the tread design looks good but how's the ride quality in 18 inch...?
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NItto 555 tires~
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Originally posted by bitkahuna
Not my favorite tires, no. Couldn't get the balance right and they didn't grip as well as the Toyo T1-S's I now have. And they were noisier.
Not my favorite tires, no. Couldn't get the balance right and they didn't grip as well as the Toyo T1-S's I now have. And they were noisier.
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I have them on my car in 245/35-20 and 275/30-20 and I recommend them. They are good tires that last a long time (unless you're doing burnouts at every light)
...but I'm switching to Bridgestone S-03's soon just to see how they are...they're softer so they'll wear faster but I won't be driving the GS430 much....
...but I'm switching to Bridgestone S-03's soon just to see how they are...they're softer so they'll wear faster but I won't be driving the GS430 much....
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had nitto 555 ZR on my other car
pros: cheap for 300 rating tire, good char in dry road, good solid construction
cons: does not grip well in texas rain, a little noisier
I am running Toyo TS1 on my GS now, got a great deal on them,
pros: 280 rating, good dry/wet char, quiet, made in Japan baby
cons: don't have yet
both tires are good from my personal experience and last long ==> $250/tire, you want them to last hee hee
pros: cheap for 300 rating tire, good char in dry road, good solid construction
cons: does not grip well in texas rain, a little noisier
I am running Toyo TS1 on my GS now, got a great deal on them,
pros: 280 rating, good dry/wet char, quiet, made in Japan baby
cons: don't have yet
both tires are good from my personal experience and last long ==> $250/tire, you want them to last hee hee
Last edited by BananaGS; Apr 29, 2002 at 06:11 AM.
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I have severe Toyo T1-S envy:
Had a shop down in LA where I was vacationing order me a set for my stock 17s: bargained to a price of $750 mounted.
They spent four hours with me waiting at the shop (during my week off... grrr) trying to mount them and couldn't get them to "snap on and hold a seal." They even took them over to another shop and still couldn't mount them.
Web search reveals a difficulty mounting these tires with a "Coats Tire Machine..." so you may wanna ask if your shop uses one of these before ordering the T1-S.
They ended up remounting my old tires and sending me away. I was getting kinda desperate to get *something* on before going back to work and ended up getting a set of Goodyear Eagle F1 GS D2s at a shop in Sac for $700 mounted-- kinda crappy reviews on tirerack, but oh well...
--f_p
o ya, a friend of mine ran NT555s on his Mustang and was pretty happy with them, especially for the price.
Had a shop down in LA where I was vacationing order me a set for my stock 17s: bargained to a price of $750 mounted.
They spent four hours with me waiting at the shop (during my week off... grrr) trying to mount them and couldn't get them to "snap on and hold a seal." They even took them over to another shop and still couldn't mount them.
Web search reveals a difficulty mounting these tires with a "Coats Tire Machine..." so you may wanna ask if your shop uses one of these before ordering the T1-S.
They ended up remounting my old tires and sending me away. I was getting kinda desperate to get *something* on before going back to work and ended up getting a set of Goodyear Eagle F1 GS D2s at a shop in Sac for $700 mounted-- kinda crappy reviews on tirerack, but oh well...
--f_p
o ya, a friend of mine ran NT555s on his Mustang and was pretty happy with them, especially for the price.
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there are many shops that don't know what they are doing, I took my car to firestone to replace my tires with TS1, and they could not get my old tires off, they are Yoko AVS, give me some bull**** on the design of OZ Racing rim ho ho ho. I took it to pebboys, they open it w.o any problem. what a day for me. never go to Firestone ever again even for just a simple job
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