[Hot Cheetos]

For a cheap tire my general exclaim UHPs were actually not that bad. These were on the stock 17s in 245/45. I have since gotten a rim upgrade to a 9inch wide on 18s so I wanted to try something different and went to INVOs but never got to launch because my car squatted too hard even on shifts and rubbed a bit on the outside. I cant wait to get my suspension in.

i am at 441/460 just for reference on the exclaims holding up pretty well. If you are on a budget they really arent bad at all.

 

[Grey03Cobra]

I always had great success with my NT555's...and I was putting down over 600rwhp with my street tune. It gets to the point where you can put down too much hp for any street tire to handle.

 

[Clinker Clint]

I ran a set of 555Rs before the NT05Rs. They did the same thing on me (got hard). From what I have read, the 555 and 555R share the same compound but a different sidewall.

I'm willing to spend the extra money on a good tire. I just want something what will last more than a couple of months.

Looks like the Star Specs are hard to beat. I may have the factory tires pulled off my stock rims I have tucked away in the barn. Put the Star Specs on the factory wheels and put a set of MTs on my extra set.....then I'll end up running the MTs all the time and complain because they are getting hard on me LOL.

 

[Poolshark1321]

^ NT555R and NT555 are two totally different tires... the 555 is the summer radial with a 300 tread rating and the 555R and R2 are competition drag radials.

This is what im talking about...

http://www.nittotire.com/index.html#index.tire.nt555

vs these competition type Nitto tires...

http://www.nittotire.com/index.html#index.feature.competition

Same thing with the NT05R vs the NT05...

http://www.nittotire.com/index.html#index.tire.nt05

I would go with the NT555 or NT05... street version. Not drag radials since they have a tendency to heat cycle and get hard. If you compare the NT05 to the NT555 you will see the NT05 has a 200 tread rating, slightly better in dry weather but slightly worse in wet weather... still a good tire though and on a dry day its definitely better than the NT555 to some degree.

 

[Slightly.Above.Average]

They are a track tire not a strip tire. Roasting them for 8+ seconds will do nothing but harden the compound once they cool and you get no grip. Wasn't the tires fault this happened, it was the operators. Use them for what they're meant for.

I've had mine for two years and 13k miles and will get another summer out of them. Grip as well as they did on day one. I use the tires for what they are designed to do and blast on and off ramps and love tight corners. I hit them hard with 265's on all four corners. And i can rotate since they're on 9.5 all around.

Great tire when using them for what they're designed for and worth the money.

Never said I used them on the track, nor did I imply it... nor was the burnout for the track, it was for fun, when it occured. I used the Falkens rt-615s on the street and they wore out extremely quickly

 

[Sticks n Stones]

I like my Nitto NT555 summer tires... I run 275/40/17s in the back and they are a great tire. They have lasted about 15k miles, almost a year... and that was having fun with them at the track every once in a while. Great in wet weather also...

I actually have Nitto 555's on my front right now: bought 2 rims that had two new 555's already mounted so I threw them on. They grip decent, but I noticed they lock up sooner than my Star Spec's did in the rain, and they slide out long before my rear tires do in hard cornering: my front star specs would slide out at the exact same time as my rears in the exact same corners.

My old fronts got some curb rash from the wife driving, so they are going to be wearing slicks come spring time.

 

[Poolshark1321]

^ interesting I have never run them on the front and never intend to... I run a harder compound tire for the front normally. Right now I have Yokohoma S Drives in the front...

 

[Beach Goat]

I had RE01R's on the front and Star Specs on the back last summer and fall, and I absolutely loved the Star Specs. The RE's had pretty damn good grip, but were near bald. I only got like 10,000 miles out of them, but most of the damage was done when they were on the back.

I can't wait for this spring, I'll be putting Star Specs up front too. I really love those tires:turbonaug

 

[2005YellowGTO]

I'm telling you guys, no tire listed on this thread that isn't a drag radial can compete with the vredestein's performance.

 

[04CruzinGTO]

Eagle GT's, look nice and are great, hold speeds up to 165

 

[Clinker Clint]

I'm telling you guys, no tire listed on this thread that isn't a drag radial can compete with the vredestein's performance.

Have you tried a set of the Star Specs or just a huge fan of the Vredestein's?

 

[06gtoin216]

I'm telling you guys, no tire listed on this thread that isn't a drag radial can compete with the vredestein's performance.

I had the Ultra Sassana or whatever they're called on my Redline and the Star Specs are waaaaaay better. I even liked the Rt-615's better. To me they are probably even with the Kumho Xs only because the Xs's wore out so fast. The Yoko Ad08 were waaaaaaay better to. Try some real tires bro.

 

[Nothubertjfarnsworth]

Biggest issue you will find with daily driving a Drag Radial is what you already encountered: you heat cycled your NT05R's and they became hard. As they lose there oils that keep them supple, you have to get them progressively hotter and hotter to make them stick- which is simply getting the tires hot enough for the oils to migrate over from other parts of the tires to the tread area. That heat cycles thing happens every time you drive your car long enough to warm the tires to there operating range- freeway driving ALWAYS warms them, so does quick burnouts or long drives on country roads.

Then you run into the problem of overheating the tires: especially if you are driving around at less than 32psi. This causes them to get 'greasy' as the oils in the tire come all the way out of the tire - never to be seen again. Greasy tires are very dangerous because leading up to them getting greasy they are giving you the best grip they ever will then rather quickly they get all slippery.

Now that is interesting, but is never something i seem to have had a problem with. Probably because i don't DD my car. I have DR's on for the summertime, and take them off when it starts to get cold... but i probably have been only putting 1000 miles a year on my car lately, probably much less with the DR's on. I also run them at 32psi on the street.

Go here and study up: I assumed that cornering grip directly equates to accelleration grip and haven't been let down yet! With both my Dunlop Star Specs and Potenza RE-01R (superceded by RE-11 now) I've hung with or beat EVERY car I've come across from a dig- including multiple vehicles who were sporting 555R's, ET Streets, 05R's, and every imaginable OEM summer tire imaginable.

good to know.

 

[kiriuhavelik]

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