|
|
|
Feb 25, 2007 11:14:30 GMT
|
I've just seen these on Yahoo and they're stunning...but also being an ad we can know the spec of the stretch:   These beauties are 10x14 and those are 225/40 Toyos spread across them. These are the same tyres:  But this time they are reaching for the edges of an 11J...and they're on the front of this (or at least, they were).  Anyone else got any real world stretch specs? ps. No 'I don't think it's safe' type comments please. That's for another thread.  |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Feb 25, 2007 11:35:33 GMT
|
For a bit of sensible stretch (ie. not so much that people would refuse to get in your car!) here's Charlie's 185/45 Nankangs over 7x15 rims:  ps. Someone buy his car!: retrorides.proboards86.com/index.cgi?board=FSW&action=display&thread=1172339466More extreme stretchism:  As far as I can tell there's a set of 185/50/14 Pirellis, the back two are 8" rims and the front are 7 inchers. Some proper J-style stretchage:  165/70 (yep, 70!) on 7x13s. |
| |
Last Edit: Feb 25, 2007 11:37:45 GMT by rmad
|
|
|
|
|
Feb 25, 2007 11:49:44 GMT
|
No 'I don't think it's safe' type comments please. That's for another thread. Can we say that they're frikkin' ugly though? |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Feb 25, 2007 12:07:24 GMT
|
Can we say that they're frikkin' ugly though? No. Oh, OK then. |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Feb 25, 2007 12:19:25 GMT
|
195/50/13 over an 8  |
| |
Why people with welders shouldn't be allowed recreational drugs  |
|
|
|
|
Feb 25, 2007 12:33:10 GMT
|
Only got narrow rims? You can still stretch!  155/65R15's on a 6" rim. Would have gone smaller aspect but car wasn't lowered and it looked lost. In comparison, in the background is a 195/65R15 on the same size wheel. Smart car tyres are popular for stretching onto fairly common 6x15" rims. They're 145/65R15s and are fairly easy to get hold of. |
| |
Never trust a man
Who names himself Trevor.
Or one day you might find
He's not a real drug dealer.
|
|
|
|
|
Feb 25, 2007 13:05:20 GMT
|
Only got narrow rims? You can still stretch! 155/65R15's on a 6" rim. Would have gone smaller aspect but car wasn't lowered and it looked lost. In comparison, in the background is a 195/65R15 on the same size wheel. Smart car tyres are popular for stretching onto fairly common 6x15" rims. They're 145/65R15s and are fairly easy to get hold of. are those MAG Industries i spy ? what car are they going onto ? |
| |
 SPLIT RIMS ARE FOR WINNERS |
|
|
|
Stretchin'DarrenW
@darrenw
Club Retro Rides Member 74
|
Feb 25, 2007 13:13:19 GMT
|
|
I have a question:
On my Corsa I've got 145/80 R 13 skinny tyres on skinny steel rims. Could I stick them on some wider rims and get a bit of stretch? Or are they too narrow to be even remotely safe? (I don't subscribe to the stretched=danger theory generally). And if it could be done, how much wider are Astra steelies, say, and would they be suitable?
I had to buy two new tyres for the MOT recently and am loathed to throw them away for wider ones ;D
|
| |
Last Edit: Feb 25, 2007 13:14:00 GMT by DarrenW
|
|
slater
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,390
Club RR Member Number: 78
|
Stretchin'slater
@slater
Club Retro Rides Member 78
|
Feb 25, 2007 13:19:39 GMT
|
 165/70/10s on 10x7"s  165/60/12s on 12x7s Both quite high profile but work quite well. |
| |
|
|
|
|
Stretchin'DarrenW
@darrenw
Club Retro Rides Member 74
|
Feb 25, 2007 13:21:05 GMT
|
|
^^LIFE SIZE PICS! ;D
|
| |
|
|
|
|
slater
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,390
Club RR Member Number: 78
|
Stretchin'slater
@slater
Club Retro Rides Member 78
|
Feb 25, 2007 13:21:46 GMT
|
fixed!  |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Feb 25, 2007 13:26:13 GMT
|
|
the higher the profile the more natural it looks
|
| |
SPLIT RIMS ARE FOR WINNERS |
|
bobz
Part of things
Posts: 343
|
|
Feb 25, 2007 14:54:15 GMT
|
|
|
| |
Don't plan anything, it'll start raining!
|
|
Alain
Part of things
Dance monkey boy, dance!
Posts: 372
|
|
Feb 25, 2007 15:14:59 GMT
|
 215/45/15s on 9Js |
| |
 '74 Type 181 - Undergoing 'resto' (albeit friggin' slowly! 2 years and counting...) Wedge Panel Van GTi (Still needs finishing) '85 Passat GL5 Estate (Now Breaking) '87 Passat GLS5 Estate (Daily Hack) |
|
Odin
Posted a lot
Posts: 1,406
|
|
Feb 25, 2007 15:36:22 GMT
|
I have a question: On my Corsa I've got 145/80 R 13 skinny tyres on skinny steel rims. Could I stick them on some wider rims and get a bit of stretch? Or are they too narrow to be even remotely safe? (I don't subscribe to the stretched=danger theory generally). And if it could be done, how much wider are Astra steelies, say, and would they be suitable? I had to buy two new tyres for the MOT recently and am loathed to throw them away for wider ones ;D I think the widest 13" Astra steelie is a 5.5. You won't be getting much stretch with your current tyres on that, it will be more 'square' than 'stretched'. Rather like Pillocks pic I reckon. |
| |
|
|
|
|
Stretchin'DarrenW
@darrenw
Club Retro Rides Member 74
|
Feb 25, 2007 15:56:40 GMT
|
I have a question: On my Corsa I've got 145/80 R 13 skinny tyres on skinny steel rims. Could I stick them on some wider rims and get a bit of stretch? Or are they too narrow to be even remotely safe? (I don't subscribe to the stretched=danger theory generally). And if it could be done, how much wider are Astra steelies, say, and would they be suitable? I had to buy two new tyres for the MOT recently and am loathed to throw them away for wider ones ;D I think the widest 13" Astra steelie is a 5.5. You won't be getting much stretch with your current tyres on that, it will be more 'square' than 'stretched'. Rather like Pillocks pic I reckon. Hmm yeah that's not very wide is it ;D I shall have to do some further research... |
| |
|
|
