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Nitto Tires - Live Low And Prosper

Nitto's Longer Lasting Neogen Tire

To put these tires to the test, we had to have some real world experience. We mounted a set of 205/40/17 NeoGen tires and 17-inch Motegi Racing DP6 wheels on our Project Suzuki Aerio. Following a past SEMA appearance, where the Suzuki received a rushed set of cut lowering springs, stock shocks, and best guess alignment in order to make the show, our project became the victim of some seriously worn out tires. With steel belts visible on the inner edges of the tires, we decided to test the NeoGen's by not fixing the alignment or suspension, something we don't recommend to all of our readers.

Four months and more than three thousand miles later, we found that our NeoGen's had no discernable wear characteristics. For an even longer, more in-depth test, Nitto Tires provided us with third-party testing results that ran the NeoGen tires versus the Nitto NT450 tires for 24,000 miles. The two sets of tires were run on lowered Honda Civics fit with 205/40/17 tires, regulated tire air pressures, 17x7 wheels, and tire rotation between vehicles every 2,000 miles. At 24,000 miles, the two sets were measured and the NeoGen tires were found to have 20 percent better projected inner shoulder tread life based on the fastest wearing tire, and 23 percent better tread life based on the average of all four tires. Imagine that, getting over 20 percent more tire to drive around on for your hard earned dollar. Not too bad at all.

Projected mileage life after 24,000 miles of testing on lowered Civics
Nitto NeoGen Nitto NT450
Tire 1: 31,123 Tire 1: 25,574
Tire 2: 27,677 Tire 2: 22,973
Tire 3: 28,560 Tire 3: 22,978
Tire 4: 30,816 Tire 4: 24,451
Average: 29,544 Average: 23,994
HOTBOX
Motegi Racing Nitto Tires
6261 Katella Ave., Dept. MMFF
Suite 2C
Cypress
CA  90630

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