PSA: Stretching tires does not mean that you will curb your rims.
01-22-2007, 08:39 AM
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I have BBS CH's with Pzero Neros 225/40/18, and i can't pull through car washes (let alone let someone else drive the car in there) because the rails will scratch the wheels. The tires do not offer any protection in that sense...
01-22-2007, 08:45 AM
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Look at the red car. if the tire was wider than or as wide as the wheel, it would never fit
it's not so much the stretched tire look, but the wide wheel look that people are going for. if you stretch the tires, you can run wider wheels and not rub. also has roots in europe where some areas have laws about tire width but not technically wheel width (thus the wheels get wider but tires stay the same)
01-22-2007, 09:46 AM
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Somehow I don't think tire manufacturers designed their products to be mounted like that...
An hence won't perform as intended if pushed to their limits. I like the look but not at the sacrifice of performance....