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Old Apr 2, 2009 | 06:59 PM
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Man, It makes me angery that they used 19's on these cars cause there is absolutely NO good Drag radial tires.........
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Anyone Run NT-05's? sucks that the only size is 275/35/19
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Old Apr 2, 2009 | 07:44 PM
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Anyone Run NT-05's? sucks that the only size is 275/35/19
they suck you have to by 18 inch rims
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that's probably because a Vette is a sports car and not really a dragster
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I agree, this whole "selecting wheel and tires" is a ****ing pain in the ***.
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Originally Posted by JRHAWK9
that's probably because a Vette is a sports car and not really a dragster
True...but with a bit of money put down, you can make a 'lil dragster out of it. I use 17" front and rear at the strip.
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i need to find some steelies for the track

Gonna invest in a new rearend before i break this one though. did some reading
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Originally Posted by JRHAWK9
that's probably because a Vette is a sports car and not really a dragster
The C5R and C6R arent dragsters either and they use 18's all around for handling.
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Originally Posted by JRHAWK9
that's probably because a Vette is a sports car and not really a dragster
niether are honda civics but they still run 10's
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