Stretched tyres??

[MightyMullet]

Good luck and hopefully you won't kill some innocent person/people when your tyre delaminates/ruptures/explodes.

Yeah because they are well known to be dangerous...........

There is no proof that stretching is a risk and personally i think it looks awesome, just keep an eye on pressures, take corners with precation and watch for pot holes 

I went out in my mates car the other day he as 9 and 10j wheels running 215/35/19 and 225/35/19, he throws it around corners and it sticks fine also we checked the tyre pressures the same day and one of the 10j's had dropped to 8psi (wasnt seated right on the bead) and was sat solid. Ignore the haters, they love to hate!

[chrisr763]

Good luck and hopefully you won't kill some innocent person/people when your tyre delaminates/ruptures/explodes.

Yeah because they are well known to be dangerous...........

There is no proof that stretching is a risk and personally i think it looks awesome, just keep an eye on pressures, take corners with precation and watch for pot holes 

I went out in my mates car the other day he as 9 and 10j wheels running 215/35/19 and 225/35/19, he throws it around corners and it sticks fine also we checked the tyre pressures the same day and one of the 10j's had dropped to 8psi (wasnt seated right on the bead) and was sat solid. Ignore the haters, they love to hate!

I think there are haters & also those who just want fellow owners to be safe and respect what is deemed to be safe.

I really appreciate streched tyres, and think they look very good. I have had no issues myself, nor have my friends. Its the horror storys that the haters blame on strech when actually its mainly down to other factors. The jury is still out on this one... Might be for a long time . 

[chowgar]

whats the regs with poke/stretch thought they couldnt poke past the arches?

cheers

[Hedge]

I'm not a hater I just think they look sh*te. 

[chrisr763]

whats the regs with poke/stretch thought they couldnt poke past the arches?

cheers

Tyre tread has to be covered by the arch. The rim can be as far out as you like.

I'm not a hater I just think they look sh*te. 

Im going to bring my streched tyres round to yours Hedge and show you the way! 

[Hedge]

You'll be showing me something but not the way. 

[chrisr763]

You'll be showing me something but not the way. 

Tbh, I dont have much strech, or rim poke so you might actually let me off 

[Hedge]

And I definitely don't do rim poke on the first date. 

[Polo6n1600i]

I use to be king of inappropriate stretch (read 165/50/15 on an 8" rim! ) which was so stretch the tread was curved inwards! I put them on the car, took some pics then took the tyres back off and put 195's on them!

Ok - usually there is give and take on slight stretch on a tyre - 215's will go as wide as 8.5 safely - 9.5" I think you'll be pushing your luck. I wouldnt have put them on anything wider than a 9.

I'm going to be running 225/40/18's on my new 9" rims for a little stretch

[chrisr763]

Just to make Hedge squeel!



This isnt my wheel btw  

[Hedge]

[MC71]

Just to make Hedge squeel!



This isnt my wheel btw  

Just looks daft. 

[Polo6n1600i]

The gap between the rim and the tyre edge I use to be able to get my thumb in there with space to spare! (goes looking for the pics)

[Hedge]

I would be interested to hear what the actual tyre manufacturers think on this.

Surely they design a tyre to be used in a specific manner, on correctly sized rims, which they recommend for the specific tyre widths.

[Polo6n1600i]

there is a website with tells you how far some of the TUV tyres are approved for the maximum mounting width - anything over that is a TUV fail and a 360Euro on the spot fine