Notices
Honda Civic / Del Sol (1992 - 2000) EG/EH/EJ/EK/EM1 Discussion

Best tire for stretch. 93 civic

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 03-25-2010, 11:03 AM
  #1  
Honda-Tech Member
Thread Starter
 
ThatRHDstatus's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Greensboro, NC
Posts: 274
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Best tire for stretch. 93 civic

Im getting 15x8 axis og's and getting 195-50's. I was wondering what is the best tire for that fitment. I know its not a HUGE stretch. But i want to know what you guys would recommend.
Old 03-25-2010, 11:09 AM
  #2  
Honda-Tech Member
 
77777's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Denver, CO, usa
Posts: 595
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Re: Best tire for stretch. 93 civic

fed 595s have always been my favorite
Old 03-25-2010, 11:28 AM
  #3  
Honda-Tech Member
 
cehcivic15's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: owensboro, ky, usa
Posts: 593
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
Default Re: Best tire for stretch. 93 civic

not sure, but i think this is one topic not allowed on this site, along with rolling back your odometer and other illegal and unsafe topics....again not sure
Old 03-25-2010, 11:32 AM
  #4  
Honda-Tech Member
Thread Starter
 
ThatRHDstatus's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Greensboro, NC
Posts: 274
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Re: Best tire for stretch. 93 civic

Originally Posted by cehcivic15
not sure, but i think this is one topic not allowed on this site, along with rolling back your odometer and other illegal and unsafe topics....again not sure
yea i kinda figured that. haha
Old 03-25-2010, 01:20 PM
  #5  
Honda-Tech Member
 
murdered sol's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Posts: 93
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
Default Re: Best tire for stretch. 93 civic

i don't get it? why wouldn't it be allowed?
Old 03-25-2010, 01:35 PM
  #6  
Honda-Tech Member
 
dmeconitas's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2009
Location: California
Posts: 203
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Re: Best tire for stretch. 93 civic

because stretching tires is really dangerous. Just like street racing.
Old 03-25-2010, 01:47 PM
  #7  
Honda-Tech Member
 
Mot Gnuoy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 44
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Re: Best tire for stretch. 93 civic

Remember to take some pictures for us when the tires seperate at the sidewalls.
Old 03-25-2010, 01:49 PM
  #8  
Honda-Tech Member
Thread Starter
 
ThatRHDstatus's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Greensboro, NC
Posts: 274
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Re: Best tire for stretch. 93 civic

Originally Posted by Mot Gnuoy
Remember to take some pictures for us when the tires seperate at the sidewalls.
its weird how everybody talks like this but i never have seen visual proof of it.....
Old 03-25-2010, 01:54 PM
  #9  
Honda-Tech Member
 
Mot Gnuoy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 44
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Re: Best tire for stretch. 93 civic

Me either, just seems like in due time it will happen.
Old 03-25-2010, 02:06 PM
  #10  
Honda-Tech Member
Thread Starter
 
ThatRHDstatus's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Greensboro, NC
Posts: 274
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Re: Best tire for stretch. 93 civic

Originally Posted by Mot Gnuoy
Me either, just seems like in due time it will happen.
yeaaaa
Old 03-25-2010, 02:15 PM
  #11  
Stage 3 CLINGER!
 
singlecamslamed's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: AZ
Posts: 3,383
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Re: Best tire for stretch. 93 civic

it looks like ***.
Old 03-25-2010, 03:32 PM
  #12  
Master Detailer
 
98civdx's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 15,482
Received 12 Likes on 9 Posts
Default Re: Best tire for stretch. 93 civic

it looks like **** to begin with, last summer my friends and i were coming back for krispy kream and there was a ef hatch with streched tires, going around a corner at around 70-80 on the high way one tire blew, and he smacked the wall.

strected tired are unsafe period! just because you have not seen visual proff doesnt mean anything.
Old 03-25-2010, 04:03 PM
  #13  
Honda-Tech Member
 
abs0Lut's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Regina, SK, Canada
Posts: 284
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
Default Re: Best tire for stretch. 93 civic

Putting 195s on a 8 inch rim is pretty damn rediculous, 205s are the 'recommeded' size for 7 inch wide tires, rock em for shows but not DDing.
Old 03-25-2010, 04:53 PM
  #14  
 
94CivTLC's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 7
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Re: Best tire for stretch. 93 civic

IMO dont stretch tires... you will just be buying new tires sooner than you expect
Old 03-25-2010, 04:56 PM
  #15  
 
94CivTLC's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 7
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Re: Best tire for stretch. 93 civic

here is your proof BTW it IS UNSAFE
Attached Images  
Old 03-25-2010, 05:02 PM
  #16  
Honda-Tech Member
Thread Starter
 
ThatRHDstatus's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Greensboro, NC
Posts: 274
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Re: Best tire for stretch. 93 civic

Originally Posted by 94CivTLC
here is your proof BTW it IS UNSAFE
okkkayy i get it.. As far as it looking like **** that you guys opinion.
Old 03-25-2010, 05:56 PM
  #17  
Master Detailer
 
