good idea or bad? in need of some tires badly, mine are close enough to slicks haha

 

I drive them on the street maybe 500 miles a year. Good weather only. No way would I use them on a DD.

 

Horrible idea....

 

Superbad.

 

sry, if it makes a difference, i was looking at the nitto 555's.

I might just get nitto 450 street tires, $95 a piece, and their cheaper than the cooper ZPT's i can get locally (240 for 2 H-rated tires)

 

I run nitto dr's year round and it's a daily driver - only put about 5K/year on the car though.

 

see, i just put about 7k on it this year, so im not sure if i should get nittos or not, i'll probably just go to cooper and get some ZPT zeons i guess

 

I run the M/T ET radials all the time, but only put 5000 miles a year on mine, too...I change tires yearly....

--Alan

 

ended up getting nitto 450's for now, gonna end up getting nitto drag radials for the back in the future though, just couldnt swing the $$ right now

 

nothing wrong with using a drag radial for DD... just use your head when it rains

i used my ET streets for a few months on my truck as a DD....got to love biasplys in the rain...hell...got to love them over 55mph...its fun

 

yeah, but i drive mine in the snow too, and im not sure how drag radials would have held up

 

It depends on what you will be driving them in. If you have a bit of power like me, and don't drive it in bad weather, then drag radials might not be a bad idea for your DD. I have them on mine and love them. The Nitto DR's do decent in the rain, almost as good as other street tires I have ran in the past. However, if will be driving your car in snow, I would definatly reccomend NOT running DR's, as they will slide all over the place, and will not be safe. The other possible solution would be to get a cheep set of 2nd wheels to put winter tires on, and then swap out the wheels/tires in the spring and fall.

 

I use nittos DR, when I drove in the rain I noticed no difference, but maybe thats just me, as far as traction goes, on my basicly stock lt1, they did excellent.

 

yeah, im gonna save and get some "summer rims" - c5 zo6, 17x9 up front, 18x10.5 in back

 

I got caught in the rain a couple times on the interstate going to a far away car show and thought I was going to crash. It was really bad for that. Nice weather was no problem, but cornering wasnt as stable as with normal tires. I got a second set of rims now with Goodyear D3s on there.