Just ordered some nt05s thought I got drag raidals but got the streets instead. Has anyone had any luck or knows if they are any good?
Nitto NT05?
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Yeah that big fat patch of rubber on the tire means you cant get any grip at all on the street.
Also any competent tire shop should be able to patch a tire with a nail in it, so I'm not sure where you were going with that. I got 40k on my set of NT05s, while driving the **** out of it. :dunno
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40k miles?Yeah that big fat patch of rubber on the tire means you cant get any grip at all on the street.
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Yeah that big fat patch of rubber on the tire means you cant get any grip at all on the street.
OHH that is what that big rubber patch is for.. Well I'm glad I leaned something new today
Have you ever been to the track? Do you even make any decent power like I dunno 475-535rwhp? Then you know that it's hard to hook up on the streets regardless of the tires. Then you also know you hook better on a track then the streets but that's a DUH. Even with Slicks its hard to get traction on the streets. That's what I was getting at. It was just sounding like he was expecting track like traction on the streets.And no ****, any competent tire shop can patch a tire with a nail... I should have checked where the guy lived but in any decent sized city you know there is always new construction going on and tons of debris. Hopefully you don't get one from the side, cause that is "unpatchable." It was just some food for thought.
I just have a hard time believing you got 40K out of you NT05's and you "drive the **** out of it." I could be wrong, but haven't NT05's only been out for a year or so? So you must have been driving in these past 18 months or so about 2700 miles per month?
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They came out in late January of 2009. All sizes were released a few months later so at the worst he's had roughly 26 months on them at best. Quite enough time to drive 40,000 miles.
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Yeah I wasn't sure the exact release date, but I know they are fairly new. I'm still impressed to get that kind of miles out of some DR's.
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Isn't that the what this thread is talking about. He thought he was getting the R's and got regular NT05's.
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It felt like Deja-Vue to me too if that's what you're saying..
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Well Nasty is making nice power and says they hook great so...:dunnoOHH that is what that big rubber patch is for.. Well I'm glad I leaned something new today
And no ****, any competent tire shop can patch a tire with a nail... I should have checked where the guy lived but in any decent sized city you know there is always new construction going on and tons of debris. Hopefully you don't get one from the side, cause that is "unpatchable." It was just some food for thought.
I just have a hard time believing you got 40K out of you NT05's and you "drive the **** out of it." I could be wrong, but haven't NT05's only been out for a year or so? So you must have been driving in these past 18 months or so about 2700 miles per month?
And yes, Ive put 80k on my car in two years. Just got the tires last year so thats 40k on them. The tires dont wear hard if you keep them inflated to 40+ pounds. **** i still had plenty of tread left on the fronts
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Has well thinks for everyone's help got the tires in just haven't had time to put the on and when I do I will let y'all know how they hook on my car.. and for ole boy that was asking its s/c, lontubes flow cat back and some odd and ends
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Lmao that a 2011 not 2012 lol
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bringing back an old thread, but i'll give you some reps for searching hahahaha.
that said i'm at 500hp/450tq and don't have issues using bfg kdw2's around town. it's all about driving habits.
that said i'm at 500hp/450tq and don't have issues using bfg kdw2's around town. it's all about driving habits.
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I've heard that the BFG are okay but theses nt05 r suck I spin the crap out of them.
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like i said it's all in driving habits. i'm sure if i drove like i was 20 i would claim that i couldn't ever get traction either
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I was just wondering about this. Glad to see a post about it. I currently have 245/35/20 NT555's on all 4 corners. I have a slightly bent wheel (Pot Hole), already have a new wheel just getting mileage out of the bubbled tire(Belt must of broke).
I have 125shot of nitrous and have to usually Window Switch 1st gear out of the equation on the street cause the car spins pretty good. I haven't tried to run at the track yet so not sure how good the NT555's will hook. Considering replacing both rear tires, and was thinking about trying the NT05's.
After reading every thing, Maybe I should just invest in some forge stars and some MT's. Just replace the 555 with a 555.
Only track close to me is an 1/8th. Im hoping to get into the 7's on a street tire, but that's beginning to look tough.
I have 125shot of nitrous and have to usually Window Switch 1st gear out of the equation on the street cause the car spins pretty good. I haven't tried to run at the track yet so not sure how good the NT555's will hook. Considering replacing both rear tires, and was thinking about trying the NT05's.
After reading every thing, Maybe I should just invest in some forge stars and some MT's. Just replace the 555 with a 555.
Only track close to me is an 1/8th. Im hoping to get into the 7's on a street tire, but that's beginning to look tough.
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I would like to say I'm not surprised about the NT05. The only place I hear anything good about them are from folks who just daily drive on them which I'm not surprised that they work well for that as they are certainly better than either all season tires that came on these cars.
That said, every person I've heard who has bought NT05's for HPDE events or autocross has been largely disappointed with them if they have the experience to compare them to the current top tier street tires. Before I edited my post above I had an example of the difference between the NT05 and the Star Specs I'm running on. At the last autocross event one of my buddies had an 2002 Corvette on wide NT05's, I think 285 front and 305 rear with his Corvette with proper double adjustable coilovers with stiff springs, front and rear sway bars and a good 4 corner alignment. He's an alright driver, much better than myself. Me, I'm running on 245/45/18 Dunlop Direzza Z1 Sport Star Specs which is a 200 treadwear non r-compound street tire at nearly full tread depth, with lowering springs, adjustable dampers (not even the best of ones at that!), front and rear sway bars, watts link and an alignment. This event was literally my 12th event I believe, basically a year and a half new to this sport. The time difference on the last event: .245 seconds on a course that favored the more powerful, narrower, and lighter Corvette. Not much difference there, especially considering I really messed up the line in one of the corners and killed about half a second.
Terry Fair of Vorshlag fame (probably a name that doesn't mean much here), just got done running the Optima Challenge in their 2011 Mustang GT that is seriously tricked out for autocross and track duty on NT05's and his comments were: " I will go ahead and say something that a few HPDE gurus won't agree with: Nitto NT-05s suck. These tires are greatly inferior to Yokohama AD08s, Bridgestone RE-11s, Hankook RS3, and Dunlop Star Specs that I've tracked and/or autocrossed with on this same car. "
Quote is from here: Corner-Carvers Forums - View Single Post - Vorshlag 2011 Mustang GT 5.0 - auto-x/track build
I think what makes them a decent tire is they offer tires in sizes more appropriate to our cars. The tires he mentioned, like mine, don't come in many sizes close to the factory 27.3" height and only shorter. My current tires are 26.7" tall (245/45), and the ones I'm going to (265/40) are 26.35" and only available on ONE of the top tires, it happens to be THE top tire so I can't complain about that. There are also not many that offer any sizes wider than 275s or in rim diameters larger than 18". That makes the Nittos attractive, and the price doesn't hurt either. They certainly are not the stickiest non-r compound tire out there. I can name 5, 4 of which are already listed above in Terry's quote, the other is the Toyo R1R (or is it RA1?, it's the 140+ treadwear tire of the two), which are stickier tires.
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They may be a better tire in like 16 I don't even know if the come in that size I've only had 18" but I think that's why there's no side wall ,I have the drag radials not the regular ones and still spin the crap out of them but it most likely the 18" not helping.
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i really find it hard to believe that the nto5 drag radials get less traction than my bfg kdw2's that are street tires. what have you don't to your suspension.
of course maybe i just drive like an old man hahahaha
of course maybe i just drive like an old man hahahaha
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