Spyerx

I hope so and fast. Lesson learned: buy more tires and keep stock of them.

vellek

I run Hoosier R6s, they do not have this problem. Yes, they cost more, but they don't have this problem.

etchhead

Any updates on next Nitto 305 product run? I have 7HCs on current pair with another 7x tomorrow. Still look good, but need to keep a better reserve if they are so hard to get!

powdrhound

No updates. Maybe someone wants to be a Guinea pig and try the Nitto 305/35/18 555RII? Same treadwear and diameter as the NT01, just a shade wider. Plenty of those around. It's a road course tire designed for American cars. Wonder how the tire knows what car it's on?

orthojoe

Chalk up another NT01 user with the tread splitting issue. This is on one of my 275/40-18 tires in the rear of my spyder.

Spyerx

^^^ one of my 305 rears did this. only across 2 of the 3 tread blocks i flipped sides and kept running. went away and tires were fine. they are slicks now after this weekend. maybe 1 more day on them.

orthojoe

Good to know. Thanks!

Spyerx

just to be clear i swapped left to right not flipped tire on rim. i did this based on a comment in this thread. guess it melted back together or something but tires were fine all weekend and it was 102 at the track and my car temp gauge said 112 while on track!!! yeah it was hot. ac required during cool down. gt3 ran great mot oil heat issues at all. bmws on the track had some challenges.

ChrisF

I reached out today to one of my old insider contacts at Nitto. May not get anything but figured it was worth a try. What do we think we could muster from a group buy perspective across RL? 50, 100 pair? Maybe we could work out a big group buy to entice them to make a lot more. If we could get Peter to run them, he might be able to do that many by himself

orthojoe

Thanks. This is exactly what I did. My last track day was counter clock wise, so the right side tires are more worn than the left. My next track day is counter clockwise as well, so I swapped sides. Hopefully my results will be the same as yours!

I'd be interested

paver

Let us know what your friend says.
I'm interested in a grp buy.

Spyerx

Id be in for a few sets

powdrhound

Exactly like the split in my 305s. Flipped it on the other side and the split gradually wore away..

DC640

Speaking of BMW... My little tin can reached 303F... Nt01 toasted....

paver

I swap my wheels left to right at end of every track day. WOnder if this is why I have only seen one very minor split?