96mod289

how bad are the nittos 555r's in wet conditions?

LvGordo

Rain? what's that? I have only had one day of rain since i have had the 555rs, i left the trac control on and stayed outta boost and was just fine.

96mod289

yea we are dry here too but if i ever did rain it would be nice to know.

SikGT

Depends on how much throttle you give it.

96mod289

i mean do they have a tendency to hydroplane when it rains hard? do you think that i could cheat and put some good wet weather tire on front to move some water for the nittos

MustangChris04

I have never hydroplaned once and his has been raining almost every day where I live. These tires are acually better in the rain than the tires that came on the car when I bought it. You shouldnt have any traction problems with these in the rain. I can give it a good amount of gas and not spin. Just dont be stupid, its raining!

jmmorgan82

my buddy had a 94 vert with those tires on it. i drove it a few times in the rain, and as long as you don't slam on the gas or go 90 mph in the rain, you'll be fine.

96mod289

ok thanks guys that was the olny thing that i was wondering about using these tires being that they are dr's

danyz

Nitto DR's on my car, and here in the N.W. we get some good rain.
Drive like you have some common sense and you wont have any problem's.

GSXRIntensity

I have the 555R's in the rear on mine, and I got caught in the rain w/them a while back. I must say I was quite impressed w/them. They actually seemed to grib in the wet better than the stock tires. Now, that maybe attributed to my driving though. I mean, I have a lot more rwhp and rwft-lbs now, so I had to take it very easy on the gas out there in the rain. I tried to behave w/the stock tires, but it still spun all the time.