Tire Stretching

[Baltzah]

Just to let people know, Discount Tire in Burlington Stretches Tires! They just put a 225/45 on a 18x9 for me with absolutley no problem at all. I have been doing a bmw m3 wheel conversion for my vw this winter, their powder coated gold and I will post pics when I mount them tomorrow.

[gustav129]

I saw a vid on this a year ago. I personally wouldn't trust stretched tires. It puts a lot of stress on a side wall that it wasn't designed for.

That's about as safe as putting a 16.5" tire on a 16" rim, and using silicon caulking to seal it up (which I have seen in person :-o)

[polar bear Grant]

yeah but stretched tires look sick, sometimes you got to take risks to look clean lol

[sr4jcb7]

ya they look really good on Dan's wrx maybe unsafe but that's just a decision the owner makes.

[Backwoodz Tuner]

Well if looks are more important then reliability then mo power to ya

[cocobitzz]

umm, tire stretching isn't all as dangerous as you guys are making it sound. Until you get into craaazy stretches, you're probably going to be just fine.

[SMG]

Yeah, 225/45 on a 9j is hardly a stretch.

I got hatch at the bellingham discount to put 175/65's on my 14x7 SSR's lol.

[eliteautosport.net]

I say anyone that does that is dumb if you ever plan on cornering hard have fun when your tire pop's off the rim. And I mean really what is cool looking about it??....nothing... And when you total your car you will look really cool huh.. With racing i spend allot of time talking to tire makers and there is nothing good to come from doing that..

[JetBlack]

I say anyone that does that is dumb if you ever plan on cornering hard have fun when your tire pop's off the rim. And I mean really what is cool looking about it??....nothing...

+1.

To the rest of the world, it is clear the reason the tires are "stretched" is because the owner couldn't afford the correct tires.

Wider is more expensive.

Also people tend to buy new rims and then try to keep the old tires. Your handling, on the highway, in ruts will be insanely bad and you have to be super careful about curbs because now your rim sticks out past your tire.

It's only a matter of time.

To me, wide *tires* look badass. Wide rims and skinny tires....? Not as much.

[Ty]

+1.

To the rest of the world, it is clear the reason the tires are "stretched" is because the owner couldn't afford the correct tires.

To me, wide *tires* look badass. Wide rims and skinny tires....? Not as much.
I agree. I've actually seen a stretched tire fail. When they fail, they fail catastrophically. It jacked up his fender, tie rod... wheel.

It was a mess. All because he wanted to save a few bucks on tire and look madtightjdmyo

[blackice]

I had discount tire throw a 205/50/16 on an 8" wide wheel in the past. Imo there is a certain amount of stretching you can get away with safely but running the correct sized tire is best bet. The only reason I did it was to get my tires to clear the rolled fenders along with running some negative camber.

[Ty]

I had discount tire throw a 205/50/16 on an 8" wide wheel in the past. Imo there is a certain amount of stretching you can get away with safely but running the correct sized tire is best bet. The only reason I did it was to get my tires to clear the rolled fenders along with running some negative camber.

Go back to sleep, riceboy. You should be sleeping still. :P

[Mitchness]

'Cause taking the cheap route always works out. :rolleyes1: :out: :nono:

[eliteautosport.net]

Yeah there's allot of things i see the kids do around here that's just like WTF were you thinking do you really think thats cool or better performing???

I've tryed helping kids out and none of them want to listen, you know what would a race car driver know about making cars go fast..

So all i do is shake my head and just laugh at them..

[Mitchness]

Eh, kids are impatient. They want it here and now, and that always translates into "cheap." As our current economic status reflects, our parents obviously didn't do a good job teaching (or setting a good example) of saving and paying-to-play. :-|

[TiMoN]

Chill out people... Stretched tires aka "hipari tires" is a drifting application..
Stretching your tires eliminates the sidewall flex... it makes the wheel more responsive and predictable during drifting by giving more of a solid feel. .. when you drift, you go through tires fast... the replacments you get are cheap and or free.. sometimes they are random sizes.. that's part of the reason some people run stretched tires.. the cheap replacements they get just weren't the right size... now it seems people are doing it just for style...
I see that there are some people running tires that are way to stretched.. the shit gets unsafe.. and I admit that there are some performance tires out there that offer stiff enough side wall that you don't need to run em stretched. but those cost alot of money.. if you are going to just destroy them drifting, you might as well get cheap tires and stretch them..
every style starts for a reason then someone who doesn't understand why it is how it is trys it because they thought it looked cool, and then it spreads and becomes a trend.. with all reason forgotten over time...
soon enough... even civics will have stretched tires..... /shoots himself in the head/

[RXSE7EN]

72corvette just got his 215/40/17 put on his 9.5" wheel.


