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Old 01-22-2009, 06:13 AM
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Thanks for the link on my review.
Still love the Invos!

Can you send me a price for a pair of 275/30/20's to 85085 please. My rears will be shot long before the fronts. To be expected given the power...

Thanks!
I was very happy to see these are an asymmetrical tire so even with my staggered setup I can rotate from side to side. This is a big plus on my car as like many other G’s I have seen on here the wear patterns are not quite the same from side to side.
what do you mean by this TTRANK

how can you rotate it from side to side if they are asymmetrical?

are the both sidewall exactly the same?
 
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Old 01-24-2009, 05:59 PM
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Just got mine in. 245/35/20 f and 285/30/20 r. I just got some hyerblack 20' R1-Drift's http://www.r1wheels.com/wheels/drift...drift_gm_1.jpg that I am putting them on. Now all I need is to get some tire pressor sensors so I don't have to unmount my winter tires from the stock rims. Before I was running Toyo Proxes 4 225/35/20 f and 245/35/20 r on my 20' Konigs Unknowns. http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...873e6700f3.jpg. I had to replace the toyos every year, we'll see how long these Nittos will last.
 
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Old 01-24-2009, 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by JOKER
what do you mean by this TTRANK

how can you rotate it from side to side if they are asymmetrical?

are the both sidewall exactly the same?
They are non-directional and asymmetrical so they can be rotated side to side. Each tire has an "inside" and "outside". The tread could still be symmetrical and non-directional and you could swap as well.
 
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Old 01-25-2009, 08:27 AM
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i'm getting my front invo tires monday morning, finally my front tires will match my rear invos =]
 
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Old 01-25-2009, 06:47 PM
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wats a good price for these?? Where are people buying them from?
 
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Old 01-26-2009, 03:31 AM
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They are non-directional and asymmetrical so they can be rotated side to side. Each tire has an "inside" and "outside". The tread could still be symmetrical and non-directional and you could swap as well.
yeah but the problem is that each tire has on ONE inside and ONE outside.

So no matter how you rotate the tire the inside is still be the inside.

So there is no help for the camber with these tires just like with any other asymmetrical tire.
 
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Old 01-26-2009, 03:42 AM
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Originally Posted by JOKER
yeah but the problem is that each tire has on ONE inside and ONE outside.

So no matter how you rotate the tire the inside is still be the inside.

So there is no help for the camber with these tires just like with any other asymmetrical tire.
That is true, my old toyos always wore out from the inside. To see the wear I would have to cut my steering wheel all the way left or right to see the inside of the tire. The outside always still looked good, so I can see why being able to rotate left and right wouldn't be much help.
 
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Old 01-26-2009, 03:11 PM
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yeah but the problem is that each tire has on ONE inside and ONE outside.

So no matter how you rotate the tire the inside is still be the inside.

So there is no help for the camber with these tires just like with any other asymmetrical tire.

Yes, you are correct. This just helps to offset the wear issues that come from being on different sides of the car. I don't have the crazy negative camber that many on here have because I need all the traction I can get (I'm between 0.6 and 1 degree in the rear and ~2.5 in the front). I don't ever swap my rears from side to side because they wear out too fast from trying to keep straight line traction. Most of the time I through 3 sets of rears in the same time I go through one set of fronts.
 
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any updates on tire life??? these are probably my next tires
 
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Old 02-26-2009, 05:48 AM
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i forgot how many months it been since ive had my rears and about 7k miles and it's still good.
 
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Old 02-26-2009, 09:27 AM
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My fronts are doing great. The rears have a lot less life on them but I do drive every day with over 500whp and spin a lot. Since my motor build, I tend to go through rears ~2.5x as fast as fronts. I would estimate my fronts have ~70% left and the rears have ~30-40%.
 
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Old 03-10-2009, 09:34 PM
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Just tried out the Nitto NT05 and will be posting a review on those shortly.
 
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Old 03-11-2009, 01:51 AM
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So I had my first 1000 miles on my tires and so far so good, much more quiet and smoother ride compaired to my old toyos. They feel lot more sticky as well, I also find it harder to do burnouts in the parking garages now, but that may be because I went from a 245 in the rear to a 285, IDK. The only problem I am having is with my TPS.
 
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Old 03-11-2009, 10:51 AM
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What TPS issue are you having? I didn't have any issue with the sensors.
 
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dang these tires held really well at the track last sunday, but on my final run it got pretty greasy as my instructor said as the track got warmer but they still held on pretty well
 


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