Mickey Thompson ET Street S/S - for the street for real?

BSB67 · Sunday at 5:26 PM

33 IMP said:
I think he's asking if the ET S/Ses are substantially better than the ET-R's, as a purely street tire.
My answer would be: marginally, with the very slightly more open tread, but considering how long those extra grooves will last on a regularly driven street car.......probably not.

Maybe, but I did not see any mention by the OP regadring the ET Street Rs.

The Rs have a nylon belted sidewall, and steel in the tread surface, according to their tech folks. The Rs sidewall will wrinkle. I just drove 500 miles on my Rs last weekend.

Nxcoupe · Sunday at 6:38 PM

Aron Gleason said:
I run the radial pros on the street even so they say they're not dot legal. But even if I had all season radials on the car, I still wouldn't drive it in the rain.

But they are DOT legal. They have a DOT number, hence street legal. The 'not intended for highway use' is a legal escape clause in case you get caught in the rain and wipe out.

furious70 · Sunday at 8:08 PM

33 IMP said:
I think he's asking if the ET S/Ses are substantially better than the ET-R's, as a purely street tire.
My answer would be: marginally, with the very slightly more open tread, but considering how long those extra grooves will last on a regularly driven street car.......probably not.

Bingo.
I'm fine with wearing fast, but I want a street performance tire, not a flexy sidewall drag radial that doesn't like to go around corners and can't be driven in the rain if I get caught

BSB67 · Sunday at 8:28 PM

furious70 said:
Bingo.
I'm fine with wearing fast, but I want a street performance tire, not a flexy sidewall drag radial that doesn't like to go around corners and can't be driven in the rain if I get caught

They drive very well, corner well. Wet pavement okay, light rain, very cautious depending on road conditions. Heavy rain, standing water, no.

71Beeper · 2025-07-21T06:03:42-0500

Got these on the front of my Runner.

No issues so far but I have not been caught in the rain...yet.

Aron Gleason · 2025-07-21T20:32:57-0500

Nxcoupe said:
But they are DOT legal. They have a DOT number, hence street legal. The 'not intended for highway use' is a legal escape clause in case you get caught in the rain and

Nxcoupe said:
But they are DOT legal. They have a DOT number, hence street legal. The 'not intended for highway use' is a legal escape clause in case you get caught in the rain and wipe out.

No, it says right on the sidewall not intended for street use

Aron Gleason · 2025-07-21T21:27:04-0500

6PKRTSE said:
I also run radial pros on the street for all fair weather driving. I usually try not to get caught in the rain.

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And you're the reason I made the decision to pull the trigger and buy them for my coronet.

autoxcuda · 2025-07-21T22:53:31-0500

BSB67 said:
They drive very well, corner well. Wet pavement okay, light rain, very cautious depending on road conditions. Heavy rain, standing water, no.

So you've has S/S version and the S/R version on your car?

How would you describe the difference in dry handling between the two?

Nxcoupe · 2025-07-21T23:10:40-0500

Aron Gleason said:
No, it says right on the sidewall not intended for street use

Lol. You didn't read and understand my post, obviously. If it has a DOT number on it, it's street legal. I run street legal classes and those tires conform. Slicks do not have a dot number.

Aron Gleason · 2025-07-22T00:03:47-0500

Nxcoupe said:
Lol. You didn't read and understand my post, obviously. If it has a DOT number on it, it's street legal. I run street legal classes and those tires conform. Slicks do not have a dot number.

Lol, I read your post. Thank you

BSB67 · 2025-07-22T05:25:05-0500

autoxcuda said:
So you've has S/S version and the S/R version on your car?

How would you describe the difference in dry handling between the two?

Yes. Started with the S/S. After I went through those, I got the Rs. Before those, I had BFGs.

In my day to day normal driving, I could/can tell no difference between the three. That said, my day to day driving is not real taxing. 70% of my driving is country roads. They are winding and hilly roads, but traffic volume is low. 20% freeway. The rest metro-city type. Also, my suspension is stock except Wilwood front brakes. Stock torsion bars, swap bar, rubber bushings, and cheap Monro shocks. The car goes 4100lb+ and has P 225 70 15 BFG on the front. I’m sure that my front suspension/BFGs would get me in trouble well before the M/Ts on the back.

On a car with a good suspension set up for handling, maybe the M/Ts would present differently.

BSB67 · 2025-07-22T05:29:01-0500

The Rs.

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