09-15-2019, 11:10 PM | #1 |
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ZLE Drag Radials size
I'm thinking on buying a set of drag radials for the occasional drag strip days. I wanted the Nittos NT05R since I had experience with them in my previous ZL1 (2013) but for the 19" wheels I'm limited to 345/30/19. Will it fit my ZLE? What other options you reccomend?
PS: The car is stock but I have performance parts ordered so it won't stay stock for long. I went to a roll racing event this past weekend and it lightened up the tires like nothing (currently on Michelin ps4) Thanks! |
09-17-2019, 09:03 PM | #2 |
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Anyone??
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09-17-2019, 10:08 PM | #3 |
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If it fit your 5th Gen it will be too big for the 6th Gen.
My only experience is with 18's though. ...and ditch the Nittos. Mickey Thompson is the way to go unless you are daily driving it too. |
09-18-2019, 05:58 AM | #4 | |
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I've heard that Mickey Thompson have some issues in anything bigger than 18". Don't know if that's true. |
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09-18-2019, 07:28 AM | #5 | |
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I'm kind of interested in this one too since the ZLE can take wider tires and putting them on our 19" wheels would be nice too. Moved to the ZL1 section for a while to see if others have done this. |
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09-18-2019, 08:06 AM | #6 |
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I currently have a set of 355/30r19 Kumho ACR's on the back of mine for autocross and trackday work. They fit with a little work.
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09-18-2019, 08:41 AM | #7 |
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Most I've seen are running 17 or 18 ET Street Rs, unless you are trying to mount them to the stock wheels and street them also. NTO5r last the longest but not the stickiest option avail now. EDFHOBBIES posted pictures of 19 in 345s on his car.
I'm running R888Rs stock ZLE 19 in size and they are a good streetable roll race tire, but I want something stickier to really hook from a dig. I'm looking at 325/35/18 ET Street Rs as I have some 18s in my garage and a member here ran 9s on that tire. Last edited by Mcmillion; 09-18-2019 at 08:57 AM. |
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Get the R888R unless you are going to exclusively drag race, then you need to go 18” with a Mickey. But those have a lot of trade offs. No perfect solution. Just some that have better trade offs than the others. |
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But again, I read somewhere that MT over 18" are not as good as under 18" |
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09-18-2019, 09:35 PM | #12 |
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The only one I know of is they wear out faster, but you won't get any better traction straight line.
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09-19-2019, 11:07 AM | #13 |
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Hope you're doing more than just radials. ZLE is a pain to drag race.
Maybe 1/2 mile...
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IF you are truly drag racing or roll racing with big power, you will need an 18" or less radial/slick, which there's nothing wrong with. But stock power/even bolt on power (~650 RWHP or less), not super necessary, especially considering the M6 ZLE doesn't really launch at all. |
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