How do you Stretch your Tires on a 18X11 and 17x8 Volk GTU Rim PIC Inside
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I have a pick here of a corolla at the Pjoject takumi meet. my question is how do you Stretch the tires??? do you have to buy a Tires thats a Size Below.. or is it a custom feature tire shops do...? i cuurent have Volk-GTU's
18x11 Rear 17x8 Front Volk GTU's Thanks=Michael |
so... this person deliberately put the wrong size tires on their rims?
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is this going to be purely a show car that's not really going to be driven hard? Most people who go after performance advise against stretching tires over wheels.
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It's a little hard to get the bead to seat properly, very easy to curb rash the sh*t out of the rims.
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ratchet strap and attempt to seat the tire. dont do it if the car is going to be driven hard. stretched tires are a plague in the VW forums.
some tires are better for stretching as well, so do your research if you really must do it. |
that is just a style guys it just has not hit hard in the states yet....over here in japan thats common
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Ok... i see more Don'ts than Do's!!! how is this done.. I will not Drive hard, i will take chances of getting curb rashes..
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Originally Posted by El Nene 7
that is just a style guys it just has not hit hard in the states yet....over here in japan thats common
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just by your tires smaller than your rim and tell the tire shop they are not responsible for failure and walla you got strech its same process to put in a regular tire than a strech
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Some people do it because they want wide, deep dish rims but dont want to pay for the correct tire size and/or think it looks good. I think it's pretty dangerous and ugly.
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My buddy had an E30 M3... he had to stretch 225's onto his wheel, or they wouldn't clear his fender wall.
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yeah thats another reason why they do it ....to clear fenderwells
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You should smear vaseline on the windshield right before you put those tires on and test drive it........
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Originally Posted by El Nene 7
yeah thats another reason why they do it ....to clear fenderwells
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yup
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Why the hell would you want your wheel/tire combo to look that retarded? Not to mention the negative effect that has on handling.
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It looks tacky to me. The only instance where i saw it met a purpose was on a mid 90s bmw m3 and he needed it like that so it didnt rub the fender. Personally if i was to pay that much money for the nice wheels i wouldnt half ass it by stretching tires. I didnt even know they still did this. My dad was in the tire business for 30 years and he refused to do it because he felt it wasnt safe. I tend to agree. If you hit a rock wrong or god forbid graze a curb your screwed. But i guess its that way with any low low profile tire.
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the next engine i build is going to be a 12A with 13B rotors in it
i'm sorry to say this bro, but stretching your tires is going to be about as useful as a quadruple guage pod in a 98 civic 4 door... don't succumb to some ricer fad and spend your money on nice tires that FIT |
wow that has to be the worst most pointless thing i have ever seen in my life. dont do it. just get tires that actually fit
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Originally Posted by 2cute
wow that has to be the worst most pointless thing i have ever seen in my life. dont do it. just get tires that actually fit
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Streched tires with stiffen the side wall over all and give it a more gradual break away for say drifting. 235s on a 9j is fairly normal i know many people who even run 215s on a 9j its all preferance. though baller is fitting 255s on a 11" wheel
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Originally Posted by westler91
You should smear vaseline on the windshield right before you put those tires on and test drive it........
ROFL thats the funniest comment!!! |
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