# SIIIICK (15 series tire) **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [November 13, 2009, 12:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/siiiick-15-series-tire/76100 "2009-11-13T12:28:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 12:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/siiiick-15-series-tire/76100/1 "2009-11-13T12:28:35Z")
![http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/sema-thin-tire.jpg](http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/sema-thin-tire.jpg) ![http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/sema_2010_019.jpg](http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/sema_2010_019.jpg) While in Vegas for [SEMA](http://www.autoblog.com/category/sema/) this year, we did our best to concentrate on the cars… and occasionally their [hostesses](http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/06/sema-2009-booth-professionals-are-anything-but-stock/). We deliberately stayed away from the thousands of individual products being introduced in order to spend more time on the cars, trucks, bikes and [Snowbarus](http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/03/sema-2009-living-vicariously-through-ken-block-and-his-subaru-t/). Well, maybe we should have looked a little more closely at the products, or at the very least the wheels and tires. If we had spent more time in the lower level of the South Hall, we might have noticed a rather large crowd around the Nexen booth. While the name might not be a household word, Nexen is a company with more than 50 years of tire-making experience under its steel belt. As impressive as that might be, it’s not the reason everyone was standing around, mouths agape. The focus of their attention was a new tire by Nexen, one with an impressive 365 mm width and 24 inch diameter. As ridiculous as those numbers might be, they pale in comparison to the middle number in the equation. You see, Nexen was showing off the very first 15-series tire. That’s right, the world’s first and only 365/15R24 tire. If you thought 35s looked like rubber bands wrapped around 19- and 20-inch wheels, this thing looks like a smear of black paint on that two-footer. We shudder to think of what the ride quality might be like, but we seriously doubt there will be any sidewall flex, mainly because there’s no sidewal ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 12:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/siiiick-15-series-tire/76100/2 "2009-11-13T12:32:09Z")
They need to test these in something lowered on Buffalo city streets at the end of winter. ---
**Author:** ![OfficerK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 12:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/siiiick-15-series-tire/76100/3 "2009-11-13T12:33:45Z")
WTF. I could only imagine the damage done driving around on Buffalo roads EDIT: DAMNIT JOE. stop stealing my thoughts. BEERS? ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 12:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/siiiick-15-series-tire/76100/4 "2009-11-13T12:34:16Z")
I’ll take mine in whitewall please. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 12:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/siiiick-15-series-tire/76100/5 "2009-11-13T12:35:02Z")
> [@OfficerK](#): > > WTF. I could only imagine the damage done driving around on Buffalo roads > > EDIT: DAMNIT JOE. stop stealing my thoughts. BEERS? After work, most definitely ---
**Author:** ![NYstanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6a8cbe/32.png) [@NYstanger](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NYstanger)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 12:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/siiiick-15-series-tire/76100/6 "2009-11-13T12:37:34Z")
How the hell do you mount something like that. Flat rim, glue, and slide err on. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 12:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/siiiick-15-series-tire/76100/7 "2009-11-13T12:39:16Z")
its actually thousands of rubber bands glued together ---
**Author:** ![BREETIME](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/breetime/32/5214_2.png) [@BREETIME](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BREETIME)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 12:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/siiiick-15-series-tire/76100/8 "2009-11-13T12:39:20Z")
jesus is that rubberized bed liner? ---
**Author:** ![dreid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dreid/32/7388_2.png) [@dreid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dreid)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 12:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/siiiick-15-series-tire/76100/9 "2009-11-13T12:40:10Z")
tire shops will have fun mounting those. ---
**Author:** ![upstateclipse](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/upstateclipse/32/7348_2.png) [@upstateclipse](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/upstateclipse)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 12:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/siiiick-15-series-tire/76100/10 "2009-11-13T12:45:51Z")
Yeah I don’t see many shops willing to mount those. ---
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 12:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/siiiick-15-series-tire/76100/11 "2009-11-13T12:50:30Z")
just have a beedlock wheel… easy DIY mounting ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 12:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/siiiick-15-series-tire/76100/12 "2009-11-13T12:52:53Z")
so is there any air in there? ---
**Author:** ![VR2000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vr2000/32/5382_2.png) [@VR2000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/VR2000)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 1:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/siiiick-15-series-tire/76100/13 "2009-11-13T13:18:24Z")
> [@Geehee](#): > > so is there any air in there? no probably not…looks like a solid chunk of rubber ---
**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/siiiick-15-series-tire/76100/14 "2009-11-13T13:27:44Z")
Really original… ![http://warehousenews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/group-pic2.jpg](http://warehousenews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/group-pic2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/siiiick-15-series-tire/76100/15 "2009-11-13T13:29:02Z")
Let’s see the Euroboiis stretch that ---
**Author:** ![Cavi\_Mike](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cavi_mike/32/5217_2.png) [@Cavi\_Mike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cavi_Mike)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 1:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/siiiick-15-series-tire/76100/16 "2009-11-13T13:42:06Z")
Probably can only mount them on multi-piece wheels. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 6:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/siiiick-15-series-tire/76100/17 "2009-11-13T18:14:53Z")
saw this at SEMA… not that cool ---
**Author:** ![JDMSIR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdmsir/32/7376_2.png) [@JDMSIR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JDMSIR)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/siiiick-15-series-tire/76100/18 "2009-11-13T18:25:41Z")
Less rubber= more money, stupid if you ask me. ---
**Author:** ![livin4hockey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@livin4hockey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/livin4hockey)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 7:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/siiiick-15-series-tire/76100/19 "2009-11-14T07:35:32Z")
Just when you think something cannot be more ridiculous… ---
**Author:** ![rdandy5875](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rdandy5875/32/7511_2.png) [@rdandy5875](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rdandy5875)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 4:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/siiiick-15-series-tire/76100/20 "2009-11-14T16:15:10Z")
Just wrap the wheel with electrical tape. Done… [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/siiiick-15-series-tire/76100.md?page=2)