The most recent discussion across forums. stretched tyres!

i think it looks dead good but wouldnt do it to my car!






drift cars have been doing it for a few years.


opinions?

Looks too good.

Id do it, i want to do it.

You mayaswell if youve got a set of summer bbs, no reason not too if you dont drive your car with um on all the time.

Looks stupidly good.

if you can afford to replace tyres and rims every few miles why not i think it looks stupid tbh

why risk yourself and other road users by having stretch like that because you get scene points gay tbh :cry:

"scene points"

Ahahaha rubbish mate.

It looks good.

Thats why.

You jsut know youd get pulled 5 times a day if you had them like that.

Look at it, it looks stupidly mint.

You wish mate.

Credit due to that guy for getting everything so close!

BUT

 8O Not for me! I'd rather have the correct width tyre so I can corner without worry

i dont need stretched tyres to make my car look good i just lift the bonnet or blip the throttle 8)

Plus surly not a risk to others as youd be going at about 20 mph max due to not wanting to dent your arches or take chunks out your tyres.

Most corners have to be taken slowly, cant go over bumps.

So how could they …

great idea ill chuck stretched tyres on my car so i can only drive at 20mph hmm i dont think so maybe if i owned a 1.1 :wink:

change um back after the show etc.

It looks better s you mayaswell do it for a short amount of time when you can, then change back..

Easy enough.

And itd look good so if you couldnt care less about speed then your boshty enit.

bens_cab said

i dont need stretched tyres to make my car look good i just lift the bonnet or blip the throttle 8)

you really do big up your car dont ya!

its stil a cabby :wink:

indeed it is

bye bye cossy merc :mrgreen:

"lift the bonnet"

Get the dirty beast out.

And i mean dirty.

Give her a clean then people might be more impressed.

Enough people with 20v ts.

get a garret turbo an run 11sec 1/4 miles then id be impressed but 14 sec 1/4 can be done in a 2.0ltre 16valve

nothing dirty about my car mate lots of people have 20v mk1s and lots of people still want them

im just lucky to have built my own  :wink:

yer great idea. except that you can see the bead. and with that stretch i'd give it a week before it gets torn of the rim. no way is that sealled. bet he's got a foot pump in the boot too.

what a waste of time a small amount of stretch maybe but that just looks stupid and is rather dangerous. cops won't need to pull you over you'll be sat on the road side with a split rim edge anyway.

No i meant, dust, grime……

And yes i know, that why im saying its nothign special.

I see them all the time, just not on my drive..

alexHxC said

get a garret turbo an run 11sec 1/4 miles then id be impressed but 14 sec 1/4 can be done in a 2.0ltre 16valve

that may be the case but the power delivery is different completely i dont want a big turbo tbh im happy with owning a 14 sec cabby which is probally a bit heavier than a tin top not sure by how much

i reckon skinny tyres is where its at now :mrgreen:

pay a professional or bodge it yourself!

personally i went with bodge it myself haha

bens_cab said

alexHxC said

get a garret turbo an run 11sec 1/4 miles then id be impressed but 14 sec 1/4 can be done in a 2.0ltre 16valve

that may be the case but the power delivery is different completely i dont want a big turbo tbh im happy with owning a 14 sec cabby which is probally a bit heavier than a tin top not sure by how much

i reckon skinny tyres is where its at now :mrgreen:

yea skinny tyres on a wide wheel. see first pics!

i like a moderate stretch, 195 on an 8 is the most stretched i'd go. anything more than that sort of stretch makes the wheels look like balloons really.