had nitto 450's loved the dry traction, cant be beat but almost no wet traction and i had alot of blow outs with them. the main problem is that they used to get titties (bumps) on the inner side of the tire so i wouldnt see it from hitting a bad pot hole or somehting.. well after a while that tittie would get cut, cracked or pop and i would need a new tire.. after that i switched to the faulken (forget the model #, but they are the ZR rated ones) and loved them similar dry traction and improved wet traction. also i had less worries about the titties on the inner side walls. BTW on both tires they have a little whine which u hear when driving (especially on the highway) all that is, is the sound of the traction i get used to it and love it but in the beginning u think ur tire is low, messed up or ur hearing things.. many times i found myself pulling ova and looking under the car until one day i was in my friends car and heard the same thing and he told me what that sound was (if ur stereo is on u dont even notice)