im looking for some input for a pair of drag radials to fit on stock rims or drag slicks on after market rims that will fit. im lost as crap so please help a fellow lifer out

 

im pretty sure radials have some sidewall rigidity so you can drive to the track on them and have less grip than slicks. and slicks have no sidewall rigidity so they'll conform to the track and grip better and also because they're softer and stickier. but they have almost no ability to turn with.

 

I have seen people use the Celica stockies, 16" ers. they clear stock calipers and the slicks are cheaper!

 

im just really confused as to sizing you know, so hears the situation. i have found a size of drag radial that will fit the stock rims (ill post a link later if i can find it again) BFGoodrich g-force T/A drag radial in a 225/45-17. so far iv been told that this will work but is the only drag radial that i could find. as far as drag slicks go im even more lost, i know that most drag slicks fit a 15" rim as well as some 16", what i dont know is how tall can i go and wide. im going to be honest with you guys ima dumb ars when it comes to tire sizing so pleas be gentle....lol

 

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=87

^might try here, would be your best bet on the site....

 

buy some 15" steelies and raise the car up all the way.
you could run monster truck tires if you want with that combination. haha

 

oo ooo ooo i could convert it to four wheel drive too

anyways Kanchi you think this thread should be moved to the area you suggested? if it will help go ahead! I thought i was doing good by posting in wheel and tire....lol

 

You went the right avenue by posting here first. A lot of people don't even know about that area. If you want to make a new thread and leave this one here, that would most likely be your best bet. I wish I could give you some better answers but the average person (like me) either knows very little about or have little exposure to thats stuff.

 

i need slicks too! link of good once please!

 

i was being serious man....well kind of.
our stock wheel gap combined with a 15" rims will let you run huuuge tires.
unfortunately idk exactly how huge though

 

your right but yeah how big...lol

well i decided to just run with the drag radial idea for now. about to go to discount and see if they will order em for me. thanks guys for your input though it wasnt much you at least didn't give me any crap for my ignorance, so for that

 

and for you ace

http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku

 

see if discount will order you these bad boys.

http://www.bfgoodrichtires.com/bfgap.../04282004A.jsp

of course youll have to get a diff set of rims because those tires arent street legal.

 

already ordered the drag radials from discount, they come in thursday. ill post about em after i get them on and take em to the track. so far iv spent $714.00 but thats for 2 cooper zeon zpt (stock size) for the rear and 2 BFGoodrich g-force drag radials, all mounted and balanced. now i gota go and get a spare pair of rims to put the drag radials on.

 

I'll put that on my list.. i was gonna get the toyo r888

 

keep this updated.
im looking into doing something similar soon.

 

i pick em up today, ill wait till its noon and run to discount. idk if ill be able to test them out at the track this weekend but i sure want to....lol

 

still no drag slicks, they didnt come in...i was told that they will be in monday..........lulz

ill holler at yall when they do

 

they are in.......wooooooooooooooottttttttttt











but i may not get to try them out this coming weekend though

 

the compound is much softer than the cooper zeon zpt i was running....i didnt know if it would be softer or not becous it is a street legal tire.....and the size is about the max you can go i think on the stock rim......225/45r17
tread depth is pretty damn shallow so thes wont get run on the street very much at all.