Nitto 555R Drag Radials

[xlr8nflorida]

For those of you curious about the FootPrint of the Nittos.

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t150/90koth/Nittos.jpg

[Kevin]

they look a little narrow...can we seem em next to a goodyear 315 or something like that

[HAWAIIZR-1]

Thanks for sharing; looks great............I might get a set of those to go with the 4:10s. :cheers:

[Paul Workman]

Ah! Thanks for posting the pix. My wife is giving me "what for" b/c I have my "new" 95 seats in the livingroom. I can't imagine what she'd say :censored: to me storing a couple (very nice) tires in there too!:mrgreen:

Hope they hook good as they look! Yew let us know 'bout that wontcha? (Those of us in the market would like ta know!;))

P.

[-=Jeff=-]

I had Nitto 555r on my old 89.. they were 315s on 11" wheels, the nittos were a slight bit narrower then others but a good tire. They are more geared for street then the BFGs or others, but will stick and are not bad in rain either..

[xlr8nflorida]

they look a little narrow...can we seem em next to a goodyear 315 or something like that

They look good, they don't look like the sumitumo etc.

In regards to a GSD-3 like I have on my C5, well they always look a 1/2" or 1" bigger then other tires.

Bottom line, I wanted a tire that could finally hook and I didn't feel like paying a $800-$1000 to match my front tires.

$364 shipped for 2 tires. I'm probably getting my third set of rims next year and I'll get 4 new tires then. It's nice to have really expensive tires but in reality most of mine sit on a rim in a garage and to have $3,000+ grand just invested in tires for one car is kinda absurd. Especially when I have two other Vettes that need shoes too :mrgreen:

Haibeck suggested them and his car is in the 430 range. 2 other serious ZR-1 owners have also told me first hand I will love them. So if its narrow and traction vs fat and no traction, well you know what will win that competition :mrgreen:

[tomtom72]

Stats on the 555R's from Nitto's site has the "overall width" ( their nomenclature not mine ) at 12.13"

From TireRack's site the GS-D3's have two listings:
"Section Width" = 12.3"...is this = "overall width" at the Nitto site?
"Tread Width" = 11.2"

I wish all of these guys would just use the phrase "contact patch" as defined by either a linear measurement across the widest part of the contact patch or just say that the MFG says that unloaded the tires max tread width is X.X":mad:

The only thing I can add that would be some what intelligent is to say that the difference in the shoulder of the G/Yr's and the 555R's is very noticable. The G/Yr's is more squared off vs the 555R which has a very distinct curve to it. That may give the optical illusion that in an unloaded state the 555R is a bit narrower than the D3....:icon_scra

Anyway, I hope they hook good & look good on the car!:cheers:

fwiw, Discount Tire is out of D3's in 315 and TireRack has 8/ 315's left!

[Dynomite]

Ah! Thanks for posting the pix. My wife is giving me "what for" b/c I have my "new" 95 seats in the livingroom. I can't imagine what she'd say :censored: to me storing a couple (very nice) tires in there too!:mrgreen:

Hope they hook good as they look! Yew let us know 'bout that wontcha? (Those of us in the market would like ta know!;))

P.

Just tell the wife that the tires are dampeners for the clock :mrgreen:
Then do not put both tires on one side of the clock....place one tire on each side of the clock :sign10:

[xlr8nflorida]

Just tell the wife that the tires are dampeners for the clock :mrgreen:
Then do not put both tires on one side of the clock....place one tire on each side of the clock :sign10:

Now that is some funny **** right there.

Well I took the tires off one at a time and got them mounted. It was dinner time when I was done so I still have not tested them out yet.

They are slimmer then the GSCS and are narrower but all in all not too bad and they are nice looking tires for $364 for 2 of them.

If they handle that is all I care about. From the back of the car they look plenty wide.