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Just bought some Nitto 555's

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Old 09-09-2008, 12:43 AM
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Good luck with the Nittos dude, I have them on my 230 and don't like them. Sure they look good, but performance wise they suck ***. I had Hankook Ventus K104s on before and loved them. The Nittos have terrible traction compared to the Hankooks. I tried the Nittos just to be different, but regret it every time it rains.
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Good luck with the Nittos dude, I have them on my 230 and don't like them. Sure they look good, but performance wise they suck ***. I had Hankook Ventus K104s on before and loved them. The Nittos have terrible traction compared to the Hankooks. I tried the Nittos just to be different, but regret it every time it rains.
Not much rain out here in the desert. I think the 555's are holding up well. The C55 and a C230 are very different cars. Tires are doing to have totally different attitudes on different cars as suspension, HP and TQ come into play. I can say this my car has 331rwhp and 351rwtq when i got on it at low speeds the orange triangle lights up the night with my old tires. With the Nitto 555's traction control is not interfering anywhere near as much.
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well rotating would be an option, except are wheels are in a staggered set up. I think all AMG models are set up this way stock too.
what I mean by rotate = swap the positions of the front tire/wheel only so that they would rotating in another direction when they take up the new position.

this will cure some of the heel/toe wear which causes that thumping sound =)
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Originally Posted by dorikin_86
...rotate them.I'm sure the mechanic don't mind unbolting/bolting 4 tires =)
ah, I was thinking about that. Your above statement was saying otherwise, but I see what you mean.

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