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I was getting some prices on some tyres and had Nitto tyres mentioned as another option. I haven't really seen too many reviews on here on Nitto tyres. My R3 GTST is used mainly for street used as a daily driver. I don't really want to go for tyres like the NT05 of the Kuhmo KU36 and other semi slick style tyres as I don't think that they would be very good in the wet.

Sizes I'd be getting would be 235x40x18 fronts & 265x35x18 Rears. Unfortunately the phone line I had wasn't very good so I didn't hear the model number of the Nitto tyres the shop had. I've had a look at the website here and I figure the tyres that might suit would be the Invo, NT555 or Neogen. I think the tyre shop said that the Nitto's are made by Toyo? I didn't get a price for any of these so will be looking to do that tomorrow.

Basically I was just wondering if anyones been using Nitto tyres lately and if so what are they like? If anyone has comparisons to tyres like KU31 of Falken 452's etc then please let me know.

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hey joey where did you source your Nt05s? ive contacted nitto and a few other distributors in the US and the ones that have gotten back to me dont ship internationally.

Try Tyre Power, that's who was going to offer the Nitto's to me. I didn't get a chance to call them back today but I am thinking that these would be the ones they were suggesting.

Joey - how good are these in the wet? Are you saying they are good brand new or even used? I'm no tyre design engineer but I would have thought that NT05 design wouldn't have handled that well since there are some quite solid sections to the thread design. I'd figure they'd be ok in damp conditions but not in a decent amount of rain.

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I just thought I'd mention in here that I have ended up purchasing some Dunlop Direzza Star Spec Z1 tyres instead of the Nitto NT05's. The NT05's do seem like a great tyre but they are more performance orientated. The tread depth of the Nitto NT05's is 7.2/32" (5.72mm) whereas the Dunlop Z1's are 10/32" (7.94mm). Even though the Dunlops are slightly more expensive that is quite a bit more tread depth. I have seen good reviews on the Z1's as being a similar tyre to the Nitto's too so I'll see how they go. I can't really say how good they are yet as I need to lip/roll my guards due to some slight scrubbing :cool:

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