Stretching tires

[Chris Vu]

well first thing you do it order the tires online or wherever you get your tires and make sure they are the right size, i wouldnt go to a discount tire spot considering they never deal with stretched tires so they might end up damaging your wheels. Its not easy to install a stretched tire on a wide wheel so you have to becareful with who you let install your tires.

.. I took my tires and wheels to some shop in the booneys and they knew how to do it .. I don't see how it'll damage wheels ..

 

[Darianjr1]

got my yokohoma tires and just waiting on my wheels and rays lugs. im super geeked and cant wait til next week

 

[KnightRyder]

you also need to pay attention to the overall diameter of the tire. with a 215/40/18 tire, you'll be a little smaller than the stock diameter which means your speedo will be off slightly. i have 215/40/18 tires in front and yes my speedo is off. according to my GPS. im only going 75-76 when my speedo says 80.

at the 205/40/18 size it'd be pretty far off. if you're hell bent on getting 205s then you need to up the side wall size in order to get closer to the stock tire diameter. so something like 205/45/18.


this is a good tool to use when trying to maintain stock tire diameter... http://www.1010tires.com/TireSizeCalculator.asp?action=submit

 

[Darianjr1]

Pics are finally posted in the members ride

 

[Gil'sCG6]

.. I took my tires and wheels to some shop in the booneys and they knew how to do it .. I don't see how it'll damage wheels ..

They can damage the lip of your wheel while trying to install the tire since they have to pull the tire up further than normal to get it to sit on the bead of the wheel. I work at a tire shop so I would know... Low profile/stretched tires are the hardest to install because it's such a tight fit

 

[Darianjr1]

They can damage the lip of your wheel while trying to install the tire since they have to pull the tire up further than normal to get it to sit on the bead of the wheel. I work at a tire shop so I would know... Low profile/stretched tires are the hardest to install because it's such a tight fit

id say it would depend on the stretch and the equipment the shop i took mines to put them on in 15 secs. but the guy before me put a 245 on a 11.5. It looked horrible and really unsafe there are limits to everything and he totally went passes it by the way it went on a 370z