black89gt

im wondering whats the differnce between drag radials and slicks.. are they the same? oh yeah and also.. can you take sliks onto the street for daily street racing? or like weekened racing?

92hatchLX

Slicks have no tread, the only way that they get traction is by spinning them and getting them sticky. Drag radials are pretty much street legal slicks, enough tread to make them DOT approved. If the radials are DOT approved you can take them anywhere and anytime you want and stay legal.

dc_mann8

dr's are like a soft tire with minimal tread, compared to a slick with is SOFT and no tread, the closest thing to a street legal slick is the michey thompson et 1's, but i think your better off with a good drag radial, like the nittos or a mt et 2.

92hatchLX

It's hard for me to explain things as you can see LOL....

Magiarn71

Always wondered: after a few burnouts at the track, is there even any tread LEFT on a d.radial?

horatio102

Not entirely true. You can get tickets for improper tires if you're not running m&s rated tires when traction tires are required. Not that too many people would be dumb enough to take drag radials out in the snow...

Aliate X

I took my drag radials out in the snow. Wasnt much different than bald snow tires.


Btw, DR's are the way to go. You need some tred on the street because street asphalt is nothing like track asphalt which is prepped and much higher quality. Slicks wouldnt work as well because street asphalt is uneven at a microscopic level.

Another problem with slicks is they wont last nearly as long as drag radials. You can get less than 3,000 miles out of slicks with no burn outs. On my nittos I should get above 10,000.

Edit - These are nittos btw. 275 Drag Radials.


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dc_mann8

aliate i hope ur not driving that in the winter r u?! bad bad bad
but those rear tires look mean

Aliate X

Nah its not really snowing anymore, those pics I took with the snow on the ground was the last snow for this winter. Heh if there was another storm coming I would have put them on anyways, cant resist lol.....though there was still salt on the roads, I was outside after work at 3am cleaning the salt off my wheels with a picture of water since my hose was frozen, hahaha!

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dc_mann8

hahaha