what tyres? what sizes? confused.com

right i have just bought myself a set of bbs rs 15", they are 7.5 fronts and 8.5 rears, i want to have stretched tyres but dont know where to start as i am pretty new to all this,  :redfaced:  so if someone could kindly point out what size tyres i will need that would be of a great deal of help, thanks

Why are the rears wider than the fronts?

staggerd wheels

Now I'm confused too!

staggerd sets ., have the wheels at the back slightly wider than the fronts, if you get me

Yeah, I know that the wheels at the back are slightly wider than the ones at the fronts.....but why have you chosen wheels to be like this?

You need to understand what the size indicators on tyres mean first:
eg
195x50x15 V
This tyre will fit on a 15" rim,
the width of the tyre will be 195mm,
the height of the tyre wall from the rim to the tread will be (195x50%) 97.5mm,
V is the speed rating, I think V is 146mph.

So if you have 7.5" rim you have a width of 190.5mm and 8.5" will be 215.9mm.

That should give you an easy way to work out how much stretch there will be.

ive seen a couple of the staggerd wheels in the magazines, and on other peoples cars and it looks nice, so seen a set going for sale so thought, go for them. do you know what tyre sizes i would need to get stretched tyres?

yea thats a great help thanks mate

try

Tyrestrech

you cant go wrong with this site. helps everyone in the strech world.

just look up anything on a 7J and 8.5J R15 wheel. pick some random sizes.
155's on the 7" wheels and 165's on the 8.5" wheel are proper stretched

have a look around the site, you will find what your after and more lol

hope this helps.

cheeers!

heres two little links to help you out. and staggered wheels rock!

http://www.1010tires.com/WheelOffsetCalculator.asp

Alloy Wheel and Tyre Fitment Calculator. Offset, Tyre Stretch and Speedo Error | Will They Fit

surely you can relate to bigger wheels on the back paul?  

seen as you've got like 6 tractors.

WeeTony said

surely you can relate to bigger wheels on the back paul?  

seen as you've got like 6 tractors.

That's exactly the point!!!!!! A Golf is FWD, a tractor is RWD

haha thanks wee-dan and tony, someone who see's eye to eye haha,

would 195/45/15 be ok on the rears
and 185/45/15 be fine on the fronts? thanks

morrisson101 said

haha thanks wee-dan and tony, someone who see's eye to eye haha,

Scene sheep

haha, nice one paul

baaaa

no enough jokes, how do i go about rusting my bonnet ?

i think the reason most things become 'scene', is because they look good and hence become popular and part of the "scene look"

perhaps camber, stagger and stretch isn't your scene if your scene is john deeres and pig sh!t.

i ain't no sheep, Is there a sticker I can get that says that for my rusted bonnet ?

paul_c said

morrisson101 said

haha thanks wee-dan and tony, someone who see's eye to eye haha,

Scene sheep

baaaaaaaaa!
 where can i find a dubway sticker?