streched rubber, recomendations
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streched rubber, recomendations
what size is recomended to have more of a streched fit look? 175/45? 165/50?
All help greatly apriciated
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I have 7 VW Quantum syncro wagons.
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There are a few cars being crunched up possibly due to stretched tires, but there are kids stating how they have driven on 145-40-18 rubber on 10.5" wide rims with no issues for 2 years :roll:
I have 7 VW Quantum syncro wagons.
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PhillTMK1GTI said
wouldn't want to go round a corner in that! 8O
8O me neither, one good hard corner and that tyre will be off the rim besides its looks rubbish, I did quite like some stretched tyre looks but this is not right.
wilt said
Nice to see someone using Ronald Turbo's correctly! Using the rim to protect the tyres from curb damage! Well done!
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so no constructive comments then that actually help me out a bit?
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hi there ive got a set of ronal turbos on my car but the rubber doesnt looked streched enough, currently running 195/45/15 profile tyres
what size is recomended to have more of a streched fit look? 175/45? 165/50?
Pop in to your local frendly :wink: tyre place and ask them
'What is the smallest tyre i can put on these rims'
Smallest tyre will look the most stretched. But may not look pleasing on the eye being 15" .
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The way I see your little experiment going is that you will buy some tyres way to small for your rims as per photo, probably after a chat with a 17 year old tyre fitter who say's sweet man sweet and fat all the time! Innitially you will be happy until you get sick of people who used to think highly of you questioning your sanity and you either curb all your wheels and / or lose control of your car and either trash it or realise what you should have done in the first place and that is leave the tyres standard! They are standard for a reason!
A set of ronald turbo's must be ?250 on ebay and two sets of new tyres must cost ?250 minimum I would have thought?
So a constructuve comment for you to the tune of ?500….
Leave them alone, spend the ?500 on actually improving your car or on a holiday…..Or if you must fritter it, give it to me!
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adey1984 said
if u need the trye to protect the edge of the rim, u obviously drive like a girl
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There you go!….One of my wheels and tyre for you! Take back the drive like a girl bit! 8O
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you might want to get your wheels rebalanced as the weight on the outside may leave a permanent mark. This is what happened to my nine spokes, and even a full refurb hasn't left that part perfect.
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Since that photo the Karmann badges have been replaced, there was slight wear to the silvering! 8O
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what wheels have u got on ures, never seen them b4?
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If you like the wheels and are thinking of maybe looking for a set, they are quite rare and hard to get hold of now, but beware that they also did a 14" version which just don't cut the mustard for me! :?
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