Pretty damn big stretch. Looks SO SICK.

[JetBlack]

72corvette just got his 215/40/17 put on his 9.5" wheel.


Pretty damn big stretch. Looks SO SICK.

I'd be afraid to drive that. Keep in mind that wider tires handle *better* than stretched tires. Stretched tires feel tight at low speeds but become overkill-tight at normal/high speeds.

Think of indy cars and NASCAR cars. No stretched tires there. Formula1, same deal. Not low profile, not stretched. If you want to drift easier and more predictably, overinflate your tires to reduce the size of the patch that touches the ground. You'll wear them out fast but drifting isn't about tire duration :ihih:

[eliteautosport.net]

Yeah in all the race cars i've driven we have NEVER said hey lets stretch the tire so we can handle better..

[Charles Manson]

Wow, i've never heard so many whinning kids over one topic. Kids don't buy smaller tire's to stretch because its cheap, they do if for fitting their tire under a fender, no flex of the sidewall and a bigger contact patch. Using a wider tire is cool, whatever, but if your only using an 8 to 10 inch wheel, there's no need to put massive 285's or anything close on.

Its completely different when you go to racing. Drift > Grip IMO

[JetBlack]

I don't know anyone who pays for their drift tires. You get what you get, from the free tires available at the local tire place.

I always figured the longest mileage tires, available would drift well because the compound is so hard, but I'm not sure what happens when they heat up. Get something that Wal-Mart guarantees for 100,000 miles and it should slide all over the place. Although I'd never let Wal-Mart work on my car [shudder].

[Charles Manson]

No offense, but that was probably un-needed post. It made no sense. Why the hell would you go to Wal-Mart and buy tires? If you had Skyline or even an Evo or STi, would you take it to Wal-Mart to have them change your oil? Or to have them do anything?

Would your take your non-realistic wife to Wal-Mart for a wedding dress?

Do you use a 165 tire to drag race? No, no and even more NO's! A warentee (sp?) is only good under certain conditions. Not that anyone would care about some lame guarentee, but i'm sure if you brought some crap tire's back that were bald with the steel braid peeling back like your non-realistic wife's tits, they would look at you with their blank (and maybe, no offense) blind stare.

Go make a sandwich.

[Domesticated]

wow, your post was also absolutely useless. at least jet mentioned that older used tires are given to drifters regardless of size and that cheap pos tires from walmart would also work, and that he would never go anyway. and btw walmart sells the same tires as any other tire store and even the same oils you can get all the name brands full synthetic 5 quarts for cheaper than anywhere else. the only thing i got from yours was that you just enjoy talking shit and you think sayin no offense in front of most of your post allows you to be a jackass. jets got a fuckin nice car, completely performance oriented, hes put a lot of money into it, and hes old enough to be your father, no offense jet. so why dont you stop acting cooler than everybody and show some respect cause what you had to say was completely useless to the subject or anything period. sorry for the thread jack, i wont continue with this anymore...

[JetBlack]

No offense, but that was probably un-needed post. It made no sense. Why the hell would you go to Wal-Mart and buy tires? If you had Skyline or even an Evo or STi, would you take it to Wal-Mart to have them change your oil? Or to have them do anything?

Would your take your non-realistic wife to Wal-Mart for a wedding dress?

Do you use a 165 tire to drag race? No, no and even more NO's! A warentee (sp?) is only good under certain conditions. Not that anyone would care about some lame guarentee, but i'm sure if you brought some crap tire's back that were bald with the steel braid peeling back like your non-realistic wife's tits, they would look at you with their blank (and maybe, no offense) blind stare.

Go make a sandwich.

LOL! Maybe I want my non-realistic wife to wear a tube-top, flip flops and a miniskirt, at the wedding! :yikes!:

[Brian]

I'm closing this. There is already another tire stretching thread and this one is just going to become one huge bicker.