Hopefully Nitto NT05's are good...

...because I just spelunked down a wad of Jefferson's on them. . . . .275/40/17 and 315/35/17's...

I've been very pleased so far. What are you running them on?

I like them on my Datsun 280zx

They've been great on my supercharged Miata, just need to get a little temperature into them when its raining/wet

Great on my old RX-8. Just very noisy. Surprisingly good wet traction too.

Ovid_and_Flem wrote: I've been very pleased so far. What are you running them on?

17x9 and 17x10.5 FR500 wheels on my 1996 Mustang Cobra.

PMRacing wrote: Great on my old RX-8. Just very noisy. Surprisingly good wet traction too.

I don't think noise will be a problem with the long-tube headers, catless H-pipe, Flowmaster 40's, and downturns...

Good information on the wet traction though, I am nervous about that. I almost went with the NT555G2 for the better wet grip.

Any user experience with them regarding hard track use? Especially on a FWD track car? How quickly will they overheat/grease up, etc.? (Assume the car is driven correctly and the tires are used at their limits, but not over driven/overheated) Anyone?

In reply to Javelin:

I admit i went with the nt555g2 because of the added wet traction

Isn't the time for posting concerns before the purchase?

kb58 wrote: Isn't the time for posting concerns before the purchase?

Have you met us?

Good point.

Never did get any opinions on how the NT-05 does as a track tire. Anyone out there with direct experience?

I've done one track day with NT05s on a C4 Corvette. I was very pleased. It was very hot at Sebring and the tires never went away. I didn't notice much performance drop off from the NT01s I'm used to running on my M3. They do make a little more noise on track than the NT01s but I like to know what the tires are doing so I don't mind.

I really like the fact that I can drive to the track on the NT05s and I don't have to lug track only wheels and tires to the track.

kb58 wrote: Isn't the time for posting concerns before the purchase?

What is this logic you speak.

In reply to WildScotsRacing:

They were great on track for me and wore pretty darn well.

PMRacing wrote: In reply to WildScotsRacing: They were great on track for me and wore pretty darn well.

Good to hear! Would you describe their turn-in response and mid-corner precision? Say, compared to ZII Star Spec/RE-71R on the quick but-peaky end and Rival/R1R on the less-quick-but-more forgiving end.

I don't have any experience with the other tires to compare. They were a lot better then the RE-11 (old spec) I had after them though. I had to run almost 45psi hot to get the RE-11s to not feel like they were falling over compared to the NT-05s. I ran the NT-05s at 40psi hot and they were great.

I ran NT05 on my awd Eagle Talon in the 2015 GRM Skidpad challenge, they were good enough for 1.3g