18 replies to this topic

[J-Z]

I am soooo fucking sick of smoking my tires off and just bought a set of nittos for my 20" wheels. My question is how are they in the rain? I mean are they ok as far as hydroplaning? God knows it never rains here in Seattle .

[Linda's FF]

JZ have you been out at the track now that your tune is fixed?

 

Linda  

[HemiSam]

Nitto what, JZ?  Damn bud...

 

HS

[J-Z]

I'll get back with ya . I saw the tread pattern and they had lots of channels.

[Corrupted]

To be honest best street tire I found is the BFGoodrich GForce sport Comp 2.
They are a solid tire and do a good job being able to handle high Horsepower. Quiet drive, great wet and dry handling. I give the 5 stars.
I use 275/40zr20 in rear and 255/45zr20 up front.

http://www.tirerack....ce Sport COMP-2

[rdrdr90]

I'll toss you a bone...If they are Motivo's they are good in the rain. 

[J-Z]

I think they are sean. Thank you.

[StevoHemi]

I drove from Memphis to Cleveland in one day in heavy rain the entire distance on Nitto Invos. Nary a worry the whole day. They performed very well.

 

Stevo

[BayouTigress]

Well I hope they are not NT05s as they are almost dangerous on wet roads.

[HemiSam]

To be honest best street tire I found is the BFGoodrich GForce sport Comp 2.
They are a solid tire and do a good job being able to handle high Horsepower. Quiet drive, great wet and dry handling. I give the 5 stars.
I use 275/40zr20 in rear and 255/45zr20 up front.

http://www.tirerack....ce Sport COMP-2

 

 

Man you're easy to please.  I drove those tires on my ride when I loaned my tires to a friend to hit 200mph at the TX Mile and I've never gotten so much wheel spin in my life.  I was running a blower/nitrous tune and there was so much spin in 2-3 that the nannies on a race tune kicked in...that's hard to do.

 

And for reference, the tires I loaned are a hard ass SUV tire with a high mph rating.  I needed the size...they're like marbles but spun nothing like the BFG's.

 

 

 

HS

[Chally]

Well I hope they are not NT05s as they are almost dangerous on wet roads.

NT05R's are even worse... if the roads are damp I hydroplane. luckily my car doesn't see much rain.

[GONE]

The BFG'S Sam ran were  the KDW'S, Same tires I use to have  before going to the Conti DWS. The BFG KDW's suck compared to the Conti DWS big time! For  an all round street tire that has a good ride, quiet, and hook reasonably well, the Conti DWS extreme's is what I will run from here out.

[J-Z]

Well I'll see how they dio Worse case, if I dont like um I'll send them back.

[BayouTiger]

We've had three sets of Nitto's:

Invo's - decent in the rain, but not nearly enough traction overall

NT05 - not great in the rain, decent traction dry, but lousy ride and noisy

NT05R - great dry - downright dangerous wet, no tread life at all.

 

We just went with the Michelin Pilot Super Sports and they are awesome! Pricey, but worth it if they outlast the NT05's by 2x and that should not be hard to do. 

[J-Z]

How pricey Chuck?

[BayouTiger]

About $400ea ($375front/425rear). I wanted to get the 186+ rating for the mile (just in case), otherwise I likely would have gotten the DWS. 

 

Of course you have a lot of rain, from what I've heard your's is more frequent that ours, but not as likely to be the friggin monsoons (multiple inches per hour!) that we see down here in the summer. Honestly I would much rather drive in the monsoon than the drizzle!

[J-Z]

Ya, we were in texas in August, sun, sun, sun, mon-fuckin-soon, sun. We dont get that shit up here.

[brucer41]

I went with the Nitto 420s and they are great. They handle real well in rain and so so in snow. Dry pavement they stick like glue. They have a great tread pattern (which was what I was going for) that works really well on all sorts of conditions. I autocross with them and that car hangs in there like snot on a doorknob

[HemiSam]

We've had three sets of Nitto's:

Invo's - decent in the rain, but not nearly enough traction overall

NT05 - not great in the rain, decent traction dry, but lousy ride and noisy

NT05R - great dry - downright dangerous wet, no tread life at all.

 

We just went with the Michelin Pilot Super Sports and they are awesome! Pricey, but worth it if they outlast the NT05's by 2x and that should not be hard to do. 

 

 

The Pilot's are the cat's ass, Chuck.  Glad you're pleased with them.

 

HS