92db2gs-r

check this site out

http://www.tyrestretch.com/index.php

PatrickGSR94

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lots of pics of unsafe tire setups, ready to rip apart. What of it?

TwotoneC1Da9

7.5in wheels with spacers, DONE.

92db2gs-r

there was this crazy *** stetched tire on there but i cant find it no more cuz theres too many pics now........... personally i like my tires stretched a lil bit but not to the point to where its unsafe. i have some stretched 195 50 15 on my 15x8 002's and they ride better than the unstretched tires i had before

ahhwhat?

still dont understand why people keep doing this..

PatrickGSR94

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195/50-15 tires are only approved for 5.5" to 7" rim widths. Using it on an 8" rim is unsafe.

msw32587

I dont really like the look and in my mind the more tread on the road the better

PatrickGSR94

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lol yeah, sacrificing tread width for some certain look. Doesn't get much more ricer than that.

alphalanos

really it should be trying to fit the widest, stickiest tire onto a given rim, not the other way around lol.

JdmTypeRdc2

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This thread makes me happy

Its about time people realize how stupid, not to mention dangerous it is to stretch tires.

94GSRlbc

hahah god damm

94GSRlbc

back to the basics for me 15x7 +38 ftw

rjones

It's just as dangerous to run shitty parts. Look at everyone running stretched tires and how many failures there are.... Not advocating stretching tires. But I put 10000 miles on some 185 Firestones stretched on a 8.5" rim.

PatrickGSR94

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<--- still cannot fathom the desire to run base-model Civic section width tires on mile-wide rims.... besides the danger it looks like a damn lowrider on hydros and Daytons. Just needs white walls to complete the look I guess

JdmTypeRdc2

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^^^In other words:

It looks like ****. lol

rjones

It's a shitbox honda either way.

92teginsc

awesome thread. im glad i never caught this jdm bug thats going around.

PatrickGSR94

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pretty sure it came from the VW/Audi/Euro tuner crowd. Could be wrong, though.

TunerN00b

Not sure if it is actually the case, but what I have read (meaning, it could be completely wrong) was that German law required the tire tread to be under the car (not sticking out past the fender). Car "enthusiasts" wanted "deep dish", low offset, wheels (for their FWD VWs of all things) anyway though. Stretch the tire, wheel pokes out, the tread stays under, the car stays legal.

In the US, people building low riders used to stretch tires to get the car lower (decrease tire diameter). This was before low profile tires were (commonly, at least) available. Most people these days don't know that tires once only really came in a standard aspect ratio, and to get a smaller diameter tire you needed to use a skinnier tire. To keep existing wheels (or if they weren't available in a smaller width) and shrink the tire diameter, you had to stretch tires.

For example, I have an old car that came with 155SR13 sized tires (SR = Standard aspect ratio Radial), which is about a 23" diameter. A larger car of the same year would probably have had more like a 185SR13, which is about 25" in diameter. The 155SR13 was (about) 155/82-13 in size. And one of these days, I'll find a set of 15x7s that fit so I can stop running these teeny tiny (and nearly impossible to find) 155/80-13 (closest size available today) tires on it.

MindBomber

I thought stretched tires originated in the drift scene, where racers liked them because it eliminated problems with side wall wobble.

toyomatt84

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That's definitely not true. The Euro scene and Lowrider scene in the USA existed long before drift cars ever used stretched tires. If you can, try and dig up some older drift films from the late 80's, early 90's. None of those cars had stretched tires.

PS. Stretched tires cause an increased amount of heat and stress on the sidewall.

SikEj8

I am not a fan of the super stretch but I have semi stretched tires on my coupe, I have not ran into any problems but he main thing is people need to remember not to drop mario andretti speed runs on stretched tires.

JDM knowledge

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ahh a good ol' stretchin.
When will this die out...

NVturbo

That's why you stay away from crappy tires like NANKANG.

recto

Can only be done to a certain point, after that you should expect crap like this to happen.