will i have a problem running these on my stock 9" wide stock rims. the nitto website says they are 28.58 tall, 12.16 wide and need a 10"-12" wide rim. http://www.nittotire.com/#index.tire.nt555r.sizes
We've put those on a stock Charger SRT wheel. It fits, but its not recommended. The tires bulge out on the sides. FWIW, it fit with no rubbing on the back of our Challenger, which sits pretty darned low...
The 305/45 is for a 18" rim. The only option for a 20" is the 275 rather then a 305. Way to go champ(ron) good eye! :sorry: Keith and eye were just discussing this. Both of us figure the 305 "SHOULD"...famous last word, work. I know i have seen post about nitto actually being smaller then advertised? Maybe keith will be the "scapegaot" and see how well it works! :flowers::grin:
if it did come in the 305/45R20 it would be 30.80 inches tall. thanks good to know. P.S. adam am i have been analyzing this for a few days now. lol
Ok, Aaron @ STACK posted before me. Sorry. There yo go keith. DO IT ! Mom and dad said sex and drugs and rock N roll was not recommended and boy were they wrong! LMAO! elvicsmilieys::iluvff::drugs: LMAO
lol :dumb: so this coming spring i will be running those tires if everything works out. :headspin::dancing:
I guess that would be a recommendation for the tires? They stick good... heh, you guys pretty much got your answer? I got a question that would sort of jack the thread off on a tangent :happy:
here is a thread with another LX that is running them http://www.lxforums.com/board/showthread.php?t=199392&highlight=nitto+nt05r are you sure it was just the tires and not all of this: Purpose built 10.3CR 426 for Twin Screw 505/506 NA 623/650 N2O 150 with 91 octance tune 250 NX N2O/Methanol setup in hand. let her rip.
for the most part it is not the motor that brakes the half shalfs (but it does not hurt, lol) it is when the tire is slipping and then grabs traction. i have seen stock motors break shafts. it chatters the slines on the shaft and it breaks. and you already know how i feel about that tire on a stock rim. lol
ya i know how you feel about it. the link i posted about has a guy using them on a stock SRT rim also. i have seen them in person on a 10" wide rims and the tire only hangs over the rimmybe a 1/4 of an inch on each side. so i don't see a problem with them being on a 9" rim. the tire will only hang over maybe 3/4 of an inch on each side.
DRs are designed to wrinkle. I think that's so they absorb the initial hit and store the energy which gets released as it unwrinkles. If they didn't wrinkle then that initial hit would break them loose like street tires do. That effectively gives them more grip (over and above the stickier compound and tread design, or lack of). Once you break traction there is way less traction than at the moment just before they broke loose. So... Does the wrinkle (and subsequent unwrinkle) happen once or is it sort of like a bungee cord for some distance? Hard to tell if the half shafts generally break on the initial hit or more around the 60' mark where you're starting to get well into the torque curve. Is it the sort of rubber band effect up at higher torques that does it? haha, maybe we could submit it to Time Warp and get some super slow motion and explanation on it. (still haven't decided if any of that makes any difference anyway)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyfGko6qb-4 Here's some good slow motion footage. Full blown slicks, but gives you an idea of how it wrinkles hard at the initial hit then begins to smooth out...
The Nitto 305/35 works on the stock 9" wheel. I can feel that it's not as stable in a hard turn as the sidewall has more flex. Not ideal but if thats all you can do....
