tyre stretch help...

i have now got a set of audi pepperpot alloys…

they are 6j x15

what wud be a goo size tyre to give me a stretch on the 6inch width ?

im no tyre expert but im sure one of you will know more..

my mate said  165 / 45 ?

165/50—  

butler said

165/50—  

its only 6" wide so sod all with give you what you want, be different, run 185 or 195s and have proper chuncy tyres on there  8)

i'm with m7r i wouldn't bother stretching on a 6 inch wide wheel, as once the stretch is done your only gonna have a tiny contact area with the road and terrible handling. You need at least a 7 inch wide wheel before you start stretching tyres. I was gonna stretch some on my p-slots but opted against it. Ive got 185s on looks good and handles great.  

yeh i spose!
i didnt rally think about the coverage of tyre on the road i would have !

i guess they will still look sweet with a nice 185 45 or sumthing! cus they will be spaced to et18 with the 20 mm 5x100 adapters

I also have some audi pepper pots, and i have fitted 165/50/15 bridgstones, very slight stretch

Ill get you a pic up in the morning

Oh and im going 15mm convertors as im not sure how the fronts will fit when its on its ass!

funk!!

they look pretty dammmmm sweeeet.

im getting a price for sum marangoni's this week i think as my mates dad owns a garage as is a marangoni dealer.

gonna see what sizes we can get for mine…
then take it from there

for sale now as i just brought some splits :mrgreen:

Tyres have never seen road!

if you split i collect second hand RE 040's,great tyre   :wink:  8)

Ahh these wont be any good to you then as they are spanking new! LOL

I wouldnt run a 1L micra on 165 tyres! let alone a GTI, get some proper road contact going on dude.

im lucky i dont have a gti then!

M7R said

I wouldnt run a 1L micra on 165 tyres! let alone a GTI, get some proper road contact going on dude.

dude you may not wish to run a micra on 165's but honda despite making bad cars decided to run with a 190bhp civic type R and use as a manufacturer tyre the bridgestone 165/50x15,now why would that be a problem on even a mk1 8v GTi?have you ever tried an RE 040 165 on a mk1?Personally ive ran toyo track tyres yoko road tyres amongst the numerous high end tyres ive ran and seriously rate these tyres for feedback,grip,let go notification promise and general performance(poss exception being the 3500 miles i get out a set). My only gripe with 165/50's is they can be seriously crashy over any!! kind of bump/hole

funkstar if you do split i paid 120 for the last brand new/used RE040's i got. The guy i got them bought em for a set of rims but didnt like the stretch so they were proper dimpled up new/used

honda don't make bad cars

They make good engines.

abfmk1 said

They make good engines.

they make revvy torque devoid lumps of metal that sound chronic when neds decat them and run with a single box  

golf_coupe said

M7R said

I wouldnt run a 1L micra on 165 tyres! let alone a GTI, get some proper road contact going on dude.

dude you may not wish to run a micra on 165's but honda despite making bad cars decided to run with a 190bhp civic type R and use as a manufacturer tyre the bridgestone 165/50x15,now why would that be a problem on even a mk1 8v GTi?have you ever tried an RE 040 165 on a mk1?Personally ive ran toyo track tyres yoko road tyres amongst the numerous high end tyres ive ran and seriously rate these tyres for feedback,grip,let go notification promise and general performance(poss exception being the 3500 miles i get out a set). My only gripe with 165/50's is they can be seriously crashy over any!! kind of bump/hole

funkstar if you do split i paid 120 for the last brand new/used RE040's i got. The guy i got them bought em for a set of rims but didnt like the stretch so they were proper dimpled up new/used

Is a Mk1 Golf Type-Approved to use 165/50R15 tyres?

funk-star said

I also have some audi pepper pots, and i have fitted 165/50/15 bridgstones, very slight stretch

Ill get you a pic up in the morning

Oh and im going 15mm convertors as im not sure how the fronts will fit when its on its ass!

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funk-star
I know this is a really old post but have you still got any photos of these wheels?

I have them on my car now but the tyres just look too big and rub on the arches.