Is there a slick out there for a 17x8 rim?

[igotyofire]

Im getting some other rims soon and my friend was thinkin wed just slap some slicks on these stock cobra wheels. Say we needed to run a smaller rim would the cobra rear brakes still clear? Tho running a smaller rim is not really an option

 

[urban96]

smaller rims in the rear shouldnt be a problem on the cobra, its the front where you need the bigger ones

 

[yellow1995Cobra]

Yea u can run smaller rims in the rear. The best tire you could get for a 17" rim would be the new et street DR's. They are supposed to be awesome for the track

 

[igotyofire]

Yea u can run smaller rims in the rear. The best tire you could get for a 17" rim would be the new et street DR's. They are supposed to be awesome for the track

uhh who makes them? you say the new so im not sure which ones ur talking about

 

[DaveB]

Mickey Thompson makes them. You can also look into the new Hoosier drag radial. Both are available through summitracing.com . The MTs are going to be my next tire. My Nittos were pretty good, can just imagine what they are like.

 

[Stangfreak95]

Yeah the MT are suppose to be very good. I had the BFG DR's in 17in and they were awesome.

 

[Jackie Chan]

check out the link in my sig

26x11.5x17 et streets

 

[buhjuh16]

check out the link in my sig

26x11.5x17 et streets

how many tenths did the e.t. streets drop you?

 

[Jackie Chan]

well, i cant launch too hard on them because the susp sucks. so i have not gotten everything out of them yet. I had to DD my cobra here for a little while so I took them off.

But on street tires i was running 13.4's in worse weather with 1.9s so with corrections the tires got me about 3-4 tenths. Now when i can air them down a little and come out of the hole hard, i should be in the mid 1.6s on them

 

[igotyofire]

check out the link in my sig

26x11.5x17 et streets

26x11.5x17 ? 11.5in wide tire fits on the 8in rim? im confused

summit says "Minimum Recommended Rim Width (in): 8.5"

and how come the hoosiers concave in the middle

 

[Jackie Chan]

dont know about the hoosiers. all i can tell you is what i have experience with. there are pics of the mts in my sig

 

[Redsnk95]

You need to run an 8-9" rim in the 26x11.5/17 ET Street. It is technically a 26x9 tire size...that's just the way MT measures their ET Street tires. I have a set of them on my 17x8 cobra wheel and they fit great. The 275/40r17 MT ET Street Radial is very nice tire as well.

Troy