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Old 01-29-2003, 02:26 AM
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Daily Driving w/ radials

I bought some 17x9.5 American Racing torque Thrust 2`s and I`m thinking about putting some Nittos on it (rear only) because the car isn`t likly to see any snow, but occasional rain. Do you think they will wear out too qwuick? How qwuick? If I could get like 10k out of them I`d be happy.
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Old 01-29-2003, 04:24 AM
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you're not cool unless you drive on nittos. I would use BFG's but Nittos last me about 15000 miles, and look a hell of a lot better than BFG's. IMHO one of greatest tires ever made. They are even great in rain, they are better than my last goodyears I had out back.. My car saw snow when I was in Reno.. Scarriest damn time ever.. But now that im back in Vegas, no worries about snow.. and rain.. well lets say its not the desert because it rains all the time..
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Old 01-29-2003, 05:24 AM
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Rule!

I've been driving around on my Nitto 275/45/17s for about 5 months, now. They've been in a lot of rain and I had no problem. They rule! I have no idea what the life expectancy is, but I know it can't be too much more than 10K miles if you warm them up properly a few times. They only issue I have it throwing rocks and dirt up onto my rear bumper. I give them a SStupid rating of 8. The Dayton tires I took off the rear rims were given a SStupid rating of 3!
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I need new tires too and that's what I plan on driving is Nitto's DR in back but some Firehawks SZ50's in front. And my car's a daily driver except I don't drive it in the winter.
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