Nitto NT-555R

Price Paid:  $150.00 from Discount Tire

Year / Model Reviewed:
 58 Chevy Hot Rod

Summary:
Great tire, these are the most streetable of the street legal drag tires. You should get 10-15K miles out of them compaired to 1-2K miles out of some of the other street legal drag tires.

Strengths:
Great traction, good in the rain 10-15K miles for a sticky tire is great!

Weaknesses:
Deep water, Cold weather

Price Paid:  $3800.00 from friend

Year / Model Reviewed:
1993 Ford/Mustang LX 5.0

Summary:
Stock tires suck. 555r Full throttle no problem

Strengths:
Excellent traction

Weaknesses:
picks up and throws every rock into ur paint

Similar Products Used:
falkens

Price Paid:  $300.00 from USA

Year / Model Reviewed:
 1995 Pontiac Trans-Am

Summary:
Since I have a Vortech Supercharger on my 95 Trans-Am I was having trouble finding a tire that would stick to the road - well the Nitto 555R stepped up to the challenge - AWESOME tire!

Strengths:
Great Dry Traction Very good on wet roads Very quiet tire

Weaknesses:
Tread wear - to be expected!

Similar Products Used:
Firehawks SZ50's - blow the tires of - no traction

Price Paid:  $180.00

Year / Model Reviewed:
 99 Honda Civic EX

Summary:
I paid $180 for the 14" radials. I recommend them for use when drag racing only. If you aren't a serious drag racer don't bother with them. But buyer beware that is is MUCH easier to snap axles when using these. If you plan on goin to the track with them, keep an extra set of drive axles next to your tool box. These babies grip!

Strengths:
Once you heat them up they provide unparalelled traction on the drag strip. And best of all, you can drive to and from the track without changing tires. They dropped about 1/2 a second off of my e.t.

Weaknesses:
You do have to heat them up or else they don't provide much added traction. They wear down fast, so I would never use them for daily drivers. And I broke both drive axles using them (combined with a Clutch Masters Stage-3 clutch) when I was at the track. Now that was embarassing.

Similar Products Used:
Stock tires... grip... what grip???

Year / Model Reviewed:
 1999 Pontiac Trans Am

Summary:
I paid $240 for a pair. I would highly recommend these tires to anybody with a high-powered sports car that just can't get traction with regular radials.

Strengths:
Unsurpassed dry traction with suprisingly good wet traction.

Weaknesses:
Super soft material wears quicker than normal radials, but after all it is a drag radial. Loses traction in standing water.

Similar Products Used:
Goodyear Eagle F1 - no comparison to the wet and dry traction the Nitto's provide