Do Nittos run wide?

[LaserSVT]

Was just wondering cause I would like to move my 285/40 Goodyears to the front (just checked and no rubbing issues) and I can get some Nitto 555 in 285/40/17 cheap. The Goodyears fit the stock wheel fine so I figure the Nittos will too unless they are like BFG and run wide.

So does anyone know if Nittos run wider than Goodyear GS-Cs or not?
Thanx ya'll

 

[DCjuggalo]

no not from what ive read about them. thats why i got bfg's

 

[Blinkstang]

Nitto's usually run pretty narrow, there 315 is comparable to a 285 from what I have read on various forums.

 

[Tim2002GT]

Nitto's usually run pretty narrow, there 315 is comparable to a 285 from what I have read on various forums.

I just got my 315/35/17 dr's the other day. I laid them next to my 275/40/17 dr's that I ran last season and there is only maybe 1" difference in the two.

Here's a couple cellphone pics...

 

[LaserSVT]

Cool and thanks guys, looks like I will be scoring a pair of Nitto 555 285/40/17 with 2000 miles on them for $60 mounted and balenced Im gonna put the newish GS-C 285s in the front and the Nittos in the rear, should be a decient combo with good gripp. The GS-C are wonderfol for lateral gripp but the just dont bite under power and if I heat them for 3 sec to clean and prep they seem more slippery by a large margine So I hope the Nittos have better bite, Ill let yall know after they are in if they grip better than the allmighty $420 each GS-Cs on there.

 

[Tim2002GT]

IMO, on the street, Nitto dr's are great! They hook better than any street tire I have used. On the track, they aren't so great as a drag radial. I ran some last year and got over 10,000 miles on them and they still have some tread left.

 

[geoffsgt]

I just got my 315/35/17 dr's the other day. I laid them next to my 275/40/17 dr's that I ran last season and there is only maybe 1" difference in the two.

Here's a couple cellphone pics...

The picture looks more like 1.5 inches to me, which would be about 40 mm.

But I do think my 305 Nitto DR's don't seem quite as wide as other brand's I've seen in that width.

 

[blackfang]

I just got my 315/35/17 dr's the other day.

I am looking for 315's for my bullitts. Where did you get them and how was the price?

 

[SVT32VDOHC]

Nittos run small.

 

[streethorse]

Cool and thanks guys, looks like I will be scoring a pair of Nitto 555 285/40/17 with 2000 miles on them for $60 mounted and balenced Im gonna put the newish GS-C 285s in the front and the Nittos in the rear, should be a decient combo with good gripp. The GS-C are wonderfol for lateral gripp but the just dont bite under power and if I heat them for 3 sec to clean and prep they seem more slippery by a large margine So I hope the Nittos have better bite, Ill let yall know after they are in if they grip better than the allmighty $420 each GS-Cs on there.

Hey Laser, where you finding all these cheap tires, dont you live
in the Dallas area?

 

[Uncle Meat]

Nitto 315's are so narrow (for a 315) that they fit perfectly on a 9-in rim.

U.M.

 

[SVT32VDOHC]

I agree with UM. Just like the 275 Nitto's I had on 17X8 wheels..perfect. I had 275 Goodyear GSC's on a 17X8 rim, and I could barely mount them they were so wide....plus the bulge was way too much!

 

[Tim2002GT]

I am looking for 315's for my bullitts. Where did you get them and how was the price?

I got them from www.discounttiredirect.com for $338 shipped.

 

[blackfang]

I got them from www.discounttiredirect.com for $338 shipped.

Thanks!

 

[LaserSVT]

Hey Laser, where you finding all these cheap tires, dont you live
in the Dallas area?

I think im about 80 miles south of DFW
Place called Tripple L tire by me (only 25 miles) gets them and reciently has been getting some nice tires in. I forgot who said the GSC run big, but I have 285's on my stock Cobra wheels and they look great with no bulge. There is a post from me called "Do these look narrow?" or something like that and you can see for yourself. When I put the Nittos off to the side last weekend they looked wider than the GSC, but only a little. Hope they fit, guess we will see

 

[streethorse]

Thanks, I was about to order some nitto 275/40/17s but I guess
I should go with 285's

 

[Tim2002GT]

Thanks, I was about to order some nitto 275/40/17s but I guess
I should go with 285's

If you are running 17" rims, the next size up is 315's!(if you are talking about the drag radials) Here is a pic of the 315 Nitto's mounted on my 17x9 cobra r's...

 

[LaserSVT]

Thats about what my 285s look like on my 96 Cobra Wheels

 

[TrueBlue03]

Nittos run small.

+1
my 295 BFG KD's looked just as wide as 315 555R nittos in the side by side, ass to ass comparison
...and im very well studied in ass to ass comparisons

 

[TrueBlue03]

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