Any thoughts on Nitto NT-05's?

 

Update:

I bought the Yokohamas. I have a few hundred miles on them, and thought I would share a few impressions. They seem to ride smoother than my old Toyo T1R tires. Better straight line stability, and a better sidewall feel. The sidewalls feel stiffer, but not harsher on rough terrain if that makes sense.

Grip is a HUGE difference. The Yoko's seem to claw to hold on long after my old Toyo's would have given up. I have not had them to an autocross yet, but I am looking forward to it. So far, I give the tires a big thumbs up!!

 

^^Adam, these are the AD08 correct? I just received a set of 285/30-18s for my track wheels..... I think I'm going to have more grip than I know what to do with

 

Yes Rich, they are the Yokohama Advan Neova AD08.

What were you on before buying the Yoko's? I would like very much to hear how you like them.

 

why are you comparing the yoks to T1R's? not even in the same category... R1R is a different story.

 

Any more feedback on these tires? I'm seriously considering the AD08s for dual purpose street and autocross/open track day application.

 

I had the AVS Intermediates (remember the diamond tread?), Parada, Parada Spec IIs, then on the FD: AD07's, which is why I now have the AD08's, 285/30-18 and 255/35-18.

The AD08's provide an impressive amount of grip - even for someone as jaded as myself - and when they do let go, such as when I purposely pitch the car to drift, they slide only gradually, very predictably, but they very quickly regain grip. It's actually hard to drift without really pitching the car into an off-camber corner and really getting into the power, but these tires really don't want to slide. < That's a good thing btw. Hopefully that helps describe their performance.

Incidentally I'm using TEIN Flexes, -0.5 and 0 camber front and rear, and an Optima Yellow Top in the spare wheel well. So in fairness I'm sure my set up has something to do with it as well.

I don't feel tread life is bad, as has been suggested, especially if you run 285's or 295's all the way around on an FD chassis. When these wear out, I'm getting AD09's, no question

 

^^The AD09s are already out?!?!?!

 

Great feedback thanks! What size wheels are you running? (18x10 all around?) How do you feel about running 285/30/18 all around (for tire rotation).

^^ Yeah... are they???? What is the scoop?

 

The Hankook RS-3 is the best all around street-autox-track tire for your money. Long life, reasonable cost, excellent dry grip (need just a little heat to perform their best), acceptable in the wet, but the available sizes are limited

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....el=Ventus+R-S3


if excellent wet grip is more important than extreme dry grip then the Continental ExtremeContact DW is your best choice

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....remeContact+DW

 

Can't argue with that, if you're a racer on a budget. I may try that tire out after these 07's wear out.

 

I'm running 9.5 and 10 front and rear, and I would love to run 285/30 and 295/30, for a number of reasons based on my setup. I wear out my fatter rears only marginally faster than my fronts, so tire rotating hasn't been much of a consideration, but everyone has a different setup. Again I have my Optima Yellow Top in the tire well, and the combination of removing 40 lbs. of lead from in front of the front axles and placing it in a lower position on top of the rear axle = lower center of gravity and a more planted rear end.

Rich and Mike re: the coveted AD09's .....

I meant that I shall purchase AD09's once Advan makes them x years in the future, assuming they'll be the next evolution in their AD line. I apologize for the false alarm

 

I have heard very good things about the potenza re11's and the star specs. Just keep in mind that they won't last very long.

 

You wouldn't have a few pics of those tire/rim sizes mounted would you? I'd love to put a 295/30 on my 18x10 rear, but worried it'll look odd.

Thanks!

 

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It depends on what you think looks odd. I prefer 90* footprint to sidewall.

I haven't been taking pics of my car lately, but here are a couple from about a year ago, with aforementioned setup. I believe TRISPEEDFD3S is running the exact same rear wheels as me (18x10 ET 38) with 295/30-18's under rolled stock rear fenders. Given that an 18x10 wheel is actually 11.25" wide, a 10mm difference in tire width is minimal and is only barely visually discernible by an obsessive RX-7 owner




This one's mounted on a 10.5" RPF1. This picture illustrates the slightest amount of stretch with this combination.

 

I just had a car control class last saturday, I was running these tires 285/30/18 all around on 18x10 wheel. OMG these tires are awesome. We did a bunch of exercises, some in wet and some in dry. I was very skeptical about their wet performance, but when I ran the skidpad, and my instructor kept telling me, "faster, faster... holy **** you can still go faster??!!?" and the car would not slide at all.

Until I goosed the gas However, I was at a car event a few weekends ago on cold tires and I could spin them really easy, so I was a little skeptical about how they would do in the skidpad.... get some heat in them and they work great!

In the dry I have the same comment as you mentioned, they are predictable and hook pretty quick if you back off a little.

I love these tires, highly recommended!!!! Not sure how long they're going to last though.

 

More feedback on the AD08's. I had another car clinic last Saturday, this time on Buttonwillow road course. These tires are ridiculous, considering they are street tires. They are very, very grippy, even after 7-8 laps out there. Granted, I'm no pro driver, but I could tell I wasn't even close to their traction limit most of the time. They communicate very well too, I felt like they were talking to me if that makes any sense I love these tires!!!

I hear Hankook RS3s are similar and I would have got those if they had my size

 

If they offer these tires in a 295/35, then I just found tires for the 18x10.5s that are the most I can tuck on my '86 Camaro. This looks excellent!