Tire question. NT555R daily driver?

[Luigzz]

I am buying 18 x 10 bullitts out back for my car. And I wanna run 305/35 on my wheels. I like a wide rear lol. But I my search has led me to see that 305s sizes are made for drag radials only. Anyone know of an all season tire in that size, or even a summer tire?

I might pull the trigger on NT555Rs. My car is a driver though, so a lot of people are advising otherwise because of cold weather, rain, snow etc. Anyone else run these tires in a daily driver?

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[NYstang]

If your will br dricing in the winter, why not get a set of cheap GT takeoffs with all seasons for winter? Salt is killer for nice wheels.

If you dont want a drag radial, a 295, 315, and (even if a bit snug) a 335 will fit a 10" wheel.

 

[blwn93gt]

I drive my NT55R's in the summer and they are good, but i wont drive them on wet roads, its like driving on ice, if you plan on driving your car in all kinds of weather conditions, dont do the 555R's, you will have a ton of traction issue's, i have been using Nitto's for 2 years now, great on the track and dry roads, otherwise they are useless

 

[Luigzz]

I drive my NT55R's in the summer and they are good, but i wont drive them on wet roads, its like driving on ice, if you plan on driving your car in all kinds of weather conditions, dont do the 555R's, you will have a ton of traction issue's, i have been using Nitto's for 2 years now, great on the track and dry roads,otherwise they are useless

Definitely not what I wanted to hear. I just wanna be able to run the widest street tire possible all year round.

I guess since nitto 555Rs are out of the question. Anyone know of the widest street tires I can run on my 18 x 10s?

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[ford20]

I hear the BFG G Force tires are pretty good in the rain. I think as Alex said the widest you can go on 10" wheels are 335 but that is pushing it. 315s are common large tire sizes from what I see on the S197s but I am not sure on the New Edges.

 

[Cobra Esq]

I did not to go with the NT555R's because you only get a few thousand miles out of them so I went with the regular NT555 which is their "ultra high performance tire" and they are great, but I would not recommend them for all year round. Traction drops below 60 degrees and sucks once it gets down to 40 degrees. Never driven them in the rain so I don't know how they do on wet roads.

Performance tires and winter tires are mutually exclusive. If you want to run performance tires in the summer then you need a second set for winter.

 

[Realspeeddan]

I ran 555R's all year round though some hellish rainstorms and I loved them so much I bought two more sets as the wore out though the years.

But here's the big difference: That was in Florida. The warm temperatures kept the rubber soft and sticky all the time. Here in New York they aren't much good when the temperature drops below 55 deg. By the time the temperature gets down to 45 my Dunlop Winter Sport snow tires will run circles around the 555Rs, even on clean dry pavement.

 

[Luigzz]

Seems like I'm gonna have to scrap that idea. Anyone know of any 305s that can work all season for my wheels?

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[onlycodered]

You could do 295/35 in the back. There's a much bigger selection for that size on TireRack. They had absolutely nothing for 305/35.