Nitto 555R Drag Radials

[xlr8nflorida]

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

[Kevin]

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

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

[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 to me storing a couple (very nice) tires in there too!

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]

Originally Posted by Kevin

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

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

[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"

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....

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

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

[Dynomite]

Originally Posted by 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 to me storing a couple (very nice) tires in there too!

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
Then do not put both tires on one side of the clock....place one tire on each side of the clock

[xlr8nflorida]

Originally Posted by Dynomite

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

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.