taking a long trip on drag radials???????

stangman

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i'm debating right now on getting the chrome deep dish bullit rims & putting 315/35-17 nitto d/r's on them. i'm debating cause i'm going down to florida in march to the fun ford weekend & that is a 850ish trip one way.
my question is will this wear out a set of d/r's in one trip (prolly 2,000mi round trip) i've never had d/r's before & don't know anything about the longevity of them. & if it is going to kill the tires i'm just going to keep the cobra rims on w/ the 275 rubber on it. thanks for the help

 

JonJon

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I'm pretty sure DR's have a lot lower life... and to waste it just cruising seems like a waste. Stick them in the back and put them on when you're there?

 

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The nittos will be fine. It's not uncommon to get 10-15k miles out of them.

 

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Take them on the road trip just becareful if its rains.

 

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thanks guys

but has anyone here taken long trips with their d/r's

 

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c2see21 said:

thanks guys

but has anyone here taken long trips with their d/r's

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when I drove down to modular shootout 5 with a few mustang owners one was a 03 cobra. He had nitto drs and drove it 500 miles....raced and then drove it back home to NY.

You'll be fine...we even hit rain and it didnt' look like he had any problems.

I've driven 400 miles round trip to a drag strip with my bfg drs with no problem but i wouldn't chance those in the rain.

 

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DeadLurker said:

when I drove down to modular shootout 5 with a few mustang owners one was a 03 cobra. He had nitto drs and drove it 500 miles....raced and then drove it back home to NY.

You'll be fine...we even hit rain and it didnt' look like he had any problems.

I've driven 400 miles round trip to a drag strip with my bfg drs with no problem but i wouldn't chance those in the rain.

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so it didn't wear them too much it take it????

 

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I suggest you drive down on some other type of tire and bring the two drag radials with you just in case something happens to one of your tires your not stuck driving home on a donut for 850 miles. Which is not a good thing to do considering i've been told that donuts are used up to 50 miles or so.

 

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Yeah, definately save the DR's for the actual racing. Full size spare = teh win.

 

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are you racing in FFW and what class are you racing in?

 

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just some guy said:

are you racing in FFW and what class are you racing in?

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well i just happened to be going down to orlando anyway & ole jackie chan pointed out to me that ffw was that weekend, so i deided to leave a day earlier & check it out. & now that i know i'm going, i'm checking into running in true street just for the heck of it. are you going?????

 

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GoBabyVroommm said:

Take them on the road trip just becareful if its rains.

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I've seen several threads on 3 mustang boards where someone has had the ass end try to pass them while on Nitto DRs in the rain.

Be VERY careful if you run into the wet stuff.


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Yeah that isn't that many miles. My buddy here drives 2 hours to schools everyday on the Nitto's. They are definately the longest lasting of the D/R you prob wont even notice any wear at all