IF YOU WANT A BAD A$$ SET OF TIRES FOR YOUR LIGHTNING NITTO JUST CAME OUT WITH A TIRE THAT MEETS ALL YOUR TRACTION NEEDS!! BETTER TRACTION ON THE STREET THAN THE F1 OR THE BFG!! THEY JUST CAME OUT WITH A 555R DRAG RADIAL IN A 305/45/18 ONCE THEY GET HOT THAY ARE STICKY AND DON'T BREAK LOOSE TO EASY AND DONT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH TRACTION!! HOPE THIS WILL HELP YOU OUT. GOOD LUCK AND SAFE RACING AND MAY ALL YOUR FINISHES BE RIGHT OUT IN FRONT WHERE ALL LIGHTNINGS SHOULD BE!!

 

Hey Ryan, you have any pics of these tires on your truck? Or how about some background on you or your truck? The moderators here don't usually take to kindly to people who make thier first post on the board a sales pitch. How about some info before you get booted .

 

I don't think it was a sales pitch, Nitto has been advertising that they were going to be makeing these tire for awhile now and they are finally here. I thought everyone here new that. I'm just happy that we have a choice now for an 18" tire that will HOOK like HELLO!

 

I just wish Nitto knew this, they say mid 02 before they are available. Am I talking to the wrong people?

 

I think the guy is REALLY confused...

Nitto ALREADY makes a 505 performance truck tire in 305/50/18...

But not a drag radial.... I heard mid Dec. for a 555 295/45/18 drag radial, but then again, I've been hearing the "next month" thingy since last year...

 

I'M NOT TRYING TO SELL ANY TIRES WOULNDT KNOW HOW IF I TRIED. (OWN MY OWN A/C BUSINESS FAR FROM TIRES)I RECENTLY GOT A CALL FROM MY LOCAL TIRE COMPANY THAT I HAVE BEEN BUGGING SINCE I BOUGHT MY 2000 L. FOR THEM TO CALL ME AS SOON AS THEY WERE AVAILABLE AND THEY CALLED ME LAST WEEK. I WILL GET MY FRIEND TO TAKE SOME PICS OF THEM WITH HIS DIGITAL CAMERA AND POST THEM. SORRY FOR ANY MISUNDERSTANDINGS ABOUT THE POST BEING A SALES PITCH WONT HAPPEN AGAIN JUST WANTED THE BEST TRACTION FOR THE LIGHTNING OWNERS COMPLAINING ABOUT TRACTION PROBLEMS. I ALSO HAVE THEM ON MY ZO-6 AND LOVE THEM SO HAPPY RACING!!

 

Just know that you'll be ice-skating in rain with 555R's... Dry traction is awesome though.

Daniel

 

He already knows that since he lives in the Houston area. Its rained here several times. So he has experence with them on his vett and now his Lightning with nitrous on it

 

YOU CAN SAY THAT AGAIN IT RAINS ALL THE TIME HERE IN HOUSTON I HAVENT BEEN IN THE RAIN WITH MY LIGHTNING SINCE THE NEW TIRES. MY VETTE HATES IT WHEN ITS WET I PUT IT IN THE DITCH TRYING TO GET OUT OF ALL THAT RAIN WE HAD ALL OF THAT FLOODING HERE THIS YEAR I WAS IN CONROE TURNING OFF 105 GOING TO MY BROTHERS HOUSE GETTING MY TOYS UP IN HIS BARN OUT OF THE WEATHER DID ABOUT 7,000 DAMAGE TO THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF MY CAR AND FRONT BUMPER . WOULDNT EVEN THINK ABOUT USING THE NOS IN WET WEATHER LOVE THE TRUCK TOO MUCH HATE TO PUT IN THE DITCH TOO.

SO WHERE DO YOU GO AND STREET RACE MAYBE I HAVE SEEN YOU. I GO OUT TO PINEMONT,BRITTMORE,RANKIN,AND MANY OTHER SPOTS WE CAN GET GOING!!