Well, my car just saw rain for the first time in almost a year, ( Yes it never rains in Southern Calif.. ). I must say I pushed it pretty good , even raced a TL-S on the highway. These tires are awesome ! I have never had such a good responding tire in the rain , as these. I have 245/35 Nitto 555's ..... Just figured I would pass on the good review !

 

Kloogy good to see you posting again. How is the car?

 

We're rolling again ! Still waiting for 2 new Mille's . Should be in this week . But I am rolling on 2 curb rashed ones, which is better than not having my car at all... so I'm

 

My Nittos were great in the rain too Alot better than the BFG's I had.

 

Thats the only tire I used to buy on my T/A and Stang.... Nice to see a lot better response from the Nitto's.....

 

That's weird because I have the same rims and tires as kloggy but I find that they are just ok in the rain. On a dry surface is another story but in the rain they tend to slip on occasion and hydroplane slightly. Maybe it's the surface that I drive on but I wasn't greatly impressed with the handling in the rain.

 

My brother had a bad experience with the 555's. He was driving the speed limit and they hydroplaned on him causing him to hit a curb. He had some major rim rash and scratched his stillen lip.

 

Nittos are the sheezy to the neezy.

 

I must say that i am driving on Southern calif roads, Not the LIE or the Jersey Turnpike. Results would be different then for sure. Our roads here are a lot better. That might have something to do with my impressions ...

 

Kloogy - are those tires the 555's or 555 II's?

Norm

 

i wonder if nitto makes a bicycle tire too

 

*** I know I'm going to regret this. But, what does that mean? (I'm old).

 

It's ebonics. It means, and not to offend any of our black friends out there, "they are the $hit my *****".

 

How do these compare to Toyo's Z rated performance tires?

 

I know this thread is about Nittos but I had a very good test of my Falken Azenis tires on Sat.
I love in Southern Indiana and apparently this year, right now is the monsoon season. I was coming back home late and took a 2-3" puddle at 40-50mph. I was quite impressed, the car never wavered and tracked straight through the offending water. After that incident, I intentionally pushed it last night on a 35mph offramp and again, the tires held quite nicely - no complaint, no worries.

I almost bought the Nittos myself, but since we don't get constant perfect weather (SoCal) I didn't want to chance it come snow time.

Glad to hear you're rolling again kloogy!

 

Ah, I see. Thanks. I thought it was good, just wasn't positive. (Grew up in the Midwest. What can I say?)

 

I grew up in Scottsdale, Arizona.......but I listen to rap.

 

I have the Nitto NT555s and I'm happy with their performance most of the time, but I'm not that confident in their ability for wet traction. It rains a lot in Houston and our roads aren't in the best shape and there seems to be a lot of oily grime on them. I drive in the rain a lot and I remember the last time I was on the freeway in steady rain, I almost lost control a few times and I kept thinking, "man, it's time to get some Michelin Pilot Sport A/S's." Like kloogy said, it depends on where you live.