a while back with some Porsches, Lotus, and Maserati...I went last because I didn't want to sand blast anyone, well, they were holding me up going hella slow :o so they told me to go by them next stop..they later thanked me for giving them a reason for getting a new paint job They weren't pissed at all (which relieved me) and were happy they finally had a reason for new paint
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It will do bad things to the aluminum floor in a trailer too.
Old 03-08-2011, 04:45 PM
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I had a clump of rubber in my wheel well. It was caught on the lip and probably the size of a softball.

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