New Tires- WOW!
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New Tires- WOW!
Just put some Nitto 555r 285/35/18s on the rear. All I can say is holy crap! Finally found a DD tire that hooks well enough to get most of my power to the ground. Virtually no spin from a dig n/a, and still hooks pretty quick with a 100 shot of Nos. Also, discovered yesterday that they perform well in the rain. Awesome tire!
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Good to know. The info just might help out someone else looking for tires.
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Just put some Nitto 555r 285/35/18s on the rear. All I can say is holy crap! Finally found a DD tire that hooks well enough to get most of my power to the ground. Virtually no spin from a dig n/a, and still hooks pretty quick with a 100 shot of Nos. Also, discovered yesterday that they perform well in the rain. Awesome tire!
I'm real close to needing new tires and since I'm looking at new tires I'll be swapping wheels as well.
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I'm sure that depends on the kind of driving you do. I will say that few people I know that have these on their DD said to expect around 10-15K miles.
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Just put some Nitto 555r 285/35/18s on the rear. All I can say is holy crap! Finally found a DD tire that hooks well enough to get most of my power to the ground. Virtually no spin from a dig n/a, and still hooks pretty quick with a 100 shot of Nos. Also, discovered yesterday that they perform well in the rain. Awesome tire!
You are correct these tires are great. I loved them for about 8 months, until they almost killed me when I got out in the rain driving from Houston to Huntsville. At 55mph the *** of the car was all over the place. My Z had 305 on the rear and was a weekend car. Granted I drive at a brisk place most of the time, I am not launching very much. I have 0 confidence in the wet with these tires once they are get a little worn. GREAT dry traction tire I will say.
Just my two cents guys. I dont get scared very often, but if it wasnt for active handeling I would have totaled the car on more than once occasion on that trip.