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Michelin Pilot Super Sport

16K views 31 replies 16 participants last post by  Sasquatch  
I'm just curious as to why more people don't run the nitto NT05 on our cars. It seems like on most other sporty cars, and especially high HP cars, they're the street tire of choice, but when it comes to "the Subaru world" much like everything else, the MPSS is the most hyped thing out there, just as there's something "hyped" in every other category. I know nothing gets hype because it's an awful product, but if someone just built their car via forum search, then everyone would have a Subaru with:

Accessport Stage 2, Q300, RPF1's, MPSS Tires, BC Racing coils, Whiteline Front/Rear Sways..... you get the picture.
 
Ive had Nitto mud tires before. They were horrible. Everyone raved about them but they were 100% sub par in every single aspect of the tire.

Since then I refuse to buy anything nitto they were that bad.

You can buy what you want with your money, but the Nitto 555 and 555-R Drag Radial are two of the best tires I've ever run. I don't have any experience with their mud tires, but given that their main focus is street performance tires, I'd probably stay away from their "grapplers" or whatever their Offroading tires are called.I think they're more about cool tread patterns than performance when it comes to those. The "Dune Grapplers" for sand, have flames for the tread pattern. *sigh*
 
I don't know that it would harm your car, but like this guy^^^ said, I really don't know why a tire shop would recommend it, just as a liability on their part, because though you may ride that way for 50,000 miles and have no issues, you COULD, and that's usually more risk than they're willing to take.