285/40/ZR17 ok for 17x9 rim?
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285/40/ZR17 ok for 17x9 rim?
I did a search and read that with a 9 inch rim the maximum you can go is 275 and i couldnt find anymore info on it so i figured i would go ahead and ask this quick question. It is a pair of Nitto 55r drags 285/40/ZR17's on SS 17x9's. Is this the size that i want or does anybody have any other suggestions? Thanks. oh and right now it has bald 275/40/ZR17 street tire nittos, and its time for some traction! 
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Re: 285/40/ZR17 ok for 17x9 rim?
Those are the size of my rear tires... the Same ones that hook hard enough in second gear to damn near push the nose up enough to knock me back in the damn seat. So yeah those are fine.
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Re: 285/40/ZR17 ok for 17x9 rim?
Originally Posted by Heatmaker
Those are the size of my rear tires... the Same ones that hook hard enough in second gear to damn near push the nose up enough to knock me back in the damn seat. So yeah those are fine.
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Re: 285/40/ZR17 ok for 17x9 rim?
Originally Posted by llafro
I run 285/40-17 BFG G-Force KDs on my 95 all around, and they are fine. No rubbing. They hook GOOD.
u sure they are 285? i've only seen 275's in those tires, i have 275's now but i need tires fairly soon, i'd be interested in 285 if they make them.
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Re: 285/40/ZR17 ok for 17x9 rim?
Originally Posted by 95z28 -quicksilver
I did a search and read that with a 9 inch rim the maximum you can go is 275 and i couldnt find anymore info on it so i figured i would go ahead and ask this quick question. It is a pair of Nitto 55r drags 285/40/ZR17's on SS 17x9's. Is this the size that i want or does anybody have any other suggestions? Thanks. oh and right now it has bald 275/40/ZR17 street tire nittos, and its time for some traction!
Chris
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Re: 285/40/ZR17 ok for 17x9 rim?
Originally Posted by 95z28 -quicksilver
I did a search and read that with a 9 inch rim the maximum you can go is 275 and i couldnt find anymore info on it so i figured i would go ahead and ask this quick question. It is a pair of Nitto 55r drags 285/40/ZR17's on SS 17x9's. Is this the size that i want or does anybody have any other suggestions? Thanks. oh and right now it has bald 275/40/ZR17 street tire nittos, and its time for some traction!
Chris
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Re: 285/40/ZR17 ok for 17x9 rim?
Funny... I must be running on imaginary tires.... 
Actually they do I don't think Discount tires stock them though or atleast advertised on ther site. I brought my from them like a year ago though. I called in and talked to a rep.
Actually they do I don't think Discount tires stock them though or atleast advertised on ther site. I brought my from them like a year ago though. I called in and talked to a rep.
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Re: 285/40/ZR17 ok for 17x9 rim?
Originally Posted by Heatmaker
Funny... I must be running on imaginary tires....
Actually they do I don't think Discount tires stock them though or atleast advertised on ther site. I brought my from them like a year ago though. I called in and talked to a rep.
Actually they do I don't think Discount tires stock them though or atleast advertised on ther site. I brought my from them like a year ago though. I called in and talked to a rep.
http://www.nittotire.com/tires_555r.asp
sounds like maybe a little bit of imaginary tires coupled with imaginary performance .....
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Re: 285/40/ZR17 ok for 17x9 rim?
Originally Posted by Injuneer
You might want to tell Nitto about these..... they don't seem to list them on their website:
http://www.nittotire.com/tires_555r.asp
sounds like maybe a little bit of imaginary tires coupled with imaginary performance .....
http://www.nittotire.com/tires_555r.asp
sounds like maybe a little bit of imaginary tires coupled with imaginary performance .....
Nothing imaginary here is a picture of them... I guess they stop producing them in that size. But I brought mine last summer; I'm sure they are still out there. When you have as many suspension and tranny upgrads as I do...nothing's imaginary. Between the Tranny and the Rear end I have over allot invested... and I'm not even done yet. My car hooks Extremely Well.
Matter of fact my last race was against a GenII mustang that had some of those ET slick things. He jumped off the tree before I did, and when I finally put my car in gear I ended up jumping a car ahead of him in seconds. These Nitto's are really good tires I put my faith in them 100%
All I can really say is from anything I ever learned through the years wether import or domestic... it's how you displace your tunning. I like my combo it works.
Last edited by Heatmaker; Aug 15, 2004 at 11:04 AM.
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Re: 285/40/ZR17 ok for 17x9 rim?
Originally Posted by Heatmaker
Nothing imaginary here is a picture of them... I guess they stop producing them in that size. .