Five year old article on the "15 inch tire problem"
This is interesting. Unfortunately, even if the -R was suitable for handling performance, not many of us can fit a 15" wheel that would be wide enough to sensibly accommodate a 275 without some ridiculous widebody kit. Any 15" wider than 7" or so and with enough backspacing for tires like this, would be grinding a groove into the upper control arm.
It would be lovely to know but until someone buys them and tries it out, we will have no idea. If Nitto is like M/T, they would never dream of saying it was ok.
What about those of us who want something in between?
Forget handling demands, some of us would like to be able to drive to the drag strip and not have to carry FOUR mounted tires to swap over. As it stands, any of the all season junk tires discussed so far would be at risk of exploding at the top end of the strip on almost anybody's car..assuming they ever get enough traction to get rolling. :D
Does anyone know the tire/wheel package on this famous Dart Trans Am racer? Those tires almost look like radials...of course, they're probably race only slicks but if there was anything close, it would be encouraging.
This is interesting. Unfortunately, even if the -R was suitable for handling performance, not many of us can fit a 15" wheel that would be wide enough to sensibly accommodate a 275 without some ridiculous widebody kit. Any 15" wider than 7" or so and with enough backspacing for tires like this, would be grinding a groove into the upper control arm.
It would be lovely to know but until someone buys them and tries it out, we will have no idea. If Nitto is like M/T, they would never dream of saying it was ok.
What about those of us who want something in between?
Forget handling demands, some of us would like to be able to drive to the drag strip and not have to carry FOUR mounted tires to swap over. As it stands, any of the all season junk tires discussed so far would be at risk of exploding at the top end of the strip on almost anybody's car..assuming they ever get enough traction to get rolling. :D
Does anyone know the tire/wheel package on this famous Dart Trans Am racer? Those tires almost look like radials...of course, they're probably race only slicks but if there was anything close, it would be encouraging.
