Cobra Nitto Tires...?

[futbolislif22]

I recently just put some nitto drag radials on my cobra (brand new). I know there not intended for highway use, but do you think driving around 100-120 miles on 55 would be ok and safe. Thanks a lot guysssss

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[chet3310]

If it's not raining, your all good!

 

[Wiked03]

yeah i put almost 10k miles on my first set of nittos. If they are not bald they are even decent in the rain.

 

[blck10th]

if they are NT555 u have no worries. Not sure how the new NT05's fair but I would guess in the rain they will suck.

any of the stickey drag radials do not last a long time

 

[BlaqSnake]

yeah i put almost 10k miles on my first set of nittos. If they are not bald they are even decent in the rain.

+1

I had Nitto 555r on my car for 10k or more, and they were fine in the rain.
They were great on the highway as well.

 

[Dragon03]

Trust me I promote Nitto dr's all day long and people give me shit I swear by them I generally get 1 season out of them before I need new ones I roll into work every morning running around 80mph and they hold up great

 

[IZZy]

dragonboy should work for Nitto

 

[bmxer89]

Drove with them to and from carbondale il which is liek 350 miles in the rain and shine with no problem

 

[imported_VicRattlehead]

i drove from chicago to atlanta on my 555r's a few years ago, made 15something passes at atlanta dragway and drove home on them.

 

[futbolislif22]

well its about that time of the year to take the car out of hibernation! I do have the Nitto NT-01 Tires 35R17 R17 35R tires on my 03 cobra . I am gonna be doing highway driving but hear good and bad things about it if it rains on the freeway. Is there a certain speed or precaution i should take if if does start to rain on the freeway or roads? Will it keep traction or cause an accident? Just trying to take as much precaution before hand. also how will they hold up driving about 200-250 miles on the highway? Thanks

 

[futbolislif22]

well its about that time of the year to take the car out of hibernation! I do have the Nitto NT-01 Tires 35R17 R17 35R tires on my 03 cobra . I am gonna be doing highway driving but hear good and bad things about it if it rains on the freeway. Is there a certain speed or precaution i should take if if does start to rain on the freeway or roads? Will it keep traction or cause an accident? Just trying to take as much precaution before hand. also how will they hold up driving about 200-250 miles on the highway? Thanks

otherwise i would want to switch them out...mb a trade (like Nitto NT 555 Extreme Tires or something else good) but open to others. NEED INPUT

 

[Aron]

There's no way in hell I would drive with NT01 on my car if there was a chance of rain. Those tires have large blocks of tread, so there's not much in way of grooves for rain to escape. If you want a "sticky" tire that you can daily drive on, even in the rain, 555r drag radials are about your only choice. All the other drag radials are the same as the NT01, huge tread blocks and very few/no rain grooves.

 

[futbolislif22]

anyone interested in a trade lol...? Don't wanna risk my car over some rain..

 

[Since 1964]

The NT555r is the tire I used to go from Vegas to Birmingham, AL in the (Mustangs Across America Tour....just thought I'd toss this in here ) and along the way I was in all kinds of weather, even though it was typically for very brief periods. The tire did just fine, and of course I was careful when it was cold, snowing, raining etc., but it did it all, and with no problems. They never spun at cold wet stoplights, no drifting out for NO REASON in rain or slushy snow rain mixes, we hit it all and the Nitto's are just fine.

Both my MT's and BFG's were 35-45 mph MAX rain tires, and rightfuly so, the Nitto's are a street tire that's sticky enough to race and all I ever got out of them was 36-4500 miles tops, but I spun them a lot also. I only got 900-1500 from MT's and BFG's.

The best part was the hook when I needed it.

 

[Ear Rak]

I never had a problem with my BFG DR's in the rain when t hey had good tread. Though, they were the old style tread and my car doesnt have nearly as much power as an 03/04.

 

[batman]

Nittos 555r were great on the street and rain, lasted a while.