streched rubber, recomendations

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?

All help greatly apriciated

Nice to see someone using Ronald Turbo's correctly! Using the rim to protect the tyres from curb damage! Well done!  

wouldn't want to go round a corner in that!  8O

Welcome to the lamest trend in the US.  
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:

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!

 

dnt wana go silly like that, just want a bit more of a streched look. i like the look of it, but there again some people dnt, ach to there own and all that then.

so no constructive comments then that actually help me out a bit?

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" .

Ok…A constructive comment for you!
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!  

if u need the trye to protect the edge of the rim, u obviously drive like a girl, fair enough alot of you are purists but i only asked for a little advice. each to there own and all that. ill fit the tyres myself i just wanted to know who had tried it what size tyre had they used. if you dnt like the look im trying to go for and dnt have any usefull information dnt bother posting its a waste of web space. just cause one pic of a silly streched tyre has been posted it does nit mean thats what im going to do.

ooooOOOOOooooooo! Handbags at the ready…….Aaaaaand swing!  

Ok then….Sorry for being a little over zealous in my negative opinion of your tyre desires! But…..I honestly believe there is every chance it will cost you more than you think! I don't think you will decide to stick with it and it will make the car harder to sell, also there is the safety aspect and the cost of changing it back! My response to your question was not a personal attack on you I assure you! ok?  

adey1984 said

if u need the trye to protect the edge of the rim, u obviously drive like a girl

There you go!….One of my wheels and tyre for you! Take back the drive like a girl bit!  8O

I just want to say, im sure my avatar (at the moment) was made from the pic! it looks exactly the same.

Walt,

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.

Regards, Andrew

A few people have said the very same thing to me before! But my wheels are still running on their original tyres and the weights are the genuine vw plastic coated ones which were fitted from new! I have had the car a year and a half now and it has only been wet about 8 times while I have owned it and it is pretty much always in show condition! It's not like they are ever left with a load of brake dust on if you know what I mean! It is a worry though and it is certainly a very valid point! Cheers!  

Since that photo the Karmann badges have been replaced, there was slight wear to the silvering!  8O

dam, if my wheels were that clean i wouldnt drive the car lol. the tyres ive got at the mo are slightly streched. ill have a look around but if i cant find anything i like i will be sticking with what ive got. it was just a style idea.

what wheels have u got on ures, never seen them b4?

They are the le castellet forged alloys, standard on the Rivage and on the German version the classic line! Because they are forged, they can be polished to a mirror finish as also the Porsche Design 90's can be too! But as you can see, as standard they are pretty shiney! I think at some point I will have to change the tyres, 13 year old rubber can't be too good I suppose! It is really niggling me because I want to keep the original tyres on for as long as possible and you can no longer get P600's in that size anymore! :cry:

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!  :?

Walt - I like the 'leaded windows' airbrushing you've had done on the front wings
Regards,
David Bailey

Walt ……you wear M and S jeans  8O  Your leaded windows  8O

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