Any Detailed Reviews of The Nitto NT 555R DRs

[viper3ez]

so these have been out for a while now and some of you have used them

just trying to see if there are more reviews for them

are the Total Crap or manageable for dual purpose tires?

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[ujokin2]

I went through 2 sets before I gave up on them. They are pretty good for street driving even when the roads were wet as long as they had good tread. On the strip well lets say the only way I found to make them really hook was to heat them up extra long.... meaning more like 5-7 sec burnouts which equated to lots of rubber being burn off. Of all the different brands of DRs I have tried.... they are at the BOTTOM of my list.

[viper3ez]

well, you do have a fire breathing beast. and they are made for track and street so i'ld expect them to be at the bottom of your list.

how do you think it would do on a non-fire breathing SRT8?

I went through 2 sets before I gave up on them. They are pretty good for street driving even when the roads were wet as long as they had good tread. On the strip well lets say the only way I found to make them really hook was to heat them up extra long.... meaning more like 5-7 sec burnouts which equated to lots of rubber being burn off. Of all the different brands of DRs I have tried.... they are at the BOTTOM of my list.

[charginscott]

Do yourself a favor Nuvie, get the M/T or the Hoosiers.

If you want to use them for the street then try the Nittos

[viper3ez]

i was just wondering as i'm about to put my stockers on. so i wanted to see if there would be any advantage to putting one of these on the vipers over potting some regular street tires

[metgo]

I bought a set that I was planning on using at the strip, tried them on the street once and liked them. After making about 10 passes down the track with them I decided to sell them because I couldn't hook with them. I will only run hoosiers now.

[dudeiwin86]

great street tire, horrible strip tire.
i run the nitto 555's on the street (the 300 treadwear ones) and will be going to the 555R's (the 100 treadwear ones) after i go thru this set.

phenomenal street tire, but from everything ive heard, and even the way i use em on the street... id never take em to the strip and expect good launches, even on your stock SRT, youre better off going with a 17" wheel and a drag radial.

the only reason i would run these for a strip tire is if you really didnt want to get a new set of smaller wheels to swap on, and just wanted to run 20's.... big... heavy... 20's :mrgreen:

ill have to let you try my 315/35/17 hoosiers for a pass or two just so you can see how good they feel ;)

[STREET LIFE R/T]

Check with ghostface Mag, he has been running these on the street and from what he has told me..he likes them..

[viper3ez]

Check with ghostface Mag, he has been running these on the street and from what he has told me..he likes them..

cool, i'll shoot Derrick a PM. although m,y car dont come close to his in power so i might not have the justification.

whats good with you Derrick, still rocking B'more huh

[Ghostface Mag]

cool, i'll shoot Derrick a PM. although m,y car dont come close to his in power so i might not have the justification.

whats good with you Derrick, still rocking B'more huh


The Nitto 555r (305's)are perfect for the street...Not sure about the track as these tires won't see the track...The 17's Hoosiers are my track tires...

[bullettrain]

The Nitto 555r (305's)are perfect for the street ?

What rim width and what backspacing is required for this tire on a 300 srt8?

[budoboy]

I ran 275/40/20s at the track on two occasions. I actually got as good 60' times as I did with Mickey Thompson Street ET drag radials (or biasplys) - 1.77

When the track would cool however they became very slippery. On a warm track they are very good and the burnouts were very consistent as I wasn't overrevving into limp mode like I did with the 17" wheels and short drag tires.

On the street they are much better than RSAs or Vredesteins. I'm actually able to use some of my power on the street now and not get blown away by Honda Civics :-)

[STREET LIFE R/T]

cool, i'll shoot Derrick a PM. although m,y car dont come close to his in power so i might not have the justification.

whats good with you Derrick, still rocking B'more huh


Im good...still doing it big...located in Elkridge now, but im still holden it down for the chargers (show & Go):beerchug: