Streched tyre help......... - Drifting forum

Harry182 · 15-09-2008, 15:47

Right, i want to try some stretched tyres on my suzuki, (silly idea you may think but Hey)

this is really the main reason i signed up to ask this as i know a few people here will be running stretched tyres and the kinda stuf you do, i should imagine they take a good old thrashing now and again........

basically my current tyres at the mo are 265/5015. and look like this......

Dont worry, it will be getting lowered before tyres go anywere near it! lol

just wondered if any one knew what size i should go for, i dont want a silly stretch which is dangerous but i want to keep it kinda that chunky (ie not go low profile) iv seen a vid on here of one similar but i cant find it now (typical)

..... just something a lil like this.....

any help would be apprciated!

docwra · 15-09-2008, 16:25

How wide are the wheels?

Stavros · 15-09-2008, 16:26

unless your alloys stick out the arches or whatnot which is making you need to stretch, which they dont by the looks of them other pics you put up, you will just be making a gay car even gayer.

also, how wide are your wheels? cant say owt without that? im guessing 9s? 225s would be more like it. im running 225s on a 9.5 and its not exactly mental stretch, but its about what your on about.

dont tho, please, dont

Harry182 · 15-09-2008, 16:36

Stavros i love you

PeterT · 15-09-2008, 17:32

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Originally Posted by Harry182

Stavros i love you

ah jaysus now, ive read 2 comments like this in as many minutes, and you drive a vitara, christ

nick26 · 15-09-2008, 20:44

i dont understand how someone can think they are going to get anything else but the above when they join a drifting forum and present us with a Vitara, and and fkg vitara with neons, i just threw up in my mouth

MJG · 15-09-2008, 20:50

Neon'd up Vitara asking about stretch = gay.

G-Man · 15-09-2008, 23:55

it's a nice shopping trolley in his sig though...pimp as fook!!

YashioFactory · 16-09-2008, 23:03

i run 225 on a 9J.

they are pretty stretched, in that the tread is a few centimetres from the outside of the wheel.

doesnt look particulartyl stretched.

Rayne · 18-09-2008, 04:48

Correct me if I am wrong.

Going off of the tyre size you have given. The current tire width is a little over 10 inches correct? (265mm divided by 25.4mm(1 inch) = roughly 10.433 inches

Now most manufacturers will suggest running a tyre that is two inches wider than the rim for the sake of protecting the rim and tire bedding. With that in mind.....I am willing to bet you currently have 8 inch rims.

If my understanding and calculations are correct start out with a 205 or a 195 tyre on your current set of rims. If you happen to experience to much understeer run wider tyres in the front.

Rayne · 18-09-2008, 05:28

Here is a 195/45/15 tyre on a 15x8 -12 rim.

Here is a 195/50/15 tyre on a 15x8 0 rim

15-09-2008, 15:47	#1 (permalink)
Harry182 gripper Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Plymouth Posts: 16	Streched tyre help......... Right, i want to try some stretched tyres on my suzuki, (silly idea you may think but Hey) this is really the main reason i signed up to ask this as i know a few people here will be running stretched tyres and the kinda stuf you do, i should imagine they take a good old thrashing now and again........ basically my current tyres at the mo are 265/5015. and look like this...... Dont worry, it will be getting lowered before tyres go anywere near it! lol just wondered if any one knew what size i should go for, i dont want a silly stretch which is dangerous but i want to keep it kinda that chunky (ie not go low profile) iv seen a vid on here of one similar but i cant find it now (typical) ..... just something a lil like this..... any help would be apprciated!

18-09-2008, 04:48	#10 (permalink)
Rayne tail slider Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: On the other side of Atlantic ocean. Posts: 115	Correct me if I am wrong. Going off of the tyre size you have given. The current tire width is a little over 10 inches correct? (265mm divided by 25.4mm(1 inch) = roughly 10.433 inches Now most manufacturers will suggest running a tyre that is two inches wider than the rim for the sake of protecting the rim and tire bedding. With that in mind.....I am willing to bet you currently have 8 inch rims. If my understanding and calculations are correct start out with a 205 or a 195 tyre on your current set of rims. If you happen to experience to much understeer run wider tyres in the front. Last edited by Rayne : 18-09-2008 at 04:52.

18-09-2008, 05:28	#11 (permalink)
Rayne tail slider Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: On the other side of Atlantic ocean. Posts: 115	Here is a 195/45/15 tyre on a 15x8 -12 rim. Here is a 195/50/15 tyre on a 15x8 0 rim Last edited by Rayne : 18-09-2008 at 05:38.

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15-09-2008, 16:25	#2 (permalink)
docwra dorifto kingu! Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,739	How wide are the wheels?

15-09-2008, 16:26	#3 (permalink)
Stavros DEYTUKURJURBS Join Date: May 2005 Location: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire Posts: 10,318	unless your alloys stick out the arches or whatnot which is making you need to stretch, which they dont by the looks of them other pics you put up, you will just be making a gay car even gayer. also, how wide are your wheels? cant say owt without that? im guessing 9s? 225s would be more like it. im running 225s on a 9.5 and its not exactly mental stretch, but its about what your on about. dont tho, please, dont

15-09-2008, 16:36	#4 (permalink)
Harry182 gripper Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Plymouth Posts: 16	Stavros i love you

15-09-2008, 20:44	#6 (permalink)
nick26 tail slider Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Gloucestershire Posts: 134	i dont understand how someone can think they are going to get anything else but the above when they join a drifting forum and present us with a Vitara, and and fkg vitara with neons, i just threw up in my mouth

15-09-2008, 20:50	#7 (permalink)
MJG e30 of Death Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Derby, England Posts: 11,945	Neon'd up Vitara asking about stretch = gay.

15-09-2008, 23:55	#8 (permalink)
G-Man i do skids Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Grantham Posts: 1,562	it's a nice shopping trolley in his sig though...pimp as fook!!

16-09-2008, 23:03	#9 (permalink)
YashioFactory dorifto kingu! Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 849	i run 225 on a 9J. they are pretty stretched, in that the tread is a few centimetres from the outside of the wheel. doesnt look particulartyl stretched.