98civdx's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 15,482
Received 12 Likes on 9 Posts
Default Re: Best tire for stretch. 93 civic

theres worese pictures then that floating around. many very expensive wheels have been destoryed due to people stretching tires..
btw op, that is a huge stretch.
Old 03-25-2010, 06:09 PM
  #18  
Honda-Tech Member
 
93egSLEEPER's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Seahawks WA, USA
Posts: 7,637
Likes: 0
Received 4 Likes on 4 Posts
Default Re: Best tire for stretch. 93 civic

Run a 215 toyo proxe 4. Trust me i work for a tire shop and have slapped a couple sets on 8" wheels and they ended up working pretty well, and wasnt too huge of a stretch. The toyos are generally a wider tire then other brands as well.
Old 03-25-2010, 07:00 PM
  #19  
Honda-Tech Member
Thread Starter
 
ThatRHDstatus's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Greensboro, NC
Posts: 274
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Re: Best tire for stretch. 93 civic

Originally Posted by 93egSLEEPER
Run a 215 toyo proxe 4. Trust me i work for a tire shop and have slapped a couple sets on 8" wheels and they ended up working pretty well, and wasnt too huge of a stretch. The toyos are generally a wider tire then other brands as well.
thanks
Old 03-26-2010, 08:28 AM
  #20  
 
94CivTLC's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 7
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Re: Best tire for stretch. 93 civic

Originally Posted by ThatRHDstatus
thanks
I wonder If either of you noticed what tire was in the stretch fail pic I posted....

Just don't say you weren't warned....
Old 03-26-2010, 10:06 AM
  #21  
318 Curves, 11 miles
 
Vindicator9000's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Highland, IL, USA
Posts: 2,276
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
Default Re: Best tire for stretch. 93 civic

Originally Posted by 93egSLEEPER
Run a 215 toyo proxe 4. Trust me i work for a tire shop and have slapped a couple sets on 8" wheels and they ended up working pretty well, and wasnt too huge of a stretch. The toyos are generally a wider tire then other brands as well.
Originally Posted by 94CivTLC
I wonder If either of you noticed what tire was in the stretch fail pic I posted....

Just don't say you weren't warned....
Lol I see what u did thar.

It looks like a Toyo Proxes 4 to me.
Old 03-26-2010, 10:14 AM
  #22  
Honda-Tech Member
Thread Starter
 
ThatRHDstatus's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Greensboro, NC
Posts: 274
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Re: Best tire for stretch. 93 civic

Originally Posted by 94CivTLC
I wonder If either of you noticed what tire was in the stretch fail pic I posted....

Just don't say you weren't warned....
that wasnt a thanks for telling me what tire to get. but more like a thanks for not talking crap..
Old 03-26-2010, 08:41 PM
  #23  
Honda-Tech Member
 
93egSLEEPER's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Seahawks WA, USA
Posts: 7,637
Likes: 0
Received 4 Likes on 4 Posts
Default Re: Best tire for stretch. 93 civic

Originally Posted by Vindicator9000
Lol I see what u did thar.

It looks like a Toyo Proxes 4 to me.
definately not a toyo proxes 4, wrong tread and shoulder construction. That looks more like a T1R style tread.
Old 03-26-2010, 09:04 PM
  #24  
Honda-Tech Member
 
starion88esir's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Concord, NC
Posts: 272
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Re: Best tire for stretch. 93 civic

If you want to stretch tires you need to keep the sidewall as tall as possible since the taller the sidewall is the more flex it is made to handle. The plus is you won't notice the taller height so much since it is now horizontal it will actually bring you closer in height to a series lower tire. (I.e. a 55 series would be closer to 50 series in height since the sidewall is stretched it will pull the tread closer to the rim). Most guys run 50 series or lower tires that are stiff as a board, and overstressing them tearing them apart from the inside causing the above to happen.

I'd run somewhere in the range of a 205/55 series tire to get a nice stretch and a sidewall with more give.
Old 03-27-2010, 02:25 PM
  #25  
Honda-Tech Member
Thread Starter
 
ThatRHDstatus's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Greensboro, NC
Posts: 274
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Re: Best tire for stretch. 93 civic

Originally Posted by starion88esir
If you want to stretch tires you need to keep the sidewall as tall as possible since the taller the sidewall is the more flex it is made to handle. The plus is you won't notice the taller height so much since it is now horizontal it will actually bring you closer in height to a series lower tire. (I.e. a 55 series would be closer to 50 series in height since the sidewall is stretched it will pull the tread closer to the rim). Most guys run 50 series or lower tires that are stiff as a board, and overstressing them tearing them apart from the inside causing the above to happen.

I'd run somewhere in the range of a 205/55 series tire to get a nice stretch and a sidewall with more give.
thank u for being civilized. props


Quick Reply: Best tire for stretch. 93 civic



All times are GMT -8. The time now is 05:11 AM.