Couple Tire Questions.

[94GTLaserRC]

About NITTOs: Which model are the "standard" ones that most people on here use for the rear on their daily driven stangs? Im gonna be ready for a set soon and I see "extreme", 555, etc.


About Kumho's: which are considered the best "all around performance/decent weather tire for the rear.??? Again, looking around, I see 721, ecsta, etc.


Thanks
RC

 

[95strokerPSU]

555 and extreme are the same thing....NT 555 extreme. That's the standard, and then NT 555r are the drag radials

 

[GRAYPNY]

I am running 255-50/17 Nitto extreme NT 450 tires and am very happy with them.

 

[illwood]

About Kumho's: which are considered the best "all around performance/decent weather tire for the rear.??? Again, looking around, I see 721, ecsta, etc.

RC, I have a buddy that runs Kumho's on his daily driver VW GTI. He autocrosses it pretty regularly in the summer. He used to run the ECSTA 712's as an all season tire (minus snow, which you probably don't worry much about).

He currently runs the ECSTA MX, which is a softer tire. He likes the MX for dry track events, but says the 712's were better for treadlife and ability in rain.

 

[94GTLaserRC]

RC, I have a buddy that runs Kumho's on his daily driver VW GTI. He autocrosses it pretty regularly in the summer. He used to run the ECSTA 712's as an all season tire (minus snow, which you probably don't worry much about).

He currently runs the ECSTA MX, which is a softer tire. He likes the MX for dry track events, but says the 712's were better for treadlife and ability in rain.

That's what I gathered by reading the descriptions....Find out if the 712's hooked pretty decent, even if not quite as good as MX...I need to worry about rain, although I dont drive too much in it anymore.
RC

 

[94GTLaserRC]

Where would you say the best place to buy Nittos is?

I use Tirerack for the other tires.
RC

 

[Nagash01WS6]

Call around to Tire Kingdom and Discount Auto, then check Summit's and Jeg's prices.

 

[FlyBy763]

www.discounttiredirect.com

 

[94GTLaserRC]

Thanks guyz
RC

 

[mytight95]

That's what I gathered by reading the descriptions....Find out if the 712's hooked pretty decent, even if not quite as good as MX...I need to worry about rain, although I dont drive too much in it anymore.
RC

a little late but the 712's hook for squat, i had those on the stock rims before getting the fa'leens



jason

 

[94GTLaserRC]

Of the Kumho's, which are "considered" the best to use on our cars?
RC

 

[mytight95]

i've only had the 712's they did pretty good overall, and they are cheap. But the best of the kumhos i would have to say is probably the mx's



jason