best street tire?
03-02-2012, 02:08 PM
#21
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i have the nt05r on the rear of my car and love them. for the heck of it one day i put the nt05s that i have on the front of my car on the rear and they still did almost as good as the mickey thompson et streets i had on it when i did street driving
03-02-2012, 06:10 PM
#23
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they would be good but only come with 5-6/32 of tread new so they wont last as long as some of them
if it was me from personal experience and customer reviews i would go with the bfgs or continental dw
if it was me from personal experience and customer reviews i would go with the bfgs or continental dw
03-02-2012, 11:51 PM
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As I already said, I did a lot of research between them and the kumho xs's and they seemed to be very comparable.
I went with the XS's mostly because I dont like how the nt05s run thin lol
But ill try the nt05s next
03-03-2012, 08:18 AM
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Pretty sure I was asleep when I typed this...Sorry man. I skimmed the thread and didn't see NT05 anywhere...I went back now and found it..nt05r...lol oops. I'm a little rusty it's been a while.
03-03-2012, 11:13 AM
#29
well after some more research and such i think i've narrowed it down to three, the kumho xs(still at the top of the list), kdw2's as backup and then the continentals are still hovering around, more i read about those the more I like them. I heard the nt05's are downright horrible in rain, the xs's aren't that much better but they are indeed better, and the kdw's and conti's are ok. I guess i should consider rain traction as well since the car will see it's fair share of rain driving.
03-03-2012, 12:06 PM
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The guy with the 700 rwhp white 2v ran nt05s on his car and said they were better in the rain than the 555r. I have ran my 315 nt05rs in the rain and they are not terrible you just have to be carefull and that is at 600rwhp. Your best bet for wet would be the continetial dw since that is what they were designed for. Dw= dry/wet