What do you think about?..please help
#31
11-10-2007 | 09:42 PM
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Joined: Sep 2006
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From: woodridge, il
Real sports cars do NOT have matching tire and wheel sizes. The term is called "off-set" and has been used for 50 years. Tire rotations are for station wagons and mini-vans. Seriously, you don't need to rotate tires EVER especially if you have a good alignment. ****, I have not rotated mine for two years and wear has been great....nice and even.
Let's get a few more facts out of the way and avoid all this dam banter going on....(lol).
Stay away from anything larger then a 17" rim on your sixer. The bigger rims will only slow the car down and result in much higher tire prices. Not worth it! Getting the 17x9's in the front and the 17 x 10.5's in the back is the way to go IMO.
Nittos are not great tires. In fact, they are marginal at best. Ever heard of "group think"? That is why people like Nittos. They advertise the hell out of them and people seem to think they are cool. But, you won't find one single write-up on them showing that they are any better then average. Just look at people's 60 foot times....that speaks volumes.
People make fun of Sumis because they are cheap. I have run two sets on my 380 hp car and I will bet you dinner that I would whoop-*** on any Nitto tire. Hell, I was pulling sub 2.0's on them in the 60 foot before I had a super charger. I guarentee 100% that the Sumi will suit you fine on your car. ****, you won't even be challenging these tires.
As far as them sucking in the cold, that is because they do suck. Know why? Because they are a summer compound. Good summer tires are supposed to suck-*** in the cold! That is the idea! If you have tires that perform well in the cold, then they aren't much of a performance tire. Ultimately you need to decide if you want to have a summer set AND a winter set, or go with a compromise.
Let's get a few more facts out of the way and avoid all this dam banter going on....(lol).
Stay away from anything larger then a 17" rim on your sixer. The bigger rims will only slow the car down and result in much higher tire prices. Not worth it! Getting the 17x9's in the front and the 17 x 10.5's in the back is the way to go IMO.
Nittos are not great tires. In fact, they are marginal at best. Ever heard of "group think"? That is why people like Nittos. They advertise the hell out of them and people seem to think they are cool. But, you won't find one single write-up on them showing that they are any better then average. Just look at people's 60 foot times....that speaks volumes.
People make fun of Sumis because they are cheap. I have run two sets on my 380 hp car and I will bet you dinner that I would whoop-*** on any Nitto tire. Hell, I was pulling sub 2.0's on them in the 60 foot before I had a super charger. I guarentee 100% that the Sumi will suit you fine on your car. ****, you won't even be challenging these tires.
As far as them sucking in the cold, that is because they do suck. Know why? Because they are a summer compound. Good summer tires are supposed to suck-*** in the cold! That is the idea! If you have tires that perform well in the cold, then they aren't much of a performance tire. Ultimately you need to decide if you want to have a summer set AND a winter set, or go with a compromise.
#32
11-11-2007 | 03:54 PM
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Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 6,613
1000 points goes to doobie!
BTW, my comments about Sumi's were in general. Obviously, sumi makes tires of different grades and uses including all-season tires. Most of the stangers though, run the same ones (HTRZ) so my comments were based on them.
BTW, my comments about Sumi's were in general. Obviously, sumi makes tires of different grades and uses including all-season tires. Most of the stangers though, run the same ones (HTRZ) so my comments were based on them.
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