I am going to put tires on my 99 convertible. I am looking at the Hankook Ventus or the Nitto 555. Which one???

 

Tough choice - - I went with the Nittos.....

Only about 2 weeks and no track time yet, but I'm satisfied....

 

I'm on my second set of Hankooks and I like 'em.

 

just put on my hankkok ventus v12's last week. had orig run flats.
what a diff. the ride is much better. quieter. thought i had a axle bearing going out before ,but it was just road noise. so glad.
so far i highly recommend hankook. get them at discount tire.
great people to deal with.

 

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yup, same with the Nittos, except for the axle bearing part (lol)....

much improved over the run flats, but I think you'll hear that about any tire that replaces the runflats......

 

From what I understand those are both great tires, but don't overlook Conti DWs.

 

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Agreed, got those on my sons S2k (DWS)...Discount Tire didn't have them in stock set sizes for the vette....

Also a bit of a difference depending if you want an all season DWS or summer DW - right?

 

V12's on the M5 and love them. Will be on the vette when the run flats finally die.

 

I'm running the Hankooks on mine now - like them a lot. Can't help you with a comparison to the Nittos though - haven't had a set of them.

 

Don't think you can go wrong with either, but I am on my 3rd set of the Nitto's. Quiet, good wet and dry performance, and I get 40-50K per set.

 

Yokohama Advan Neova AD08's.....am ordering them tomorow after having a lot of tire shop guys that do track days recomend them

 

The Extreme Contact DW is the summer tire; the DWS is an all season tire. I got a set of DWs in Z06 sizes from Tire Rack. An excellent tire. Good in the rain and I think better than the Toyo T1Rs I had before.

 

Just got back from the local Pep Boys, who are accepted tire installers for Tire Rack. Got my Hankkok Ventus v12's through them since Pep Boys could not provide the different front and rear sizes. They didn't mind at all...

I had the Goodyear run-flats and it rode like a hobo freight train.

The ride home with the new Hankok's was absolutely amazing. No whir and not much of a clunk when I went over road bumps. Very very nice.

Can't wait to try them with the top up. Previously with the run-flats, we couldn't talk or listen to the radio with the vert top up. We added last week the ExoticVette cargo partition and now the v12's. Now we have a nice long distance driveable car. Cell phone, AAA, tire compressor pump and plugs all ready to go if needed.

One more item, I bought the Southern Car Parts permanent lift pucks. Installed easily although I did use some glue which is not needed. I'm going to get a four-set of additional rubber hockey pucks for some additional space between the metal car hoist arms and the stay-in pucks. Even with the stay-in pucks, the distance between the car body and the arms was really close. Some short sections of wood 2x4's would be fine too, kept in the trunk. Not a complaint about the stay-in's. If they were deeper, they might get knocked off on a speed bump, but I'd like just a bit more room between the arms and the pucks, just in case.

As noted, very very pleased with the difference the Hankoks made in this nice car.

Bob/Florida

PS: Pep Boys here in Bradenton was really good and knowledgeable about how to handle our Vette. During the alignment, they found a tie rod nut that had worked loose and only had a few more threads left before exiting the rod. Good work...