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tyre strech

Posted: Sat May 31, 2014 8:56 am
by jonja
Hey guys , since its that hard to get 10mm spacers ive decided to get 20 or 25mm ones. But for that i will need to strech my tyres so it wouldnt rub arches :) atm im running 215/40/16 on 7.5J alloy . What size of tyre i would need to have strech but car would stay same hight. Im thinking about 195/45 or 50? any ideas guys :?

Since my car is already really low, i dont want to go any lower :lol:

Cheers 8-)

Posted: Sat May 31, 2014 10:42 am
by CrunchyAdams82
Why don't you just get something like these Deniss?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271142548385

Posted: Sat May 31, 2014 10:44 am
by mercutio
yeah stretching tyres is not a good way to go

Posted: Sat May 31, 2014 11:02 am
by Dbo
Or why dont yo buy my 10mm hubcentric spacers i got in the garage......

Posted: Sat May 31, 2014 11:02 am
by Shiny
If you want to stretch tyres buy a VW Golf or Polo!

Posted: Sat May 31, 2014 11:04 am
by mercutio
when I got my 5g it had stretched tyres the handling wasn't good :?

Posted: Sat May 31, 2014 11:52 am
by RattyMcClelland
My van is stretched however it doesnt care for handling.

Posted: Sat May 31, 2014 11:57 am
by Donald
Dbo wrote:Or why dont yo buy my 10mm hubcentric spacers i got in the garage......
This, or actually search properly.

H&R:
http://www.performancealloys.com/spacer ... spx?ID=933

A cheaper option. Second result on Google search for "4x114.3 10mm hubcentric spacer":
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HUBCENTRIC-10 ... 0841023537

I know it might be a bit pricey but it'll be cheaper to spend extra on the right spacer than buy 4 new tyres and ruin your handling.

Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2014 10:49 pm
by James H
With that rim width & offset only real option is to have some real stretch & go for is an 185 which im running on my 17's but as a result I am so low that I have had to mod the exhaust a tad.... or roll the arches & get a fatter tyre with a more higher profile.

Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2014 4:13 pm
by bb1boy
Not for me, too unsafe, too Euro-looking.

Goes quite well with ridiculous camber though, if you have one of those cars that can't be driven anywhere.